By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY—
Israel this week loudly praised Canada’s decision to cut ties with Iran over its defiant nuclear program. Jerusalem insisted that the only way to prevent armed conflict in the region is for the rest of the West to similarly get a lot more serious about halting the Islamic Republic’s quest to attain nuclear weapons.
“I would like to congratulate Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for taking a daring and moral step…and thereby sending a principled and important message to the entire world,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “I call on the entire international community, or at least on its responsible members, to follow in Canada’s determined path and set Iran moral and practical red lines, lines that will stop its race to achieve nuclear weapons.”
Hours later, an Israeli cabinet minister told Channel 2 News that Canada’s decision to close its Tehran embassy had significantly lessened Israel’s feeling that it must act alone against Iran. Israelis today believe that most of the West is either resigned to the idea of Iran attaining nuclear weapons, or is too weak to do anything about it. But if more nations follow Canada in truly isolating the Iranian regime, Israel will not feel so desperate as it determines what to do about the threat, suggested the unnamed minister.
In an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Netanyahu said he was in talks with the United States to set red lines of its own for Iran. But later in the day, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blunted hopes that Canada’s example would spark a broader international reaction by insisting that the Obama Administration would “not set deadlines” for Iran’s compliance.
“We’re convinced that we have more time to focus on sanctions,” said Clinton.
US presidential challenger Mitt Romney used the opportunity to lay into Obama:
“The president has not drawn us further away from a nuclear Iran and in fact Iran is closer to having nuclear capability than when he took office. This is the greatest failure of his foreign policy,” Romney told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” adding, “In the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu, ‘Iran has not changed its nuclear course one iota by virtue of this president’s policies.’ And that’s something I intend to change.”
Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met in Tehran with Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, telling his guest that the “arrogant powers and enemies are trying to manage the developments in the region so as to save the Zionist regime .”
I am proud and thankful for our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, for taking this bold stand. Canada is Israel’s greatest ally. We may not make many ‘worldly’ friends, but God is on our side, as He is also for Israel.
May God continue to bless Prime Minister Stephen Harper!
Praise God for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. May he continue to stand true to God and to Israel, and may all of our government members give him their strongest support. I pray that Israel will rely on the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and not the unreliable ‘allies’ who turn their backs on them. The Lord will protect His people and will ” bless those who bless Israel and will curse those who curse ( her)”
Vi Braaten
Harper has been such a bold and incredible leader
Shalom! Praise the Lord, Salutation to you Jim and Praise God and thank you for your wonderful work & yes I agree with you Maureen, more, I do firmly believe that it is God’s prophetic timing for Canada to rise up and fullfill her end-time calling which is one of healing, peace and joy. How can we bring that unless we first bring consolation, encouragement, support and healing,peace and joy to Israel.
In 1776, during the War of Cecession in USA, God spoke through prophets that He was for the seperation of America from England and that He would use America in a very powerfull way which and bless he & He did. Also concerning the Americans who were fleeing north to Canada during that war in order to remain with Britain, He said not to hinder them, to let them go and not to seek to incorporate Canada into the USA (which they were probably thinking of doing) because He was reserving Himself Canada for a special work in the
last days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is our time Canada, RISE UP IN THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD ALMITHY! REPENT & LET THE WINDS OF REVIVAL COME AND FLOW THROUGH THE LAND THAT A PURE RIVER OF GOD MAY FLOW OUT FROM CANADA TO ISRAEL & THE NATIONS. God gave Canada a fearless leader, to stand for God’s nation of Israel and take the lead . It is time for the hole nation of Canada to embarque in it’s gratest destiny time of all times. But first let us cleanse ourselves in the precious blood of Y’eshua and fully return to the Lord so we may fullfill our destiny in purity first whithin our land loving on the jews, Israel and all the strangers (immigrants) bringing them the good news and overflowing to the nations. To the Jew first Paul wrote, although many other nations need support, to Israel first!
Thank God for such a Prime Minister, it’s like the blowing of the shofar of the Feast of Trumpets calling out IT’S TIME TO REPENT AND RETURN TO THE LORD,TIME IS RUNNING SHORT. MESSIAH IS COMMING AND IS COMMING TO ISRAEL, TO SAVE HER AND BRING JUSTICE FOR THE NATIONS! DO NOT FEAR & STAND UP FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWS NEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My prayer is yes that God will continue to bless our Prime Minister and strenghten him and protect him and his family and all those standing with him at the parliament, & have him find favor with men so he can do all he is called to AND that the Canadians will enbark and follow the lead hole heartedly comming back and following the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(Israel) the Messiah of Israel: Y’eshua (Jesus) and that there will be a great harvest of souls in Canada espacially of all those who came to seek a better life on our land from all other nations and that it will flow back to all these nations. Lord thank you for your mercy and please have mercy on us again even more to bring Canada into its harvesting destiny, Thank you Lord, I beleive! It is time now!!!!!!!!! AMEN!!!!!!!! Would your agree me, the prayer of agreement is powerful. Y’shua spoke about it in mathiew. God bless you all in this wonderful time of the automn Feasts of the Lord reminding us of the future prophecised events in Y’shua. Love, Beulah
Shalom! Violet, I forgot, I agree with you also, Let it be, in Y’shua’s name, Amen! Love, Beulah