The next three weeks in the Middle East - namely Israel, Cyprus and Turkey, may well provide far more excitement than any of us want. With the High Holy Days beginning on the 29^th this always seems to cause Security to go into high gear in Israel, but this year even more so than usual. The so-called “Palestinians” asking the Arab controlled General Assembly of the United Nations to recognize them as a State is certain to cause riots, if not war, to break out here in Israel. And if Obama betrays Israel and does not veto this in the Security Council the bloodbath could begin right away. Hamas and Hezbollah will cut loose with all they have to back-up the PA in their determination to destroy the State of Israel.

It has also become obvious that Turkey is playing a very dangerous game to gain the upper hand in the Arab and Muslim World. Now that Egypt is not the top dog Turkey is forcing Israel into a confrontation at sea, with the real reason being to take control of the.natural gas and possibly the oil which is presently controlled by Israel.

Cyprus is also in Turkish sights because they sold their rights in the Mediterranean Sea to Israel. This could be a motivation for Turkey to once again attack the Cypriots. They have practically no military to speak of, and could certainly not defend themselves against Turkish forces.  Turkey’s main enemy over the past decades has been the Greek Government, and the fact that Israel and Greece have been building a strong relationship, both militarily and economically, doesn’t sit well with Turkey.

But most likely the biggest motivator behind Turkey’s aggression towards Israel over the past year has been the Prime Minister who has made it clear that he wants to see Turkey become more Islamic. He has, time and time again, allow his mouth to drive him into a corner by making so many threats against Israel. It has now come to a point that he must either put up or shut up.

So when you think matters couldn’t look worse, they get worse and worse. The fact that Turkey and Iran have become very close over the past year or so only brings into view the prophecy of Ezekiel 38:5-6 – keeping in mind that Togarmah is today’s Turkey.

We have a good idea what this whole thing means to us here in Israel. However, those reading this in the US, Europe and elsewhere may be wondering about what is going to happen here? My guess,which is nothing more than that, is that all this will be a signal for the Islamic Jihadi’s to go into full operation. The world could very well go completely insane,  just as the global economy collapses.

If half of what we read on the Internet is true about Obama,  and the truth concerning this impostor becomes an issue in the US,  all hell will break loose because he will not go down without a final attempt to destroy the US.

I hope that all my warnings over the past two years have caused you to do your best to provide for the coming disasters. If there is any truth to what I have written above, and I believe there is or I wouldn’t be saying it, you have only a few weeks to prepare. This is not to say that the end will come in a few weeks, but it could certainly be the time for the Great Sorrows to begin.

There is however another side to this coin. So far there has always been something that comes up at the last minute to seemingly delay the inevitable – so we will just have to wait and see what develops overtime. It is my honest opinion that God is in total control and that the droughts and floods, horrible storms, earthquakes and crop failures around the world only testify to me that God is speaking loud and clearly for those who have an ear to hear.

The first thing you must do is to make sure you are right with God and that Yeshua (Jesus) is truly your Messiah (Lord) not just your Savior. Do good with what you now have - before it is worthless to you. Witness to your loved ones, yet the only salvation you can ever be sure of is your own.

Daily I awake asking God to please send the larger ship, so our mission to save Jewish lives can be more effective. I ask Him to open more doors and more hearts of those who can assist us in Europe, and around the world. To help us get the word out in the right places to the right people in the Jewish communities – and in time. I ask Him to touch the hearts of those reading this to supply the needed finances to accomplish all these things.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for our son Joel and all the IDF soldiers. Pray for this ministry and your part in it.

Shalom, Jerry Golden

“Fair Use for Educational and Information Purposes”

While the news that Israel is under attack is nothing new, the attacks have increased in frequency and in damage. Here are just a few of the headlines regarding Israel:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4110783,00.html ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
Defense Minister Ehud Barak of Israel says “very harsh retaliation is coming.”
“There will be a price tag to this event,” he said. “Gaza will be severely hit. It is clear that the plan (for the attack) came from terror organizations in Gaza…The IDF will soon prepare for a response.”

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234354 ISRAEL BEGINS RESPONDING TO MASS TERROR ATTACK!!!
ISRAEL DROPS AIRSTRIKES OVER GAZA KILLS 7 TERRORISTS IN RESPONSE TO MASS CIVILIANS TAGRETED BY GAZA MUSLIMS…STILL HUNTING FOR MORE THAT THEY SAY ARE HIDING…

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147001
MKs: Enough Missile Defense – End Hamas Completely Go Into Gaza Take Out Hamas!!!!
National Union MKs call on government to stop relying on “Iron Dome” and start hitting Hamas – hard. MK Ben-Ari called to not only target Hamas, but retake Gaza. “The one conclusion from the recent events must lead us to reoccupy Gaza,” he said.

80 Rockets FIred in Last 3 Days - – many more dying, babies hurt, 40 Rockets Fired Satureday Alone!!!
Hamas reportedly claims responsibility for Beersheba, Ofakim attacks; Ofakim: rocket lands on house causing shrapnel injuries to baby, 9-year-old, man; more than 80 rockets fired from Gaza.

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234660
How To Strike Back Without Entering Cast Lead II ?
IT DOESNT LOOK POSSIBLE- – -IF ISRAEL GOES INTO GAZA TO TAKE OUT HAMAS AND OCCUPY GAZA MOST OF THOSE MUSLIM NATIONS WILL PROBABLY ALL ATTACK ISRAEL TOGETHER…
The fact that the PRC was the group behind the attacks on Thursday is another demonstration of how Hamas is continuing to lose control over the Gaza Strip as a growing number of terrorist groups – some affiliated with al Qaida and Global Jihad elements – reject its authority and believe that now is the time to begin escalating the front with Israel.

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234660
Palestine Calls On U.N. Security Council To Hold Emergency Meeting To Stop Israel.
“Israel is preparing for war to distract attention from the Palestinian Authority’s plan for September,” said Mohammed Subh, the PA envoy to the Arab League.
He said that Arab League representatives would hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the repercussions of Israel’s “assault” on Palestinian and Egyptian territories. “We have been expecting such an aggression,” Subh said. “We were expecting Israel to intensify tensions in the region as we approached the September deadline. Israel is seeking to create mayhem in the region.”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111486,00.html ALERT!!
TOTAL GAZA INVASION VERY POSSIBLE SAYS ISRAEL!!!
POSSISBLE TAKE OVER OF GAZA IMMINENT AFTER HAMAS KILLS MORE CIVILIANS AND FIRES 40 MORE ROCKETS SATURDAY>>>
Israeli Minister: “Hamas will pay heavy price”
The forum of top eight government ministers was set to meet Saturday night to discuss escalating Israel’s response to the rocket fire from Gaza. During the deliberations the ministers will discuss all options, including a ground operation in the Strip and increasing the pace of assassinations of terror group leaders

http://debka.com/article/21226/
US defuses Egyptian-Israeli crisis: Egypt may post troops in E. Sinai
Intense diplomatic efforts by Washington Saturday night, Aug. 20, produced a compromise for resolving the Egyptian-Israeli crisis moments before their 1979 peace accord was overturned

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234550
HAMAS CALLS OFF TRUCE WITH ISRAEL!!!!!!!!   As Rocket Fire Continues From Gaza !!!
Hamas announced early on Saturday they were no longer committed to a more than two-year de facto truce with Israel since the end of a war in early 2009.
There is no longer any truce with the enemy,” the statement said in a move seen as paving the way for Hamas to escalate the violence with Israel.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/30-rockets-strike-israel-day-after-coordinated-terror-attacks-kill-8-1.379518 MAJOR ALERT!!!! MAJOR ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
30 Rockets Strike Israel Since Thursday After Coordinated Terror Attacks Kills 8 Jews on Thursday!!
At least 7 wounded as Palestinians fire Grad, Qassam missiles at Israel; Iron Dome successfully intercepts rocket bound for Ashdod.

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234543
‘Iron Dome’ intercepts rocket fired from Gaza at Ashkelon Friday Night
Three rockets explode in Eshkol Regional council, no injuries reported; seven injured by Grad rocket that explodes in Ashdod yeshiva; small fire started by rocket explosion near Kiryat Malachi in the South.
The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip toward Ashkelon late Friday night.

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234530
‘Senior PRC commander killed in IDF strike in Gaza Strip’
An IAF strike in the northern Gaza Strip Friday evening killed Samed Abdul Mu’ty Abed, identified by Israeli media as a senior commander in the Popular Resistance Committees, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported.
The man was riding a motorcycle at the time of the strike, according to multiple Palestinian reports. Another 22-year-old man was injured in the strike.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111223,00.html
ISRAEL – -  prepares for grim night of Friday as rocket fire continues unabated, Over 17 rockets, additional mortars fired throughout Friday. Airstrikes in Gaza continue to target PRC terror group, which threatens ‘resistance until martyrdom’

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234432 Israel Strikes Gaza Hard After Muslims murder Innocent Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu:
“The people who gave the order to murder our people and hid in Gaza are no longer among the living.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HOZrJXnuw0

 Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech and warning to terrorists!!!!

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111523,00.html
Israel fears further escalation in south
Defense establishment officials fear that the extent of rocket attacks from Gaza will increase Sunday. Due to the situation, the National Emergency Management Authority storage facilities will be opened in the morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLDF8qh7qY Russia  Today News Video Update – ISRAEL MAY STRIKE LEBANON and HEZBOLLAH ALSO AT THIS TIME!!! – - –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAshdIHZ1Jo
Egypt protesters demanding end to Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXx-zBSkI88
Al Jazeera New Video reporst on situation in Gaza

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147005
A 38-year-old Ofakim man died Saturday night of wounds he sustained in a Gaza missile attack on the city, leaving a pregnant wife.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147003
Cabinet in Midnight Meeting as Attacks Continue
Netanyahu’s ‘cabinet of eight’ to meet at midnight as attacks from Gaza continue

NEWS FOR SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY – -

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=234762 ISRAEL’S SECURITY MINISTER…GROUND INVASION BEING HIGHLY CONSIDERED!!!!!!
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said on Sunday that the violence in the south will continue in the near future.
“The escalation will continue in the coming days. The public should act accordingly. These will not be easy times,” he said.
Also on Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom said that, in light of the ongoing onslaught, the government will have to consider entering the coastal strip.
“We cannot continue in a situation in which one million Israelis are living under constant rocket fire. The deterrence from Operation Cast Lead has exhausted itself. We will need to respond and we are not excluding the option of a ground invasion,” Shalom said.

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=234761
Jordan warns escalation in Gaza threatens entire region !!!!!!!!!
The statement, made by Jordanian Information Minister Abdullah Abu Ruman, condemned “Israel military operations that left civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip and killed a number of Egyptian officers,” and warned against further “targeting of civilians” in Gaza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq8kcKz5eZ8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Egypt Turning Fast on Israel
Thousands Gather At Israel’s Embassay in Egypt and Take Down the Flag and Burn it… MASSES OF PEOPLE>>EGYPT IN A TOTAL FRENZY OVER WAR IN GAZA THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE>>>

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111566,00.html ISRAEL CALCULATING OPTIONS CAREFULLY…HIGHLY CONSIDERING GOING INTO GAZA!!!
IAF STRIKES GAZA AS ROCKETS CONTINUE TO POUND SOUTH ISRAEL SUNDAY!!! ISRAEL IRON DOME INTERCEPTOR STILL SHOOTING DOWN ROCKETS.                                                                                                                                   ISRAEL SAYS EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ISRAELS FIRST RESPONSE WITHIN 24 HOURS, IT SHOULD NOT IN ANY WAY LEAD PEOPLE TO THINK ISRAEL IS WEAK AND IT HESITATING…THEY ARE WATING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO STRIKE AND ARE DECIDING ON GROUND INVASION AND THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF HAMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=234751
Hamas, Arab League ask the UN to stop Gaza escalation UN has to take procedures to stop Israeli offensive,
” Arab League sec.-gen. says; Hamas FM says he’s in contact with int’l, regional bodies

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147010
A barrage of Grad Katyusha missiles were fired by Gaza terrorists at Be’er Sheva for the fourth day Sunday morning.
One landed on a school.Several missiles had already been intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system earlier in the morning over the souther coastal city of Ashkelon…

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147020 Likud Minister Says Stop Hamas Completely and For Good
Likud Minister Silvan Shalom told Be’er Sheva residents during a solidarity visit Sunday to a school hit by a missile, “We must stop this.”

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147018
Ashkelon Coast Targeted in Midday Rocket Barrages: Gaza terrorists switched focus towards midday Sunday and directed their missile barrages towards Ashkelon and the Eshkol district.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111863,00.html Arab League Demanding U.N Stop Israel!!!
ARAB LEAGUE AND JORDAN CONDEMN ISRAEL ESCALLATION…THE ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNED ISRAELI ATTACKS ON SUNDAY MORNING AND DEMANDED TO U.N TAKE ACTION TO STOP ISRAEL’S RESPONSE…!!!!
I HAVE AN IDEA..HOW ABOUT HAMAS STOPS FIRING ROCKETS AT INNOCENT PEOPLE OR ISRAEL WILL BLOW OFF YOUR FREAKING HEADS WITH THEIR TANKS..HOWS THAT FOR A RESPONSE…

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111602,00.html Israel’s Cities Pleading For More Iron Dome Systems
ISRAEL’S MAJOR CITIES FIGHTING OVER WHO SHOULD GET THE CURRENT IRON DOME MISSILE BATTERIES DEPLYED IN ITS CITIES THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. COST IS 30-50,000 PER ROCKET THAT IS FIRED…

Tomorrow, June 26, 2011, Churches across America are going to participate in an anti-christian activity.

From the Faith Shared site:

“…Suggested readings will be provided from the Torah, the Gospels, and the Qur’an, but communities are encouraged to choose readings that will resonate with their congregations. Involvement of members from the Muslim community is key…”

Hmm. Is it just me or might it be a bit hard for the Muslim community to participate in worship in a supposedly Christian church when their bible instructs them to kill infidels aka christians?

Many of us have been anticipating God’s judgment on America for the nation’s sins. Those of us who worship and fear Almighty God are shaking in our shoes for the church leadership that has agreed to read the Qur’an in the House of God.

Wait a minute. If the church is truly the House of God, reading from the Qur’an wouldn’t be considered for even a moment. So maybe, just maybe, that’s why these pastors are having no qualms about signing up to share their pulpits. Maybe these buildings are churches in architecture only.

Their congregations should probably be fasting and praying that God, the only God, doesn’t remodel their sanctuaries and smoke the occupants when it comes time for Sunday worship.

Do pray for those who have yet to see that Christ is the only way to salvation.

sis C

What Would Jesus Think

FROM THE DESK OF PASTOR JOHN HAGEE

Greetings to all of our Salt Covenant Partners across the nation and around the world.

If you haven’t already heard, you will soon hear on the national media about the radical protesters that invaded Cornerstone Church Sunday protesting the right of Israel to exist. I want my friends and partners to have “all the truth and nothing but the truth.”

The facts are as follows:

Sunday morning, May 15, 2011, at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio a day was set aside to express our appreciation for the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Hundreds of churches across America and around the world joined us as we stood in solidarity with Israel in this time of crisis.

What I didn’t know was that eleven anti-Israel protesters came to our 11:00 am worship service pretending to be worshippers. They sat in different sections of the church; some in the balcony and the majority on the main floor. As it turned out, none of them were Palestinians; they were all local radical activists.

As I stood to deliver the sermon, one female “Palestinian protester” stood at the edge of the balcony and began throwing anti-Israel propaganda leaflets on to the main floor of the sanctuary. She was not screaming; she was throwing leaflets by the handful on the heads of the people below.

The propaganda leaflets said, “We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and demand an end to U.S. support for Israeli occupation, apartheid, and violations of the human rights of Palestinians. We stand in solidarity with the Third Intifada demanding the right of return to occupied territories.” One side of the propaganda leaflet has the picture of a mother burying her child under the caption “Your tithes are responsible for this!” The leaflet claimed Israel was responsible for the deaths of 1,500 children since the year 2000.

Cornerstone Church has an outstanding security team consisting of highly trained and professional police officers. On this particular Sunday they were simply spectacular. They quickly located and escorted out the leaflet protester.

Five minutes later, a second protester stood and started screaming as loudly as she could, “Free Palestine! Israel is apartheid. Israel has no right to the land.” She was quickly escorted out by security as the congregation cheered and applauded their action and her exodus.

Five minutes after that, a third protester stood and started screaming fanatical propaganda phrases against Israel that are used all over the world to attack Israel and the Jewish people. I now knew we had a major and highly organized protest on our hands whose objective was to shut the service down to prevent this nationally televised tribute to Israel. At this point, I told my congregation, “The objective of these protesters is to shut down this tribute to Israel. I’m going to finish this sermon if it takes until 6:00 pm tonight.” The congregation cheered like it was the Super Bowl. These protesters did more to unite our congregation in one hour than a dozen preachers have done in the past few years.

Protester after protester every five minutes stood, screamed slogans, and was escorted out by security. We finished our service in one accord and with total joy.

The protesters were taken to the chapel where they were photographed, required to give their identifications, and charged with criminal trespass by our officers. If they return to church property they will be sent to jail. Some were sent to jail immediately because of outstanding warrants for their arrest. One-third of the staff of a local non-profit organization, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, participated in this anti-Israel church invasion.

In reviewing the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center Facebook page it appears that at least five more of the eleven protesters participated in past protests publicized by Esperanza. Esperanza Peace and Justice Center receives tax funding from the city of San Antonio and the state of Texas.

Here is why we are going to continue to support the State of Israel and the Jewish people:

1) Israel is not a political issue…Israel is a Bible issue. Truth is not what you think it is, truth is not what I say it is, truth is what the Bible says it is. The reality is that Israel is the only nation created by a sovereign act of God in the Book of Genesis. Israel was not born on May 15, 1948…it was born 3,500 years ago when Almighty God made an eternal covenant between Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants (see Genesis 13:14-15 and Genesis 17:7-8).

2) Those who believe the Bible are commanded in Psalms 122:6 to “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces.”

3) God has promised in Genesis 12:1-4 to bless every person and nation who blesses Israel and to curse every person and nation that curses Israel. The effectiveness of this divine mandate is seen in the lives of two Pharaohs. The Pharaoh that blessed Joseph and the Jewish people avoided starvation and knew unlimited prosperity; the Pharaoh that “knew not Joseph” and who drowned Jewish male children in the Nile River was himself turned to fish food in the Red Sea with his army. Exactly what you do to the Jewish people, God will do to you.

4) In Luke 7 the blessing of healing came to the house of a Roman centurion (a Gentile) with a sick servant. Why? Jesus Christ, a Jewish Rabbi, entered the Roman centurion’s house and prayed for his sick servant because “he built a synagogue” in the Land of Israel (see Luke 7:1-5).

5) St. Paul has commanded all Christians in Romans 15:27, “For if the Gentiles have benefitted from their spiritual things (the Jewish people) it is the duty of the Gentiles to minister to them in material things.” What spiritual blessings have the Jewish people given to us? They have given us the Word of God, the Patriarchs, the Prophets, the first family of Christianity (Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and the 12 Disciples) and the Apostle Paul. Take away the Jewish contribution to Christianity and there would be no Christianity.

6) We support Israel because Jesus Christ our Lord said, “I say to you, ‘Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’” (Matthew 25:40). The phrase “My brethren” refers to the Jewish people. Jesus never called the Gentiles His brethren until the cross. Before the cross we were, as St. Paul stated, “outside the covenants of Israel, without God and without hope and of all men most miserable.”

7) We support Israel because Obadiah 1:15 and Joel 3:2 make it very clear that any nation (including America) that tries to divide the Land of Israel (including Jerusalem) will indeed experience the judgment of God. Simply stated, the day America turns its back on Israel will be the day God will turn His back on America.

We support Israel because Israel has the right to exist! We call on the President and Congress to demand that Hamas and the Palestinians recognize Israel’s right to exist or to cut off all foreign aid immediately. Israel has the right to defined and defensible borders. Israel has the right to defend itself from any nation or group of people that attack them.

To all Bible believers, let us UNITE to stand up and speak up for the State of Israel. God is watching!

Sincerely,

Pastor John Hagee
Cornerstone Church
San Antonio, Texas

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers.

The following comes from G and K Detry of Isaiah 40 Ministries and warrants our attention.

Dear Prayer Warriors,  Please pray about what is being planned for Israel and the meetings coming up this Friday and next week in DC.  Our nation’s future and the future of ISrael are at stake!!!  We at Is 40 Min. have visited many of the Jewish communities in Samaria that are being targeted for expulsion.  Two of our 4 major projects are headquartered in Karnei Shomron!  Blessings, Gini Detry  Isaiah 40 Ministry

MK Katz Shows Knesset Scope of Communities Outside the “Blocs”
Based on his and most media analyses of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the Knesset Monday, National Union chairman MK Ya’akov Katz (Ketzaleh) on Tuesday said that the Prime Minister is talking about negotiations on removal of over 120,000 Jews from their homes.

Speaking to the Knesset, Ketzaleh said that based on the content of Netanyahu’s policy statement at the opening of the Knesset’s summer session Monday, the fact that the Prime Minister mentioned the need for “painful concessions” along with Israel’s desire to keep the “settlement blocs,” clearly implied holding on to the second while giving up the first.

While Netanyahu did not actually say specifically that Jews living outside the settlement blocs, or anywhere else,  would be expelled from their homes – and, in fact, according to news reports Monday night, sent reassuring messages to right wing Mks who were taken aback by his speech that he meant that there would be no negotiations whatsoever on the settlement blocs – Ketzaleh claimed that the Prime Minister’s intentions were very clear.

“This is a very specific plan that will be remembered for an eternal condemnation among the Jewish people, with the head of the Likud drawing up a list of who will be expelled and who will not,” he said.

The “settlement blocs,” as popularly defined, center on three areas – Gush Etzion, Maale Adumim, and the city of Ariel in central Samaria. These blocs contain numerous communities located in close proximity to each other, with major roads leading to the center of the country or to Jerusalem. Most of the blocs are either fully, or partially, within the security fence.

There are, however, numerous other blocs that Netanyahu apparently plans to give away, Ketzaleh told Mks.

On the “keep” list Ketzaleh distributed to Mks are most of the towns in Gush Etzion, the Eztion bloc south of Jerusalem, including communities like Efrat, Alon Shvut, Rosh Tzurim, Elazar, Neve Daniel, Har Gilo, and others along Road 60 north of Hevron. Altogether, nearly 20,000 Jews live in these communities.

Also to remain under Israeli control are the city of Maale Adumim and its surrounding communities of Kfar Adumim, Mitzpe Yericho, Keidar, and Kfar Adumim, where over 40,000 Jews live.

The same applies to the Kiryat Sefer (Modiin Illit) bloc, which includes Kiryat Sefer, Hashmonaim, and Matityahu. Over 50,000 Jews live in these communities, nearly all of them in Kiryat Sefer itself.

Most of these communities (except Ariel) are in close proximity to the 1948 border, Ketzaleh says, so Netanyahu hopes to make a deal to exchange land with the PA that would allow Israel to remain in these blocs.

A bigger problem is the city of Ariel and its surrounding communities – Barkan, Alei Zahav, Peduel, and Revava, and the communities closer to the 1948 border along Road 5, including Elkana, Sha’arei Tikvah, and Kiryat Netafim. The city of Ariel itself has some 20,000 residents, and even more important, it has the Barkan Industrial Zone, which is a major industrial facility that would be extremely expensive and impractical to move.

So, if Netanyahu has his way, Ariel and the towns to the west – those mentioned above, as well as the border communities of Oranit and Alfei Menashe – will remain under Israeli control. Altogether, some 47,000 Jews live in that area . The Palestinian Authority has stated numerous times that it would never agree to allowing Ariel, nearly 30 kilometers away from the green line, to remain under Israeli control.

Not as fortunate are the towns to the north of Ariel that, until now, were considered to be part of the “Ariel bloc,” includingKarnei Shomron, Emanuel, Yakir, Nofim and Kedumim – all of which, incidentally, are already, or are slated to be, inside the security fence – but are to be eliminated if that is what Netanyahu’s speech entails.

The same goes for the communities further north and east, including Shavei Shomron, Einav, Avnei Hefetz, Tapuach, Salit, Migdalim, Itamar, Elon Moreh, Har Bracha, and Yitzhar, which will also be cleared of Jews under the plan, Ketzaleh says. Also out of the blocs is the community of Tzofim; although it is very close to the 1948 border, but its proximity to the Arab city of Kalkilya makes it problematic. Altogether some 30,000 Jews live in these communities, with the largest of them Karnei Shomron, with over 7,000 residents.

Also negotiable according to one interpretation of the PM’s speech, but expendable according to Ketsale and others’ interpretations, are the communities of the Binyamin bloc, “the back of the mountain” (Gav Hahar) communities, north of Jerusalem hugging Road 60. Eli, not far from Itamar, is one, along with nearly all the towns north of Jerusalem – including Shilo, Beit El, Ofra, Psagot, Ma’ale Levonah, and others.

From many of these communities, one can see the vulnerable, densely populated Tel Aviv area. They are literally a rocket’s throw from the coast of Israel, which, from Netanya eastward, is only 70 km wide with Samaria and only 15 km wide without it.

Surprisingly, Ketzaleh claims, the Prime Minister also left out communities very close to Jerusalem which, for years, were considered “untouchable,” including Kochav Ya’akov, Mevo Horon, Givat Ze’ev, Beit Horon, Givon, Kochav Hashachar, Ma’ale Michmash, Geva Binyamin, and Har Adar. Also to be abandoned are the towns of the Talmon bloc, north of Kiryat Sefer, including Talmon, Nili, Nachliel, Na’aleh, Beit Aryeh, and others. Ketzaleh reported that over 67,000 Jews live in these towns.

Also excluded from the blocs are all the Har Hevron communities, including Kiryat Arba, Susia, Otniel, Negohot, Carmei Tsur, the historic city of Hevron’s Jewish community, Beit Hagai, Maale Hever and others. Over 14,600 Jews live in these communities. The same fate awaits Jews living in the “east Etzion bloc,” including Tekoa, Nokdim, Ma’ale Amos, and the extremely isolated Asfar, on the edge of the Judean desert.

Also troubling to many MKs on the right was Netanyahu’s pointed omission of the Jordan Valley as an important area that would remain under Israeli control. While the IDF would have to remain there for defensive purposes, Netanyahu said, MKs said that the speech marks the first time Netanyahu failed to mention a continued Israeli civil presence in the Jordan Valley – leading Ketzaleh, as well as many other rightwing Mks, to conclude that Netanyahu had crossed another “red line.” Some 7,000 Jews live in nearly 30 communities in the Valley – and they, too, said Ketzaleh, will find themselves homeless, if Netanyahu means to hold on to only the “blocs”.

Meeting Between Pres. Obama & PM Netanyahu (Fri. 5/20)

Intercede for this meeting that will take place at the White House on May 20th. Our very destiny as a nation rests upon our covenant with Zion. Pray that Obama will NOT turn his back on Israel, but will instead lend his full support to that nation when Prime Minister Netanyahu visits here this week. Ask that the mistakes of the past — fomented upon Israel’s head of state during his last visit to the Oval Office — not be repeated again, but will instead be washed away by the cleansing power of the Blood of the Lamb.

Pray, too, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand in the strength of the LORD against any and all forces that would seek to delegitimize Israel in this hour. Pray that no Palestinian Authority flag would ever fly higher than the flag of the sovereign state of Israel in the hearts of our U.S. leadership. Amen.

“I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him, With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him.”(Psalm 89:20-23)

NETANYAHU TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH

Barack Obama will host Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for a meeting on Friday, May 20. “The leaders look forward to discussing the full range of issues of mutual interest to the United States and Israel,” the White House said in a statement.

OBAMA TO GIVE MIDDLE EAST ADDRESS AHEAD OF NETANYAHU

Barack Obama will give a major speech to the 10,000 supporters of Israel at the AIPAC conference on Sunday morning, May 22, officials announced today. At that time, he will lay out his new Middle East strategy after the killing of Osama bin Laden and amid upheaval in the Arab world.

A key sticking point is whether Obama, who gained a temporary boost in global stature with the death of the al Qaeda chief last week, will also use his coming address to present new proposals for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, a source familiar with the administration’s internal debate said. (Gallup.com, Reuters)

What does it mean? The timing of the Obama speech appears to be like a carefully crafted chess move on the game board. Is he intending to “trump” Netanyahu, garnering world media attention, and thus taking the “wind out of his sails” from Netanyahu when he addresses AIPAC on the evening of May 23 and the US Congress on May 24? Is the timing of Obama’s speech intended to apply more pressure on Netanyahu and designed to influence his addresses to AIPAC on Sunday morning, May 22? (Commentary from Hebrew Nation)

For more information on the possible implications of this unusual lineup this weekend, please go here and read an article by Caroline Glick in the Jerusalem Post titled, “Column One: Obama’s newest ambush.”

Ask the Lord to be in the midst of these meetings, and that His will would be brought forth.

For Prime Minister Netanyahu:“. . . My arm shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not outwit him. . .” (Psalm 89:22)

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