Revelation 12:13 “When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.”
Israel=the woman
Jesus Christ the Messiah=the male child
Satan's counterfeit of “the male child” will be a male (the Antichrist is always referred to as a “he” in scripture) whom the dragon (Satan) will give power and his throne and his authority (Rev. 13:2) “...The whole world was astonished and followed the beast (Rev. 13:3)
Because Satan is an enemy and adversary to Israel, the Antichrist will also be an enemy to her and seek out her destruction. The most deceptive part is that it will appear at first that this person is “friendly” toward her by garnering a (false) “peace” agreement for her.
One thing's for sure, the Antichrist will appear at some point on earth and his followers will be blind to his deceit. Very likely similar to what we are witnessing in the following of Obama. It does make you go hmmm...