Israel is making it very clear that the next war with Hezbollah will also be a war against Syria. For years it has been an open secret that Syria was funneling arms and sophistical weapons systems to Hezbollah in Lebanon, but now Israel is on the record as saying that they consider Hezbollah to be a division of the Syrian army. So what does this mean? It means that war between Israel and Syria is now closer than it has been in decades. Just recently, Israel delivered a secret warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad that it will respond to missile attacks from Hezbollah by launching immediate retaliation against Syria itself.
No longer will Syria be able to use Hezbollah to fight proxy wars against Israel. If a repeat of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah happens, this time Israel says that it will directly strike Damascus.
In fact, a major U.K. newspaper recently published the following "off-the-record" comment from an Israeli minister....
"We’ll return Syria to the Stone Age by crippling its power stations, ports, fuel storage and every bit of strategic infrastructure if Hezbollah dare to launch ballistic missiles against us."
What is raising tensions even further in the region are reports that Syria has been arming Hezbollah to the teeth in preparation for the coming war.
Just consider the following description by Debka of the kinds of advanced weaponry that Syria has been supplying to the terrorist organization....
"Surface-to-surface missiles able to reach as far as the Dimona reactor in southern Israel: They include Fajr-5, which has a range of 33 km, and the M-600, developed by Syria from the Fateh-110, whose range is 250 km. Both are precise, propelled by solid fuel and carry 500-kilo warheads of conventional explosives, as well as being able to deliver chemical, biological and radioactive materials. This dangerous new arsenal which tops up the 40,000 rockets Hizballah was allowed to pile up since the 2006 Lebanon war."
The reality is that Syria and Hezbollah between them now have the capability of striking every single inch of Israeli territory with missiles.
No target is out of range anymore.
With all sides on edge in the region, even King Abdullah of Jordan is warning that the next war in the Middle East could break out as soon as this summer.
Meanwhile, there are increasing calls from world leaders for Israel to join the NPT and quit producing nuclear weapons. In fact, Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem is calling on all NPT member countries to sever their diplomatic relations with Israel unless it joins the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Of course Syria would love not to have to worry about Israel's nukes during the coming war, but that is not going to happen.
But even Barack Obama is pushing Israel on this issue. Last week Barack Obama publicly declared that he is calling upon all the nations of the world to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, including Israel.
But what Barack Obama should be really concerned about is trying to figure out what to do about Iran.
It is being reported that Robert Gates, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, warned President Barack Obama in a secret "wake-up call" memo that the White House has no effective policy for dealing with a nuclear Iran.
But at the same time, the Pentagon itself does not seem to have a sense of urgency when it comes to Iran's nuclear program. Top U.S. military officials told Congress last week that it would take Iran at least a year to produce enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb. Not only that, but Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently said that that a U.S. strike against Iran would go "a long way" to delaying its nuclear program but that he considered doing so his "last option" right now.
Meanwhile, top Iranian officials are running around making declarations about how advanced Iran's nuclear program is.
Needless to say, Israel is not going to let Iran go down this path indefinitely.
But even before things with Iran come to a crisis point, war could break out between Israel and Syria.
Is the time soon coming when "Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins" (Isaiah 17:1)?
We will just have to wait and see. Certainly all sides are preparing for a devastating regional war. So let us pray for the peace of Israel and let us trust that God knows what He is doing.
I believe the end is near and our lord jesus christ will return. Every prophecy will come to pass. Israel is gods love and joy. It will never be destroyed and every nation who tries will be destroyed, and at the same time god’s might, power and glory will be seen by the world. once the world realizes that the prophecy of the bible has be fullfilled then the world will know that it was the lord.
Dear father in heaven, blessed be thy name.
Father, i pray for these nations to see that you are the only way to peace. These nations that hate israel are so confused. They are trying to destroy a nation that gave them their own existance. But this must come to pass, so the world will realize your glory. Father i thank you for giving me understanding and wisdom. Thank you Father your son josue, Amen.
All of the sign are coming together so quickly. All of this is definitly foretold in many books of the bible. What I don’t understand is how can so many of the Jewish faith in Israel still deny that Jesus is the true Messiah. I’ve been watching other websites of Messianic Jews and they have so many videos of the Jewish population denying this. Even if God does let His people survive, it will only be the chosen ones. If they deny their own Savior, Jesus, then millions will perish. They believe in the Torah more than the Bible. I will pray for our brothers and sisters in Israel that they will have their eyes opened and come to the realization again, that Jesus is the true way to God. It is almost as if they are crucifying him again. Damascus may be wiped off the face of the world, but if Israel does not change it’s tune, then many will die in this war. This is not the war where Jesus will come back as the Lion. This is only another birthing pain.
This might be the fulfillment of Psalm 83 prior to the Russian-Iran Coalition…
“For they have consulted together with one consent: They form a confederacy against You: The tents of Edom [Palestinians] and the Ishmaelites [Saudis]; Moab [Central Jordanians] and the Hagrites [Egyptians]; Gebal [Northern Lebanese], Ammon [Northern Jordanians], and Amalek; Philistia [Gaza Strip Hamas] with the inhabitants of Tyre [Southern Lebanese]; Assyria [Syrians] also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot. Selah – Psalm 83:5-8
Behold he [confederacy of Esau] shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan against the dwelling place of the strong [the army of Israel]; But I will suddenly make him [the descendants of Esau] run away from her [Israel]. – Jeremiah 49:19 (see Ezekiel 25:13-14)
Does prophecies always mention the country Israel, or the spiritual Israel, christian Israel.?
What are the differences betweem jew, israelite, semite, and some other names?
Is Israel military forces doing it write agains palestines and the Gaza people?
Why does Israel dont sign the nom proliferation treaty as everybody does?
How many jews do not believe Jesus is THE SAVIOR?
Do you know how many nuclear bombs Israel has in their arsenal?
Did you see what Israel navy forces did against humanitarium nom armed ships on May 31?
Did you agree with the Israely Prime Minister escuses for the military atack.?
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they were not humanitarian. they had weapons and other contraband on board. the commandos came with paintball guns as they expected no armed resistance. but as soon as they came down from the chopper they were assaulted with lethal weapons like bats and metal sling shot balls. the commandos tried to use their paintball guns to suppress the riot but the gaza people broke them so they had to resort to their standard issue handguns for self defense. that is why gaza people died.
I see the report in wholly partial and one eyed to protect Israel.
Israel is the epicenter of all the instability of middle-east. They occupied the Arabians land and they are killing thousands of innocent people of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria etc. US and European nations are always sanctioning the killing and illegal occupation of Israel. No one never say against Israel. USA, UN, EU, IAAE etc. never ask Israel to allow inspecting their nuclear reactors and establishments or never sanction economic or any other type of action against Israel. I don’t know why they do favor Israel. But everybody should learn from the history. History never mercy anyone. An injustice never exist longer. The days are no far when Israel and his allies who admit it misdeed must regret and suffer much. Therefore, it is the right time to act fairly, neutrally and impartially.
Be the glory to Israel….
and warth to its enemy!