Posted on 02/02/2017 9:26:22 PM PST by ErikJohnsky
3 shares A Two important things happened tonight: Donald Trump reversed Barack Obama’s policy toward Israel’s settlements, and the New York Times headline on the story about it was “Trump Embraces Pillars of Obama’s Foreign Policy.” #1 is obviously the matter of the greatest importance. #2 is meaningful because it’s part of a pattern of reporting on the Trump administration by the mainstream media that features breathless and hurried assertions of fact on policy that turn out not to hold water once they are examined.
First, to Trump and Obama and Israel and the settlements. On Thursday night the White House released the following statement: “The American desire for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians has remained unchanged for 50 years. While we don’t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal. As the President has expressed many times, he hopes to achieve peace throughout the Middle East region. The Trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity and looks forward to continuing discussions, including with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he visits with President Trump later this month.”
What this letter does, in effect, is return the United States to the status quo ante before the Obama administration—specifically, to the policy outlined in a letter sent from George W. Bush to Ariel Sharon in 2004. In that letter, Bush said, “In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949.”
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We shall see. I think soon Trump will have to condemn the Palestinians for being bad faithed about any deal. This trying of making people friends in the world always fails. Palestinians might feel bolstered by it, although he did moderate his statement being in support of existing and future settlements post-deal.
DO NOT MEDDLE WITH ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS...
Too many disasters to be a ‘coincidence’.
13 Major U.S. Disasters on Dates Significant to the Treatment of Israel
http://www.layevangelism.com/qreference/Israel/genesis123.htm
It’s ISRAEL’S GOD given land. He set ISRAEL’S boundaries. They have a sovereign right to build settlements, and it is in keeping with Last Days events...
THE JEWS IN END TIMES PROPHESY
Prophecies Currently Being Fulfilled (EXCERPT)
The Jewish people will be regathered in unbelief from the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:11-12). Fulfillment: 20th Century and continuing.
The state of Israel will be re-established (Isaiah 66:7-8 & Ezekiel 37:21-22). Fulfillment: May 14, 1948.
The Jews will once again re-occupy the city of Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:4-8), Fulfillment: June 7, 1967.
The land of Israel will be reclaimed from its desolation, becoming once again a land of agricultural abundance (Ezekiel 36:34-35). Fulfillment: 20th Century and continuing.
The Hebrew language will be revived from the dead (Zephaniah 3:9). Fulfillment: 19th & 20th Centuries.
All the nations of the world will come together against Israel over the issue of the control of Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:1-3). Fulfillment: Currently occurring.
http://christinprophecy.org/articles/the-jews-in-end-time-bible-prophecy/
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