ISAIAH 51:3-4
3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion:(JERUSALEM) he will comfort all her waste places;(FROM NUCLEAR WAR) and he will make her wilderness like Eden,(I BELIEVE THE EZEKIEL-4TH TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT 25 MILES FROM THE CURRENT TEMPLE MOUNT AFTER JESUS RULE FOR THE 1,000 YRS FROM JERUSALEM) and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.(PRAISE TO JESUS IN THE DESERT-COULD BE THE NEW JERUSALEM-4TH TEMPLE BUILT 25 MILES INTO THE DESERT FROM THE CURRENT TEMPLE MOUNT.SINCE EZEKIELS TEMPLE IS WAY TO BIG FOR THE CURRENT TEMPLE MOUNT)
4 Hearken unto me, my people;(ISRAEL) and give ear unto me, O my nation:(ISRAEL) for a law shall proceed from me,(JESUS IN JERUSALEM) and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.(ISRAEL AND THE WORLD)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
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.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Pastor Terje Ligerod, head of the Norwegian delegation of roughly 40 Christian leaders visiting Israel this week, told Arutz Sheva that his group came to ask forgiveness for Norway's antagonism towards Jews, and to pledge support for the Jewish state.Ligerod noted "we believe we are called as a nation to be an ally and to support Israel, and we as leaders want to work for change in our country, and for a repentance among the Christians in our country, we want to support Israel."The delegation of Christian leaders from all over Norway, which includes representatives of Norway's original ethnic group, the Sami, presented a 7 page declaration highlighting some of the things they repent for.The declaration reads "forgive us Israel, as a nation, for the Oslo agreement, dividing up Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel); for not moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's eternal undivided capital city Jerusalem," as well as not standing up to defend Israel in a world of increasing hostility, including hostility from Norwegian politicians and media.Ligerod emphasized "we want to stand on the biblical basis, the word of G-d, stating very clearly that the Jews are the chosen people of G-d, and that Eretz Yisrael belongs to the Jews."The visit was a first step in new relations according to Josh Reinstein, Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus.Reinstein noted that while Norway has been antagonistic as a nation, the visit comes "on the heels of a new election where a christian political party has been elected to parliament." He predicted the events may herald the beginning of new relations, adding that faith based diplomacy is the "most influential weapon we have in the diplomatic cache today."MK Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) a member of the Knesset Christian Caucus, commented that the delegation is "very sincere" and "troubled by what they know to be their faith's past."In meeting the leaders, Lipman said there was no lingering hard feelings from the Jewish side, just a desire to look to the future and work together.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion:(JERUSALEM) he will comfort all her waste places;(FROM NUCLEAR WAR) and he will make her wilderness like Eden,(I BELIEVE THE EZEKIEL-4TH TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT 25 MILES FROM THE CURRENT TEMPLE MOUNT AFTER JESUS RULE FOR THE 1,000 YRS FROM JERUSALEM) and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.(PRAISE TO JESUS IN THE DESERT-COULD BE THE NEW JERUSALEM-4TH TEMPLE BUILT 25 MILES INTO THE DESERT FROM THE CURRENT TEMPLE MOUNT.SINCE EZEKIELS TEMPLE IS WAY TO BIG FOR THE CURRENT TEMPLE MOUNT)
4 Hearken unto me, my people;(ISRAEL) and give ear unto me, O my nation:(ISRAEL) for a law shall proceed from me,(JESUS IN JERUSALEM) and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.(ISRAEL AND THE WORLD)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
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.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Norway Delegation: Israel Belongs to the Jews
Christian leaders ask forgiveness over Norway's attitude, pledge support for Israel, perhaps in new Christian political party.-By Yoni Kempinski, Ari Yashar-First Publish: 12/5/2013, 6:05 PM-isralnationalnews
Pastor Terje Ligerod, head of the Norwegian delegation of roughly 40 Christian leaders visiting Israel this week, told Arutz Sheva that his group came to ask forgiveness for Norway's antagonism towards Jews, and to pledge support for the Jewish state.Ligerod noted "we believe we are called as a nation to be an ally and to support Israel, and we as leaders want to work for change in our country, and for a repentance among the Christians in our country, we want to support Israel."The delegation of Christian leaders from all over Norway, which includes representatives of Norway's original ethnic group, the Sami, presented a 7 page declaration highlighting some of the things they repent for.The declaration reads "forgive us Israel, as a nation, for the Oslo agreement, dividing up Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel); for not moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's eternal undivided capital city Jerusalem," as well as not standing up to defend Israel in a world of increasing hostility, including hostility from Norwegian politicians and media.Ligerod emphasized "we want to stand on the biblical basis, the word of G-d, stating very clearly that the Jews are the chosen people of G-d, and that Eretz Yisrael belongs to the Jews."The visit was a first step in new relations according to Josh Reinstein, Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus.Reinstein noted that while Norway has been antagonistic as a nation, the visit comes "on the heels of a new election where a christian political party has been elected to parliament." He predicted the events may herald the beginning of new relations, adding that faith based diplomacy is the "most influential weapon we have in the diplomatic cache today."MK Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) a member of the Knesset Christian Caucus, commented that the delegation is "very sincere" and "troubled by what they know to be their faith's past."In meeting the leaders, Lipman said there was no lingering hard feelings from the Jewish side, just a desire to look to the future and work together.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Kerry praises Abbas for negotiating ‘despite difficulties’
Insisting sides have ‘made progress,’ Kerry may return to region next week; PA reportedly rejects latest US security proposals
December 5, 2013, 8:08 pm
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Kerry arrived in the region Wednesday night
for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on the peace talks, and
to present an American plan for security arrangements in the West Bank
under a possible future peace accord.A Palestinian official told Reuters on Thursday that Palestinians rejected the ideas raised by Kerry.
The official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity and declined to elaborate on the proposals, said Kerry
presented them to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after discussing
them separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“The Palestinian side rejected them because
they would only lead to prolonging and maintaining the occupation,” the
official said.Abbas was not immediately available after the Ramallah talks and did not join Kerry in his brief comments to reporters.Netanyahu also appeared to reject the
arrangement when he insisted that in any deal “Israel can and must be
able to defend by itself with our own forces against any foreseeable
threat.”
By Maayana Miskin-First Publish: 12/5/2013, 8:21 PM-Israelnationalnews
A Palestinian Authority (PA) official involved in talks between the
PA and Israel said Thursday that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has rejected
every offer put forth by United States Secretary of State John Kerry
regarding security in the Jordan Valley.The source said the security arrangements Kerry proposed were
unacceptable because they would not prevent Israelis from continuing to
live in the region.Kerry’s proposals were controversial among Israeli politicians. MK
Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) said of the arrangements, “We are not
interested in the security arrangements that the Americans are trying to
sell us in the [Jordan] Valley or the [Temple] Mount."Yogev told Kerry, "We saw what happened as a result of security
arrangements like these, after Oslo and saw how you retreated from the position of pressure on Iran and allowed it to become a nuclear threshold state which threatens Israel."“There is only one state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean: the state of Israel, which defends itself, with G-d’s help,” he concluded.Earlier, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon said Israel must clearly tell Kerry that it will not sign an agreement that would put Israeli lives at risk.Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who is in charge of Israel’s delegation
to the talks, said of Kerry’s proposals, “I believe that a diplomatic
agreement is a necessity, nationally, economically and in terms of
security. So in any agreement, we need to protect our security
interests,” hse said.“We need to design the reality, while taking into account the difficult neighborhood we live in,” she added. “It is not simple, but it is necessary, and possible.”
California Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee, Duncan Hunter, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Wednesday to discuss U.S.-Iranian policy, saying that the U.S. should use tactical nuclear devices rather than putting boots on the ground if it were ever to attack Iran.“I think people like to toss around the fact that we have to stop
them in some way from gaining them this nuclear capability,” he said. “I
don't think it’s inevitable but I think if you have to hit Iran, you do
it with tactical nuclear devices and set them back a decade or two or
three. I think that's the way to do it, with a massive aerial
bombardment campaign.”When asked if war with Iran was inevitable, Hunter responded, “I sure
as hell hope not.” Hunter also noted that any aerial bombardment would
be a “huge undertaking” and cost “billions and billions of dollars”, but
would be vastly preferable to a ground war in Iran. After Iraq and
Afghanistan, he said, America “knows its limitations in that area.”Hunter also expressed his support for a new round of economic
sanctions against Iran, an idea that has garnered bipartisan support in
both the Senate and House to the frustration of the Obama White House.
Hunter criticized the administration’s rejection of new sanctions,
saying “Congress should not wait." The current administration, he added,
is “so in love the idea of just saying that they did something here,
whether it works or not, that they’re blind to reality.”“I think we should proceed with sanctions to that the Iranians know
that the deal offered to them is not an American deal with them – this
is a Kerry-Obama deal with them and the rest of Congress is not behind
them." The US Senate also still wants to impose sanctions, he
said. "It's going to be very hard for them to say – OK, we'll just going
to trust Iran and hope that they do the right thing for the first time
in 40 years and see what happens.”
Abbas Rejects Kerry’s Offer
PA spokesman says Abbas has rejected every offer put forth by John Kerry on Jordan Valley security.
Abbas and Kerry (archive)-Flash 90
Rep. Hunter: If Necessary, Nuke Iran
Congressman says tactical nuclear devices that would set Iran back ' decade or two' are better than boots on the ground.-By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 12/3/2013, 9:00 PM-Israelnationalnews
Bushehr nuclear power plant-AFP photo
Arab MKs to Kerry: Bedouin relocation a crime against humanity
‘Prawer plan constitutes ethnic cleansing under international law,’ charges former MK after week of tensions over resettlement plan
December 5, 2013, 5:35 pm
1-The times of Israel
The
plan, conceived in the Prime Minister’s Office Planning Directorate by
its director Udi Prawer, would consolidate a number of sprawling,
unregulated tent cities into towns with modern infrastructures and
government services. Some 40,000 members of the southern Bedouin
population of 220,000 are slated to be relocated to the new towns.The scheme has come under fire domestically
and abroad. A “day of rage” on Saturday saw a number of protests against
the plan around the world, including several within Israel that turned
violent.The letter, sent to Kerry during his visit
this week to Israel, insists that the so-called Prawer Plan amounts to
“ethnic cleansing by Israel that must be stopped,” and asked for his
“immediate intervention [to stop] the dispossession of thousands from
their lands.”The letter notes that some of the Bedouin
villages had existed “since before the founding of Israel, but Israeli
governments have refused to recognize the settlements and have neglected
them,” reads a Hebrew-language version of the letter.The current plan “seeks to ‘resettle’ them by force in an environment that is opposed to their way of life,” the MKs wrote.“This letter is part of the struggle of the
Higher Coordinating Committee of Negev Arabs to bring international
pressure to bear on the Israeli government to cancel the implementation
of the Prawer Plan,” former Ra’am-Ta’al MK Taleb A-Sanaa, a Negev
Bedouin, told Channel 10 News on Thursday.Activists have said implementation of the plan
would disrupt the Bedouin’s traditional lifestyle and abandon them to
urban slums and systemic poverty, and complain that the Bedouin were not
sufficiently consulted as the government developed the plan. Some have
called the plan racist.The government has dismissed the opposition to
the plan, saying the status-quo of fast-growing unregulated tent-cities
cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.
Police
and protesters clash at a rally where around 1,200 demonstrators
gathered in the southern Israeli town of Hura during a protest against
the government’s plan to resettle some 30,000 Bedouin residents of the
Negev desert on Saturday. (Photo credit: Flash90)
“The Prawer plan is a flagrant violation of
international conventions Israel has signed, especially the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which
enshrines the right to housing, and the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
Convention,” A-Sanaa accused.“Israel must obey international law and stop
the implementation of the [Prawer plan], which constitutes ethnic
cleansing and is a crime against humanity according to international
law,” he said.Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside
the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court Thursday in the latest protest against
the plan. The demonstrators called for the release of over a dozen
activists arrested last Saturday for alleged rock-throwing during a
demonstration near the tent village of Hura against the plan.
Trying to smooth over Iran feud, Kerry moves from sticks to carrots
Secretary of state endorses Israeli demand for recognition as Jewish state, presents plan to guarantee border security. Netanyahu likely still unimpressed
December 5, 2013, 5:53 pm
13-The Times of Israel
“The United States will do everything in our
power to make certain that Iran’s nuclear program — a program of
weaponization possibilities — is terminated,” Kerry pledged.
Attempting to assuage widespread fears that the temporary deal hatched
last month in Geneva would become a permanent situation, Kerry said
Jerusalem and Washington “agree on what the goal of the final status
agreement ought to be.”The US administration’s idea of an endgame remains
shrouded in mystery. But Israel’s demands are clear: Iran must not be
left with any enriched uranium and needs to dismantle all facilities
that could be used to produce nuclear weapons.
While Kerry probably did not bring with him a
concrete proposal for the upcoming talks with Iran, he and his team did
present Netanyahu and his advisers with a scheme on security
arrangements in a future peace deal with the Palestinians. Indeed, in
the first leg of his current visit to the region, intended mainly to
revive the stalling Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Kerry tried
to address two of Netanyahu’s key concerns thought by Washington to be
impeding progress in the talks: recognition of Israel as a Jewish state
and ironclad security arrangements.Since Netanyahu reluctantly agreed to restart
peace talks with the Palestinian Authority four months ago, he has
reiterated numerous times that these two conditions need to be met for
him to sign any agreement.“In order for there to be peace between us and
our Palestinian neighbors, they must recognize the right of the Jewish
people to a state of its own in its homeland,” he said at a cabinet
meeting last month. “The second foundation is the security that can
defend the peace and will defend the Jewish state in case the peace
frays.” These security arrangements “will certainly include many
things,” he said, “but first and foremost, the security border of the
State of Israel will remain along the Jordan River.”
Speaking at a press conference after his
meeting with Netanyahu Thursday morning at the Prime Minister’s Office,
Kerry went out of his way to please his host. “I join with President
[Barack] Obama in expressing to the people of Israel our deep, deep
commitment to the security of Israel and to the need to find a peace
that recognizes Israel as a Jewish state, that recognizes Israel as a
country that can defend itself, by itself,” Kerry said. “That is an
important principle with which the prime minister and the president and I
are in agreement.”
Kerry’s quasi endorsement of Netanyahu’s
demand for Israel to be recognized by the Palestinians as a Jewish state
does not signify a reversal on US policy. Back in March, Obama had said
in Jerusalem that the “Palestinians must recognize that Israel will be a
Jewish state.” But still, it’s music to Netanyahu’s ears every time he
hears it, and Kerry knew exactly what to say to try to get back on “my
friend Bibi’s” good side.
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US Secretary of State John
Kerry in Jerusalem, Thursday, December 5, 2013 (photo credit: Kobi
Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
More concretely, Kerry also had a detailed
plan for security arrangements in a future peace deal in his suitcase.
Washington is keenly aware of Israel’s worries, Kerry took great pains
in explaining. “I understand the challenges to security that Israel
faces. I understand it very well,” he said, mentioning that he had
visited the rocket-stricken towns in Israel’s north and south, and
understands their suffering. To make sure Israel can go ahead and
negotiate in earnest with the Palestinians, Gen. John Allen, a former US
commander in Afghanistan, “provided the prime minister and his military
leadership with some thoughts” about how to guarantee Israel’s safety,
he said.One reason the peace talks have been stalling
in recent weeks, analysts surmise, is Netanyahu’s reluctance to produce a
map of how he imagines the two future states would look, mainly because
he is not willing to discuss borders before his security concerns are
allayed. General Allen’s plan can be understood as an effort to show
Jerusalem that while the US understands Israel’s legitimate worries,
there are ways to address them.Officials have yet to confirm details of the American proposal. According to Haaretz,
it integrates “physical security arrangements” in the West Bank “with
American security guarantees for Israel and proposed American military
aid to the Israel Defense Forces.”
Netanyahu was probably not impressed by the
American initiative. He maintains that Israel needs to keep a security
presence in the Jordan Valley, a demand the Palestinians resolutely
reject. “Israel is ready for a historic peace, and it’s a peace based on
two states for two peoples,” the prime minister said at Thursday’s
joint press conference with Kerry, after he had seen Allen’s draft.
“It’s a peace that Israel can and must be able to defend by itself with
our own forces against any foreseeable threat.”Danon: ‘We will not allow Kerry to
pressure us into another bad deal. We will never compromise on our
security, even if it means saying no to our closest ally’And even in the unlikely scenario that
Netanyahu would be inclined to work with the US proposal, the right
flank of his Likud party, which is opposed to a Palestinian state on
ideological grounds, doubtless has profound reservations about Allen’s
ideas.Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon rejected
the American proposal even before Kerry and Netanyahu emerged from their
meeting, because it allegedly includes the “possibility of Palestinian
representatives at international border crossings.”“Israel will not outsource its basic security
needs to the Palestinians,” Danon said in a statement. “After the
debacle in Geneva [where the interim deal with Iran was signed], we will
not allow Secretary Kerry to pressure us into another bad deal… We will
never compromise on our security, even if it means saying no to our
closest ally.”
Kerry put his all into burying the hatchet
with Netanyahu and washing away the bad blood between Jerusalem and
Washington, which started with an aggressive television interview
last month and escalated in the last two weeks with harsh statements
back and forth over the Iran deal. On Thursday, Netanyahu, too, tried to
move on, calling Kerry a “welcome friend” and refraining from any open
criticism (such as calling the Geneva agreement “a historic mistake.”)
But a few nice words, even well-chosen ones, will not be enough to
obscure the deep divisions that currently fester between Washington and
Jerusalem, on both the Palestinians and Iran.
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) has recently translated interviews with released terrorists and their families broadcasted on official Palestinian Authority (PA) TV. The interviews reveal that the terrorists have no regrets, lived a life of ease in jail, and had easy access for familial visits.The televised testimony contrasts sharply with PA libel claiming
prisoners suffer harsh conditions and their families have a hard time
seeing them. In 2010, PA government supervisor of prisoners Issa Keraka
called for an international investigation of Israeli "violations" against PA prisoners.The interviews came after the second batch
of 26 terrorists was released on October 29, bringing the total number
released to date to 52 out of 104 promised in the "gesture" for peace
talks. Meanwhile a senior official in Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO) said the PA is only staying in talks to release all 104 prisoners.The released terrorists in the second batch of "gestures" were greeted as heroes, and summarily given a $50,000 grant each and senior positions at the PA with extremely high monthly salaries.Asrar Samrin, one of the newly released terrorists who was serving a
life sentence for the 1991 murder of Israeli Tzvi Klein, appeared on PA
TV October 30. He remarked that "the first question all Israeli media
ask every released prisoner is: 'Do you regret what you did or not?'"
Samrin said: "through the great PA TV, I say to the Israelis: There is no Palestinian who did something for the homeland and his nation who will regret it. We don't regret what we did and we will not regret what we did."
The segment can be seen here:PMW also provides a segment from May 4 in which Muhammad Hilal, a terrorist who was released after having served 10 years, described prison life on PA TV. According to Hilal the "worst thing about Israeli prison" was having to sit on a metal chair for a long time while transported on the prison bus.The "ride of torment," as Hilal called it, involved having to "sit on a metal chair, made entirely of metal, there's nothing but metal inside it."Hilal described the daily routine for terrorist prisoners.After exercising in the morning, Hilal said "the guys would get together in the prison yard and we'd chat, talk, eat, drink, joke and play, etc., throughout the day." There would be a "noon roll-call" for several hours of "resting in the rooms...nap time, reading time, study time," following by more time in the yard "walking, laughing, playing, joking, etc., until dark."The interview can be seen here:On October 30, relatives of freshly released terrorists were also interviewed on PA. According to them, the security check when visiting their terrorist kin in jail was similar to an average airport check.Brother of released murderer Osama Abu Hananeh said "the visit was exhausting when we went through the [security] check. They would even pass our shoes through a machine."Meanwhile the mother of released murderer Ahmad Abd Al-Aziz Qadura, when asked if she had difficulties visiting her terrorist son, said "no, by Allah, nothing. Thank Allah, we would visit them and go home."Hananeh, Qadura and two others murdered Motti Biton and wounded his wife Molly near Jenin in 1992.The video segment can be seen here:
Released Terrorists Reveal No Regret, Fun in Jail
PMW
exposes released prisoners and their families on PA TV revealing ease
of prison life, and familial visits in contrast to PA libels.-By Ari Yashar-First Publish: 12/5/2013, 9:19 PM-israelnationalnews
Released terrorist Asrar Samrin on PA TV
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Samrin said: "through the great PA TV, I say to the Israelis: There is no Palestinian who did something for the homeland and his nation who will regret it. We don't regret what we did and we will not regret what we did."
The segment can be seen here:PMW also provides a segment from May 4 in which Muhammad Hilal, a terrorist who was released after having served 10 years, described prison life on PA TV. According to Hilal the "worst thing about Israeli prison" was having to sit on a metal chair for a long time while transported on the prison bus.The "ride of torment," as Hilal called it, involved having to "sit on a metal chair, made entirely of metal, there's nothing but metal inside it."Hilal described the daily routine for terrorist prisoners.After exercising in the morning, Hilal said "the guys would get together in the prison yard and we'd chat, talk, eat, drink, joke and play, etc., throughout the day." There would be a "noon roll-call" for several hours of "resting in the rooms...nap time, reading time, study time," following by more time in the yard "walking, laughing, playing, joking, etc., until dark."The interview can be seen here:On October 30, relatives of freshly released terrorists were also interviewed on PA. According to them, the security check when visiting their terrorist kin in jail was similar to an average airport check.Brother of released murderer Osama Abu Hananeh said "the visit was exhausting when we went through the [security] check. They would even pass our shoes through a machine."Meanwhile the mother of released murderer Ahmad Abd Al-Aziz Qadura, when asked if she had difficulties visiting her terrorist son, said "no, by Allah, nothing. Thank Allah, we would visit them and go home."Hananeh, Qadura and two others murdered Motti Biton and wounded his wife Molly near Jenin in 1992.The video segment can be seen here:
