As Israeli political leadership is said to be preparing a surprise give-away of much of the West Bank so a Palestinian State could be established, the greatest proponent of Unilateral Withdrawal may be about to ascend to the office of President!
by Cutting Edge Ministries, 1/27/07
First, let us consider the secret, the almost inconceivable sell-out plan!
NEWS BRIEF: "Olmert secretly preparing to relinquish Israel's heartland", Jerusalem News Wire, January 23, 2007
"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has reportedly been secretly bargaining away the God-given patrimony of the Jewish people ... Israeli and 'Palestinian' officials have been clandestinely discussing Israel's final and irreversible surrender of most of Judea and Samaria."
Cutting Edge has long taught that the entire reason for the Unilateral Withdrawal Plan, as mandated by the Oslo "Peace Accords" is to remove Jewish citizens from "harm's way" so that only Palestinians would remain on land in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Once all Jews are removed, and once the Palestinians seemingly have their own state, then Israel plans to annihilate all Palestinians (ancient House of Esau) and then retake the Biblical lands.
An interesting legal fact is that international laws allow one state to take action against another state that it does not allow otherwise; in other words, a state is more limited in the actions it can take when it is faced with simply a population of people. Some legal experts have argued that Israel could more easily and more legally attack the Palestinians if they were a state than if they were simply a population.
Make no mistake about the fact that the Israeli government fully intends to annihilate the Palestinians in fulfillment of Obadiah 15-18! If you have not heard of this "radically right" premise, please take the time to read all our articles on this subject. You can read our latest, NEWS2095, for it provides links to our previous articles. As you read these articles, you will be amazed at the fact that they are consistent with "facts on the ground". You will never trust Conventional Wisdom any more!
We have always stated that, before this prophesied annihilation (fulfillment of Obadiah 15-18) must be preceded by a total withdrawal of all Jewish citizens. While former Prime Minister Sharon used his tremendous reputation as a tough Army general to push through a withdrawal from The Gaza Strip, his successor, Prime Minister Olmert, has been singularly unsuccessful in persuading the Jewish nation that Israel needed to withdraw from the West Bank. In fact, the more Olmert tried to convince people, the more the Unilateral Withdrawal Plan suffered in the arena of public opinion.
Clearly, several factors were needed:
1) International support would be required. Nations from around the world must sign on to this plan and "force" Israel to accept it. This international pressure has to grow to a degree where Israeli leaders are seen to have no choice but to accept it.
2) A plan drawn up in absolute secrecy was required. The more withdrawal is discussed in public, the more people became opposed to it.
3) A powerful new political ally to Prime Minister Olmert is necessary, one who can use the power of his office to help forge the new withdrawal policy and force it through the political process.
With these factors in mind, let us go back to our featured article, above.
"Top diplomatic sources', including at least one close to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, told the online newspaper that 'historic changes' are set to take place in a matter of weeks. Together with the Gaza Strip, which was abandoned by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2005, the areas now on the table will form a Muslim Arab state dissecting Israel, and whose population remains overwhelmingly hostile to the Jews of this land."
While this article does not mention the unilateral withdrawal of the Jewish citizens currently living in Judea and Samaria, but they would presumably be forcibly moved out. While the resistance to such a plan has proven to be insurmountable to the Israeli government of Olmert, this plan might provide the needed extra power needed to force these citizens off the land if the entire international community were to demand that they move.
In this article, we see that the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, is putting the entire political apparatus behind this new policy. And, he stated that these "historic changes" are going to occur "within weeks". This fact brings us to our next subject.
The President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, suddenly removes himself from power because he is formally charged with criminal counts of rape, sexual harassment, and abuse of power. The significance of this criminal charge is that it creates a vacancy in this critical office at the same time that this secret plan to unilaterally withdraw from Judea and Samara is gaining steam and reaching a critically important stage.
NEWS BRIEF: "Israeli president asks to temporarily step aside over impending rape charge", Boston Herald, January 24, 2007
"JERUSALEM - Israeli President Moshe Katsav, facing charges of rape and abuse of power, asked parliament Wednesday to temporarily remove him from office in an effort to blunt growing calls for his resignation. Katsav has been under intense pressure to quit since Attorney-General Meni Mazuz notified him Tuesday that he planned to indict him on a raft of charges after a months long investigation into allegations by four women who worked for him."
President Katsav was literally beside himself.
NEWS BRIEF: "Police officials say Katsav is hysterical", YNET News, January 24, 2007
"President's frantic speech draws wave of angry, scornful responses. Internal security minister Dichter says, ‘President should find first opportunity to apologize for his emotional frenzy.’ MK Beilin: Katsav should resign ‘to prevent further denigration of presidential institution’."
If you were innocent of all charges this serious, might you not become a bit "hysterical"?
President Katsav in the past has also accused the political camp of Former Prime Minister Netyanahu for creating this crisis, manufacturing the evidence, in order to remove him from office.
I wonder if President Katsav is right.
Now, we must understand that, if Katsav is fully removed from office, someone else with high aspirations and qualifications could assume the Presidency -- at this most crucial time in the Unilateral Withdrawal Plan!
NEWS BRIEF: "Peres loyalists believe he could win", The Jerusalem Post, January 24, 2007
"There is a majority in the Knesset to end secret ballot voting, ahead of the race to succeed President Moshe Katsav, which would allow Vice Premier Shimon Peres to run for the presidency and win, sources close to Peres said Tuesday. Peres has never officially said that he would seek the presidency, which he has coveted since he was beaten by Katsav in 2000. But Kadima strategist Eyal Arad has been lobbying in the Knesset to pass a bill requiring open voting for president in order to allow Peres to feel confident enough of victory to be able to run."
Notice the statement that Shimon Peres has "coveted" the Presidency. No doubt, the pro-withdrawal forces also "covet" him getting this position, because then he could be in a position to greatly aid Prime Minister Olmert in gaining public acceptance of the withdrawal plan.
We shall have to watch this developing situation very carefully. If an international agreement is reached requiring Israel to withdraw from these territories so that a Palestinian State can be created, then we know that the Jewish citizens would be forcibly removed from the land -- by an international force, if need be!
Then, once Jewish citizens are removed from "harms way" and once a Palestinian State is created, then Bible prophecies can begin to be really fulfilled. We can think of two critically important ones:
1) "They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but nothing shall be there..." [Isaiah 34:12]
2) "The house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau shall be stubble; they shall kindle them and burn them and consume them , and there shall be no more survivor of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken it." [Obadiah 18]
Watch Israel, for she is the key to End Times events. We find it highly interesting that this June 6-10 will be the 40th anniversary of the Israeli seizure of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
SOURCE: Cutting Edge