Senior PA official: Palestinian state in West Bank just a phase [Zephaniah 2]

A senior member of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas's inner circle has insisted that any "two-state solution" with Israel would merely be a "phase" in the ultimate dismantlement of the State of Israel. Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi made the comments in a recent interview with Ma'an TV - the same interview in which he made widely-publicized comments defending Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as "not corrupt" and calling him "daring." Tirawi began by expressing satisfaction with the ongoing "intifada" - referring to the wave of terrorist attacks against Israelis - which he said had succeeded in "uniting the Palestinian people" in "all of geographical Palestine," which he identified as including not only Judea-Samaria (West Bank) and Gaza, but the rest of Israel as well.

When his interviewer suggested there could still be a Palestinian state limited to the "pre-1967 lines," Tirawi said he agreed, but only as a first step. "A Palestinian state in the 1967 borders (sic), with Jerusalem as its capital, is just a phase, as far as I'm concerned," he said, in comments translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). The interview provided an interesting insight into the subtle strategic and political differences between Fatah and other Palestinian factions such as Hamas. Whereas for Hamas any Palestinian state - even as an interim stage - limited to Judea, Samaria and Gaza would be illegitimate until all of the rest of Israel were incorporated into it, Tirawi says he would still accept such a state - if only as a basis for continuing the war against Israel...

The Bible foretells of the complete destruction of the "nation not desired" which is Palestine, for G-d Himself does not desire a Palestinian nation on His land. Additionally, the main enabler of Palestinian terror (Kingdom of Jordan) shall be destroyed with Amman, Jordan in ashes. Gaza also and Mosul (Nineveh, which is controlled by ISIS) shall be leveled as well as Ethiopia/Sudan. Why does G-d prescribe such dramatic judgment on these nations? Because Fatah (originator of international terror) and the HAMAS terror organization and will only be satisfied when every Jew is murdered or driven out of Israel! G-d will not let this happen to the people He drew back to His land from the Sword (Eze 38). He promised this land to Israel, and His promises never fail...

Zephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger. 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation...the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant...7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity...8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon (Jordan) whereby they have reproached my people and magnified themselves against their border...

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