BY ISRAEL TODAY—
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday reiterated that the world body expects Israel to immediately surrender to internationally-backed Arab demands that it relinquish all claims to the Jews’ biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria and half of their ancient capital of Jerusalem.
The Jewish presence in the so-called “West Bank,” which includes the eastern half of Jerusalem, is “morally and politically unsustainable, and must end,” Ban insisted during a press conference in Uruguay.
Meanwhile, the Palestinians are moving forward plans to unilaterally declare an independent state with the support of the UN, outside the framework of a land-for-peace deal with Israel.
Palestinian leaders indicated that they will make such a move later this year. The motion is almost certain to be shot down in the UN Security Council, where the US exercises veto power, but will be widely adopted by the UN General Assembly, which most will see as more than adequate for “Palestine” to be declared a state.
Israeli officials are busy lobbying various nations against supporting this move. But diplomats fear their efforts are bearing little fruit, since Israel is not presenting any kind of alternative plan or process.
Many within Israel are urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop playing the diplomatic game by the Arab world’s rules, and to instead begin insisting that the UN approach the peace process from the viewpoint that the West Bank and Jerusalem are disputed territories, where Jews have just as much, if not more, claim than local Palestinian Arabs.
But it is likely too late for that. And if it comes down to the UN General Assembly recognizing “Palestine,” Israel may be forced into desperate action.
An unnamed Israeli official told the Associated Press on Tuesday that if the Palestinians seek recognition of their sovereignty in the UN, Israel may annex the parts of the West Bank most populated by Jews – the much-maligned “settlement blocs.”
Israel already annexed the eastern half of Jerusalem decades ago, but that decision is all but ignored by the international community.
April Fools??????
NEVER give up 1 inch of land to these arabs. NOBODY wants them and they should ALL be driven from Israel. ALL OF THEM.
The Rapture of the Church is very close at hand. When the world comes against Israel, God will deliver the countries of the world into the hands of His chosen people. It is a done deal.
Israel..Do not surrender your God given land! Do not listen to men that do not have any interest in Israel as a nation. I believe you need to retake ALL the land God gave you through Abraham, Isaak, and Jacob. From the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River, from Mt Hermon to Egypt. Israel…the whole world is against you, as the Bible prophesied, that you would stand alone….Turn to God and place ALL your trust in Him….You WIN!
Israel has every right to defend herself and to have all the land given to her in the tanak. If the UN rises against israel they are rising against god as well. ..he won’t be happy!
Lord, have mercy on Your people, and show the world that YOU are God. Give the Jewish government officials the courage and strength to stand against those who want to destroy them and push them into the sea. Give them the wisdom to know that it’s time to stop being “nice” and clearly spell out where the line in the sand begins and ends. Amen.
Greetings:
I say , everyone should call internationally for the dis-banning of the U.N.
Sincerely .
How dare the UN tell a sovereign Israel what to do, especially in view of the fact that these measures will compromise Israel’s security. Israel has been pressurized to hand over parcels of land down the years to the extent that she is a fraction the size she should be. The Palestinians are terrorists and no legitimate government worth its salt should be doing deals with them. They belonged to Jordan in the early 60’s, and before that Crete. The late King Hussein of Jordan had to kick them out of the country because they were creating such havoc. None of the other Arab nations, who hold approx. 55 million acres of land between them, will have them. That more than anything speaks volumes!!!!
The above website is my novelty shop, where I have an entire pro-Israel collection. This news about the UN breaks my heart. How can an organization that wasfounded on the idea of peace turn on the nation that gave us the Prince of Peace? I, too, want to see Israel claim all the land God promised her and stand strong against the nations who would dare oppose her.
America, wake up and read Genesis 12:12. God promises to bless Israel’s allies, and curse all her foes. I’d rather stand with her than against her. Wouldn’t you?
Isaiah 9.7 “Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David…”
Ezekiel chapter 38 makes three things clear: 1) Iran, Russia, Ethiopia, Libya et al are going to attack Israel. The only question is when. A preemptive strike on Iran might slow them up some; 2) Israel will be alone; 3) God will destroy Russia et al and save Israel .
I have watched “The Fifty Years War” many times. Diplomacy and negotiation with terrorists is nonsense. You can’t depend on help from other nations. No matter what you do, you will be criticized. Take all of your land (as described in the Torah) back plus a buffer area and this time retain it by force. Do it while you still can.
God has given us (mankind) thousands of generations to do things our way. What have we achieved? Hell and misery. The nature of man, in each of us, is self-destructive. The natural man will never know peace, either in this world or in his heart. We must be born again of the Spirit of God. Until Jesus Christ returns there will be no peace. You can take it or you can dish it out. You have bent over backwards and taken it for far too long, time to go on the offensive.
It makes no sense to me that the UN would even acknowledge these terrorists, let alone tell a peaceful, productive, rational, humane country like Israel to give land to them. Let those incredibly oil-rich Arabs take in their own.
The Arab-Islamic presence in the “West Bank,” which includes the eastern half of Jerusalem, is morally and politically unsustainable, and must end. Get the Arabs out of Israel (the Israel described in the Torah).
The comment I made at 0903 AM is not appropriate for the UN. It is my opinion for whomever in Israel is interested.
I hope someone is reading these
Who appointed the head of the UN dictator of the world? He has no business whatsoever telling a sovereign nation what to do with its own land; land given it by God in His covenant with Abraham?
Perhaps the end times are here; evil is being called good and good is being called evil. Lord help us all.
In Gen.12:3 God said He would bless those nations who blessed Israel and curse those who cursed Israel.As a nation you don,t want to be on the side of those who want to divide up Israel’s land.Psalms83 Asaph asks God to confound those who would try to take the pasturelands of God.Israel will take back their original borders as Randy said.This action may result in a new middleast war in which Israel will be successful.That however may trigger the Ezekiel 38,39 war in which they(Gog-Russia,Libya,Persia-Iran,Gomer-Germany,Ethiopia,Togarmah-Turkey)will come down to attack Israel.Notice God’s response in Ezekiel 38:18.It’s also interesting that the majority of these nations have a strong Muslim influence.I believe the rapture of the church will take place before the great earthquake in Ezekiel38.(Isaiah26:19-21)Lift up your eyes Jesus is coming soon!!!!!!!
Something has to happen to Israel’s “immediate” neighbors before Ezekiel 38: 11 can be fulfilled. Israel is certainly not dwelling in “unwalled, safety” as we speak. What’s to happen to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinians, Hamas and Hezbollah before the confederated forces of Russia, Iran, and others turn southward in Ezekiel 38?
I believe the Psalm83 conflict will include Israel’s closest neighbors.Isaiah17 starts out with a very interesting statement.It says “Behold Damascus will cease from being a city,and it will be a ruinous heap.Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the world and up to now it still exists.This prophecy is very clear that at some point in time it won’t exist.Isaiah19:18 states that 5 cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts.We also know that Iran is trying to establish a military presence in Syria.I’m quite certain that this has Israels attention considering Iran,s comments in the past.
You wish it was April Fools.
Once again the Bible is Clear.
The End is Near.
Get your act together, before its too late, Jesus Christ is the Only Way, the Truth and the Life. Accept Him Now!
The UN is one big joke, when all four arab countries signed the ‘Rhodes Armistice Agreement’
with Israel in 1949 (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan & Syria) Jordan agreed to allow not only Israeli Citizens but also Jews with citizenship from all other countries to be free to enter jordan enabling them to pray at the (Ha-Kotel) the last remaining wall of the 2nd temple destroyed by Rome in 70AD) (in Arabic Al-Buraq) however Jordan (Trans-Jordan still named at that time) abrogated that agreement, whereby it would be another 19 years before any Israeli let alone any non-Israeli Jew would be able to pray at that wall. is the UN so stupid as to think that aftewr all that Israel went through in all the consequent wars from 1948-56-67 & 1973 that they are going to surrender a ‘United-Jerusalem’ to those bloody-terrorists who’s only wish is to get a first foothold on the ladder ie. declaring a state which in reality is the first step in which they envisage will be the complete liberation of the whole palestine which means the complete destruction of Israel. The Palestinian (Waqf) religious guardians of the Al-Aqsa mosque have stated more than once that the Wall (Ha-kotel) has nothing to do whatsoever with Judaism as it was consructed in the Muslim era. (Taqiyya) the art of twisting the truth into lies is a natural phenomena in Islam, it’s permissable to lie especially when promoting the cause of Islam.
Israel will never relinquish East-Jerusalem whatever the UN or any other body has to say on that subject. Who the hell are they to dictate to Israel concerning the very essense of Israel’s welfare. Where were the UN (League of Nations) during world war two when 6,000,000 jews were being slaughtered, where were the UN in 1948 nwhjen 1,000,000 Jews from the Arab world were made Stateless, homeless, centless refugees overnight, leaving behind property, bank-accounts (all frozen by those arab regimes) Real-Estate which can be calculated as five times the size of the whole of Israel today. The Arabs caused to parallel refugee problems, and the jewish refugees far-outnumbered the arab-refugees of the post British-Mandate-of Palestine by two to one. It’s now high time that the UN recognioze that not only the Arabs of post-palestine suffered, we the Jews of the arab world also suffered just as much, infact much more and we lost far moe also.