You may view the 5 minute update this week via audio:
In this week’s 5 minute update, we focused on one thing:
1) The current status of the Israel / PLO peace process
At the direct talks held in Washington D.C. on September 2, it was agreed by Israel and the PLO that they would keep their discussions private and NOT reveal anything to the media about them. However, the PLO told the media in the past week that Israel has agreed to discuss the peace process from where former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left them. Olmert offered a PLO state on 98% of the West Bank with equal land exchange and making East Jerusalem the capital of a PLO state. Since Netanyahu became Prime Minister in 2009, he has publically stated that he is NOT willing to resume talks with the PLO that involved taking into consideration the offers made to them by Ehud Olmert. Israeltoday reported on September 1 (BEFORE the official launching of the direct talks on September 2) that Israel government officials told them that Obama wants the results of the direct talks to be a framework agreement in the near future. This was indeed the announcement made following the conclusion of the kick-off of the direct talks on September 2. The PLO has expressed optimism from the results of the direct talks held on September 2 that peace talks have “taken a 180 degree turn” for the better. The PLO also stated that Obama would like to visit to the Middle East in the near future to advance the talks. Peace talks are scheduled in Egypt on September 14 and Jerusalem on September 15. Israel will need to make key decisions in the next few weeks regarding the direction of the peace talks and what they are willing to do about the upcoming end to the 10 month settlement freeze on September 26.
An agreement to divide Jerusalem and establish a PLO state is a tribulation event.
The link to these articles are as follows:
1) Obama wants signed agreement, not peace
2) Erakat: Israel has agreed to honor Olmert concessions
3) US official: Obama very pleased with outcome of Mideast peace summit
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