Sunday Apr 13, 2008

Peace efforts: admirable or foolish?

Posted by Ira Sharkansky

A Palestinian official has complained that Israel is currently offering less than was offered in the last serious efforts at reaching an accord, in 2000-2001.

This seems like a ploy to get the sympathy of the world, and put some pressure on Israeli negotiators.

Not from me. If this is true, (and truth is a problem with one-sided reports about ongoing negotiations) then I applaud the Israeli posture. In response to the Palestinians, I ask if they expect a reward from the Israelis for seven and one half years of violence under the heading of intafada.

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Sunday Mar 02, 2008

Better late than never

Posted by Ira Sharkansky

The Secretary General of the United Nations has condemned Palestinians for directing their rockets against Israeli civilians, and Israel for a disproportionate response.

Both condemnations are appropriate. Israel's response is disproportionately light. Seven years ago the IDF should have begun sending one artillery shell into a neighborhood of Gaza for every missile that landed in an Israeli settlement.

Better late than never.

The operation began with the killing of a student at Sapir College, alongside Sderot, and the use of more accurate and powerful missiles that began landing in the city of Ashkelon. Those missiles came to Gaza from the international market, through the Sinai and nominal Egyptian control of Gaza's southern borders.

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gad jer is: all life is sacred. thats whats missing here

Chris: What about Daniel 9:24-26a? The time span from Artaxerxes decree to rebuild the city in March 444 b.c. until Christs crucifixion in April a.d. 33 covered 483 prophetical years (173,880 days). This calculation agrees perfectly with our own solar calendar. Thus, Daniel predicted that 483 prophetic years would lapse from Artaxerxes decree until the death of the Messiah. There is no one else that fits this prophecy.

Chris: Interesting that Hashem wrote in Zechariah 12.2-3 : "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." Man will never solve mankind's problems despite the best efforts and intentions of people. It will take divine intervention.

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