MidnightCall Magazine
In this issue:
- Before the Last Flood — By Norbert Lieth
- Gaza Flotilla: Aggression or Self-Defense? — By Arno Froese
- Far East AsiaTrendsToday – Part III:Geo-prophecy or Geopolitics? — By Wilfred Hahn
News From Israel MagazineIn this issue:
- The Myth of the Al-Aqsa Mosque: Part 1 — By Herbert Novitsky
- ON THE HORIZON:
- Obama Honors Jewish Heritage Month
- Building an Electronic Human Brain
- ‘Iran Critics Must Get Rid of Nukes,’ Says Turkish PM
- Israel Joins Prestigious OECD Club
- Israel Accepted after Unanimous Vote
- Spy Satellite Successfully Launched
War Will Destroy Israel’s Cities, Says Syrian Foreign Minister
“Israel must stop being the neighborhood bully. Don’t test our determination,” Moallem said during a press conference in Damascus where Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos was also present. “One day you threaten Gaza, the next day you threaten Lebanon, then Iran and now Syria.”
Moallem warned that if a war between Syria and Israel breaks out, it would be “total and take place inside your cities.”
His words were a reaction to a statement by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who said at the Herzliya Conference that if an agreement with Syria was not reached, the two countries might be dragged into a “forceful confrontation that may deteriorate into all-out war.”
“In the reality of the Middle East, we will conclude such a war and then sit and negotiate, talking about the exact issues we have been debating with the Syrians for the past 15 years,” said Barak.
Moallem said Syria “assesses that such a war will break out, we must not rule out such a possibility. I would say it would be a total and expansive war, whether it begins in South Lebanon or in Syria.”
Trying to calm the atmosphere, Moratinos said he had just returned from a visit to Israel and left with the feeling that Israelis had “a will for peace.” He said he did not hear “the drums of war” while he was here. Moratinos promised that Spain would “continue to do its utmost so that peace talks in the Middle East will be renewed as soon as possible.
-The Jerusalem Post
4 February 2010, pg. 3
War in the Middle East is always within reach. The fact that Syria and, on various occasions, Iran speak so much of war shows that they are in reality frightened. Israel’s intelligence gathering capacity and technological advantage, combined with their superior air force, are realities that Israel’s enemies must reckon with.
Unfortunately, all the advantages Israel can rightfully claim are of little use when it comes to projecting Israel’s image to the world. Quite conveniently, diplomats, as well as the world media, ignore the fact that Israel is being threatened by Hamas from Gaza, by Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Ahmadinejad’s outburst in Iran. Yet those fact do not carry much weight with the global consensus: Israel is apparently to blame for the Middle East Conflict.
Zechariah 1:15 reveals God’s thoughts about Israel and the world with these words: “And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.” Israel’s God has different plans and thoughts about His people, and the Gentile nations are the ones accused here for helping “foward the affliction [of Israel].”
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