You may view the 5 minute update this week via audio:
In this week’s 5 minute update, we focused on:
1) The current status of the Israel / PLO peace process
2) The prospects for war with Syria and Iran
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says that Israel building Jewish homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a greater problem in the Middle East than what is happening in Syria and Iran. In an future peace agreement with the Palestinians, she said that Jerusalem should be divided. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continues to threaten going to the UN General Assembly to gain recognition by the nations of the world for a PLO state. In order to try to prevent this from happening, US Middle East envoy David Hale will be traveling to the Middle East presenting “new ideas” for renewing peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinians are saying that if the US efforts fail, they will go to the UN General Assembly.
An agreement to divide Jerusalem and establish a PLO state is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles are as follows:
1) Settlements Trump Syria and Iran as Top Mideast Issue, Says EU
2) Palestinians mull observer status at UN
3) Clinton warns Abbas not to bid for UN
4) Efforts underway for high level Israel, PA meet
The situation in Syria is dramatically escalating. The opposition group, the Syrian Free Army, engaged in attacks against the Syrian government in Damascus. As a result, the Syrian government had decided to mount a military offensive against the opposition to bring an end to the conflict once and for all. Assad was warned by Russia that if the coming counterinsurgency targeting the opposition is not successful in the next 4-6 weeks, Syria should be prepared for a war from international intervention by the West. US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey threatened war against Syria. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Britain might send troops to Syria. In any event, the Syrian government is making progress against the opposition.
Showing concern for the situation, US President Barack Obama has ordered the US Navy and Air Force to accelerate preparations for a limited air offensive against the Assad regime and the imposition of no-fly zones over Syria. Their mission will be to knock out Assad’s central regime and military command centers so as to shake regime stability and restrict Syrian army and air force activity for subduing rebel action and wreaking violence on civilian populations. Furthermore, US, UK, France initiated a UN Security Council motion for military intervention in Syria. China opposed the motion saying it was “one sided”. US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, harshly condemned Russian for supplying weapons to Syria accusing them of sending attack helicopters to Syria to help Assad Furthermore, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the general staff to work out a plan for military operations outside Russia including in Syria.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton set a mid-July deadline for the Kofi Annan peace plan to be implemented. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia is ready to host an international conference on Syria to discuss peaceful settlement to the Syrian crisis. Russia believes an international conference on Syria should be held under the umbrella of the UN and should bring together the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Syria’s neighbours — Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, and also Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as the League of Arab States and the European Union. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has said that the Islamic Republic has a “full right” to mediate in the Syrian conflict.
A war with Syria where Damascus is destroyed (Isaiah 17) is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles is as follows:
1) Obama speeds up limited air strike, no-fly zones preparations for Syria
2) US, UK, France initiate Security Council motion for military intervention in Syria
3) China against “one-sided” Syria sanctions
4) Hillary Clinton: ‘There are attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria’
5) Russia and US embroiled in row over arms supply
6) Russia prepares army for Syrian deployment
7) Russia warns war is coming
8.) Syria starts military showdown to end crisis
9) On brink of Bosnia-style war: Britain could send in troops to Syria says William Hague
10) Clinton sets deadline for implementation of Annan plan
11) US Military Lobbies For War With Syria
12) Russia ready to host conference on Syria
13) Russia says Iran has ‘full right’ to mediate in Syrian conflict
14) Muslim Cleric: Jerusalem to be Eygpt’s Capital
Preliminary talks were held with Iran by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) in Vienna this past week prior to Iran meeting with the P5 + 1 powers (Russia, China, Britain, France, US and Germany) in Moscow on June 18-19. No progress was made. A US spokesperson said that the US is ‘disappointed’ about the results of the meeting. This indicates that Iran will take a hard line at the June 18-19 meeting in Moscow with the P5 + 1 powers. However, a spokesman for EU foreign executive Catherine Ashton made a claim that Iran was willing to discuss high grade uranium enrichment at the upcoming talks in Moscow. DEBKA reports that the EU claim is false. An allusion of progress is being portrayed to try to keep Israel from attacking Iran. If failure in the progress in talks were admitted then the US would be committed to the military option against Iran. In any event, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did demand that Iran come to the meeting in Moscow with “concrete plans” for curbing uranium enrichment up to 20 percent purity. Iranian media outlets stated that the Islamic world must have nuclear weapons to confront US and Israeli aggression. The US exempted several countries from sanctions for buying oil from Iran but this did not include China.
A US war with Iran is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles is as follows:
1) U.S. “disappointed” by Iran-IAEA atom talks failure
2) US, EU fake Iran’s consent to discussing enrichment to fend off Israeli action
3) Islamic world must have nuclear weapons, says Iran
4) China defends Iran oil purchases after U.S. sanctions
From a Biblical prophetic perspective, the reason why the God of Israel would allow these events to happen is because it will result in the end of the exile of the house of Jacob and the reunification of the 12 tribes of Israel (Ephraim and Judah).
We will to be “watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem” and we will not rest until the God of Israel makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth (Isaiah 62).
Shalom in Yeshua the Messiah,
Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int’l