Middle East Update

Israel Applies a BandaidThe latest Israel incursion into Gaza lasted 22 days, after which time Israel withdrew its forces. At this time of writing - second last week in January - the ceasefire is holding but only just. As the Bible discloses - and recent history confirms, these forays into Gaza and Lebanon do not [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM JAN 18. NO. 149

HAMAS AGREES TO CEASE FIRE : (IsraelNN.com) Hamas announced Sunday that it has agreed to a cease fire with Israel. Israel had unilaterally declared a cease fire at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Hamas demands that Israel remove its troops from [...]

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HAMAS GUNMEN DISGUISING AS IDF TROOPS : By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ
IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. -Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday Hamas terrorists were attempting to attack IDF troops while wearing IDF uniforms.
Speaking at the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ashkenazi also said that [...]

by Graham Bacon
Gaza has four borders. Two of these, to the north and to the east, face Israel and it is from these that Hamas fire rockets on Israel. The western sea coast is the third border and the fourth faces Sinai in the south. Israel returned the Sinai to Egypt after the desert wars. [...]

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HAMAS CONFISCATES DONATIONS OF FLOUR: (Coordinator of Gov Activities in the Territories) Hamas is confiscating food donations sent into Gaza. Reports point in particular to the confiscation of flour and its sale, often at outrageous prices. [...]

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by Graham Bacon
Gaza has to go - disappear - become part of Israel - according to the Bible prophet Obadiah. But is this present Israeli incursion into Gaza the end of the Palestinians about which Obadiah writes?
Probably not. At least that is what this writer thinks at the present moment.
Obadiah occupies just one page of [...]

Swarms of locusts over Gaza By YAAKOV KATZ
The screen shows what look like two swarms of green locusts over the Mediterranean Sea, approaching the Gaza Strip.
These are not locusts, though, but more than 50 Israel Air Force fighter jets that participated last Saturday in the unprecedented and astonishing air strike that was [...]