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Prophetic Significance of Israel

Covert ops have Israel placing ships in position

Feb. 14, 2012 - According to Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin Israel has placed under-cover ships in the Arabian Sea, near the mouth of the Gulf of Oman. In that position they may be used for the vital "C4ISR" functions (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance).

This would give the Israelis the capability of not only intelligence-gathering on Iranian communications of its missile and air defense activities but also to coordinate attacks employing jet fighters, missiles and missile-carrying submarines.

Source: WND

Krauthammer: Israel ‘will strike’ Iran to ‘prevent a second holocaust’ - Yahoo

Prophetic Significance of Israel

US Prof. Tells Newsweek Israel Must Attack Iran – Now

Feb. 7, 2012 - Harvard University Professor Niall Ferguson told Newsweek that Israel must attack Iran now.

Prof. Ferguson maintains that whether he likes it or not, President Barack Obama will come to Israel’s defense if it attacks Iran in an attempt to slow down its nuclear development, if not destroy its nuclear facilities altogether.

The U.S. already has two U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf (CVN 72 Abraham Lincoln and CVN 70 Carl Vinson) and another one (CVN 77 George H.W. Bush) is on its way.

Source: IsraelNationalNews

Israel and Iran on the Eve of Destruction in a New Six-Day War - Newsweek

U.S. anxiety grows over possible Israeli plans on Iran

Feb. 4, 2012 - Confusing and contradictory reports abound about Israel's possible plans to attack Iranian nuclear installations before it is too late to stop their development of nuclear weapons. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that he believes Israel will most likely strike Iran in a few months. But Ken Pollack, a former White House and CIA official opined that the increasing dire warnings from Israel's leaders were misleading.

"If Israel has a good military option, they just take it, they don't talk about it, they don't give warnings...So the fact that they are talking about it, to me, is one tip-off that they don't have a good military option."

Source: Haaretz

Israeli official says Iran is creating missile that could reach East Coast of US - Jewish World Review

Krauthammer: Leak indicates Israeli attack on Iran ‘certain’ - Daily Caller

84% of Israelis belive in God

Jan. 27, 2012 - A new study by The Guttman Center of the Israel Democracy Institute was based on the answers of 2,803 Israel adults about their religious beliefs and levels of observance.

A full 84 percent of respondent professed a belief in God, 76% of Israeli Jews eat kosher at home; 70% believe that the Jews are the chosen people; and 61% think the state of Israel should ensure that public life is conducted according to Jewish religious tradition.

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Benjamin Netanyahu renews speculation over military action against Iran

Jan. 25, 2012 - The commander of the Israel Defense Forces is planning to retire, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is advancing the candidacy of his military secretary, Maj Gen Yihanan Locker, a pro-war officer, for the position.

Mr Netanyahu, supported by Ehud Barak, his defence minister, is widely known to lead a camp favouring military action against Iran but he has run into persistent opposition from senior military and intelligence commanders who question whether unilateral air strikes would be effective.

Source: Telegraph UK

Will Israel Attack Iran? -NY Times Magazine

Michele Bachmann: Stage set for worldwide nuclear war against Israel

Nov. 13, 2011 - During a presidential candidates' debate. Michelle Bachmann warned that Iran is developing nuclear weapons and is using countries like Syria and groups like Hamas to threaten Israel's existence. She said,

“The table is being set for worldwide nuclear war against Israel.”

Bachmann is a member of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. She criticized President Obama for not taking a stronger stand on the side of Israel.

Source: Washington Post, Times of Oman, Council on Foreign Relations

Bachmann worries Israel to be target of nuclear war - Oman Times

Campaign 2012 Roundup: Bachmann on Foreign Policy, Perry on Iran, Pundits on Romney - James M. Lindsay - Council on Foreign Relations

Israeli scientist Shechtman wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Oct. 5, 2011 - Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman of the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa is the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for 2011.

Shechtman is the tenth Israeli or Israeli-born scientist to win a Nobel Prize, and the third to win for chemistry.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Beck: We are entering the age of the miracles of God

Aug. 22, 2011 - Glen Beck hosted the first of three days of special events in Israel to declare the love and support of evangelical Christians for the Jewish people. In Caesarea, at his Restoring Courage rally, Beck told the 3000 people in attendance:

“Be not afraid, know who he is, know his face, know that he is a God of covenants and miracles. We are leaving the age of man-made miracles of spacecraft, and we are entering the age of the miracles of God.”

Pastor John Hagee, head of Christians United for Israel, was also a speaker at the event.

Source: Jerusalem Post

A Message of Courage for Israel in the Face of Attacks - CBN

2nd Jewish Temple just 'waiting to be unearthed'

Jun. 6, 2011 - Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University, one of Israel's most prominent archaeologists, says he is convinced that remains from the First and Second Jewish Temple period lie underneath the Temple Mount surface, "just waiting to be excavated." He accuses the Islamic custodians of the Temple Mount of destroying Jewish artifacts while attempting to turn the Temple Mount into a "giant mosque."

Source: WorldNetDaily

Beneath Jerusalem, an underground city takes shape

May 31, 2011 - A new section of the underground tunnel near the ancient Western Wall of the Temple Mount will be opened soon. This article gives details and links to pictures of the area that is now open to visitors.

Source: Yahoo

Obama's draft speech to urge '67 borders, negate PA's state bid

May 17, 2011 - When President Barack Obama delivers his next speech on Thursday he is expected to urge Israel to return to the 1967 lines and discourage the Palestinian Authority's plans for a unilateral declaration of statehood in September.

Obama will call on Jerusalem and Ramallah to reignite the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, saying it is the only way to achieve viable peace.

He is planning to demand that the Palestinian Authority abandon terror and recognize Israel as the Jewish state. It is thought that he will also say that Israel must cease any settlement expansion in the West Bank.

Source: YNet News

Netanyahu: Conflict is about 1948, not 1967 - YNet News

Netanyahu: Israel willing to 'cede parts of our homeland' for true peace - Haaretz

Hamas accepts 1967 borders, but will never recognize Israel, top official says

May 12, 2011 - During talks about how to implement a reconciliation agreement signed by Hamas and Fatah last week, Mahmoud Zahar, one of Hamas' top officials, said that Hamas would be willing to accept a Palestinian state within 1967 borders. However, he said that they would never recognize Israel because it would deprive future Palestinian generations of the possibility to 'liberate' their lands.

Palestinian leaders plan to ask the United Nations General Assembly in September to recognize a Palestinian state in all the lands Israel occupied in 1967.

They also threaten to declare a Palestinian state unilaterally if they do not reach a negotiated settlement.

Source: Haaretz