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“That doesn’t mean that everything will be totally smooth,” White House press secretary Dana Perino said. “We’re facing what could be a very strong hurricane, possibly one of the largest and strongest to hit America since records began.”—Dana Perino – White House Spokesperson With Bush
From World Net Daily on August 30, 2008 – Headline: Palestinian Media: Rice Urging Division of Jerusalem; “Secret Negotians” Underway For Peace Deal of September.
JERUSALEM – In her visit here earlier this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Israel to sign a document by the end of the year that would divide Jerusalem by offering the Palestinians a state in Israel’s capital city as well as in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to multiple reports yesterday in major official Palestinian Authority media outlets. The information, verified by top diplomatic sources, first was reported Tuesday by WND. Al Ayam, an official PA newspaper, quoted top Palestinian sources stating Rice asked the Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams to meet at the highest levels on a daily basis and to keep the meetings private. The newspaper claimed Rice spoke to PA officials about eastern Jerusalem becoming part of a Palestinian state as well as sections of the Jordan Valley. Al Ayam’s editor-in-chief, Akram Heniyeh, is one of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ closest advisers. Official PA television yesterday quoted sources close to Abbas stating Rice’s short-term goal is to produce an interim Israeli-Palestinian paper before a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly next month. WND reported exclusively Aug. 1 that Olmert told the PA he intends to accelerate negotiations to reach some understanding on paper as soon as September. Also in the official Palestinian media yesterday, a high-level Palestinian source told the Al Quds daily that Rice for the first time discussed with Abbas the need to create a Palestinian state alongside the 1967 borders, meaning an Israeli evacuation of the Gaza Strip, West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. Israel recaptured eastern Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – during the 1967 Six Day War. The Palestinians have claimed eastern Jerusalem as a future capital. About 244,000 Arabs live in Jerusalem, mostly in eastern neighborhoods. Jerusalem has an estimated total population of 724,000, the majority Jewish. Top diplomatic sources involved in the Israeli-Palestinian talks confirmed to WND the goal is to create a Palestinian state on paper by January. The Israeli team, led by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has been negotiating the division of Jerusalem – despite claims to the contrary – but would rather conclude an agreement on paper by the end of the year that would give the Palestinians a state in the West Bank, Gaza and some Israeli territory, leaving conclusions on Jerusalem for a later date, the informed diplomatic sources told WND. The sources said the Palestinian team has been pushing to conclude a deal by January on all core issues, including Jerusalem, and has been petitioning the U.S. to pressure Israel into signing an agreement on paper that offers the Palestinians eastern Jerusalem
Blog: I sit numb late Saturday night looking at the models from the National Hurricane Center in Miami concerning a monster storm that has been forecast to slam into the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early this coming week; Gustav is that storm. With winds already packing a 150 MPH punch, the dangerous Category 4 storm is headed on a scary and prophetic path that Hurricane Katrina took almost 3 years to the day in 2005. New Oreleans has not been the same since Katrina hit 8/29/2005 and not only caused billions of dollars in property damage in Lousiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, but killed thousands of lives and basically ended George Bush’s political career as the result of the perceived terrible response to the storm by the Federal Government and the White House. This blog does not want to revisit those issues from 2005 because in reality when something as big as Katrina was happens to a nation, blame is the only thing that is certain to follow in hurting hearts looking for answers. In that regards, one entity of government cannot be singled out as to failing to respond. The entire system of government failed our nation in 2005 from the federal level all the way to the local level with the ineptness of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and then Louisana Governor Kathleen Blanco; America was overwhelmed by the magnitude of Katrina and three years later we’re facing the mother of all storms named Gustav. An interesting prophetic footnote to 2005 is that just three days prior to Hurricane Katrina, Israel was strong armed into giving up the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians; a historic act of appeasement and continued carving up of Israel’s land in hopes for peace that sent prophetic shockwaves through the Spirit realm and in this writer’s opinion set the stage for what happened 36 hours later in America. Ariel Sharon, Israel’s PM at the time, would suffer a stroke 5 months later in January 2006, a stroke from which he has not recovered and returned and hangs on for dear life at this very moment. Let’s run the clock ahead 3 years to 2008. Just last week Condi Rice was in Jerusalem telling Israel that it had to divide Jerusalem with the Palestinians if any reasonable peace deal would be struck this September before President Bush left office. The idea of Bush sealing a deal before he left office in 2009 seemed to be Rice’s bigger concern than Israel’s security or the importance of Jerusalem in the plans of God . Rice was not alone in her efforts as now Israeli PM Ehud Olhmert, whose Kadima Party has done nothing but concede land deal after land deal to the Palestinians in hopes of Israeli security, agreed to Rice’s sentiments without desent and thus in this writer’s opinion has set the stage it seems for another terrible tragedy. Dana Perino, White House Spokesperson, said 24 hours ago that the White House has been informed that this storm may become potentially one of the strongest and worst to ever hit the US Mainland since weather records have begun to be kept. Folks, those records begun to be kept in the late 1800s which would mean close to 200 years. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,413906,00.html, see comment about 5 paragraphs down) How can we not expect anything less than this when we tinker with a city whose foundations scream that it belongs to the Creator Himself? The Psalmist wrote that God has chosen to “put His name” upon Jerusalem and further more prayed that if he forgot Jerusalem that his right hand cease to work. That is how important Jerusalem is to the Jewish people, the nation of Israel, the world and to the plans of God for Planet Earth. Can we intelligently see what is going on and not believe there is anything but conincidence to this? I remember reading one so-called “prophetic” writer a few years back declaring that there was absolutely no connection to America’s pressure on Jerusalem and Israel to give up land for peace and the warning judgements God has brought on America. In John McTernan’s tremendous book “Israel, the Blessing and the Curse,” as well as Bill Koenig’s book “Eye to Eye,” where both writers outline events since 1991 that occured within 36-48 hours each time when American pushed Israel into dividing Jerusalem or carving up land for peace that bascially were either natural disasters or financial breakdowns in our economy. In 2004 and 2005 we had a record setting year for hurricanes before having a record setting silence and absence of these same storms in 2006 and 2007. The difference? In 2004 and 2005 America was actively involved in seeking to carve out and settle the “ROAP MAP” on Israel; in 2006 and 2007 little effort was done, at least publically, to force Israel to give up her land for a false peace treaty with the Palestinians. Now in 2008, the hurricanes are back as well as an already record setting year for both tornadoes and tornado deaths here in America. Folks, something is going on in the heavenlies whether we want to recognize it or not; the earth is convulsing like never before certainly (Romans 8) but it seems to be convulsing more during these seasons where America interacts to force Israel into doing such things as it is doing at the present time. These disasters and economic meltdowns were termed “warning” judgements by McTernan, who correctly said, that the term “warning” is appropriate because if God actually judged America, America would not exist. These warning echos are part of an overall bigger warning to America to cease from her insanity in pushing Israel to this end. Dividing Jerusalem will NOT bring Middle East peace; Dividing Jerusalem WILL put America on a collision course with Jerusalem’s founder and archetict – the God of heaven, the Almighty Jehovah. Gustav is not the only concern for our nation weather wise. Hurricane Hannah waits right behind Gustav and two other systems are almost in a perpendicular line waiting to form that may affect the U.S. Coastline in the coming days and week ahead. Hannah seems to have her sights on Florida at some point after Gustav hits late Monday into Tuesday. Draw your own conclusions; this is America and we live in a free society to express our opinion; this is mine; you’re entitled to yours. I’m not writing these words with glee, but with tears and a solemn understanding and realization that we’re seeing 2005 played out again and with the very same fundamental issue at the root of yet another “warning” judgement from heaven – ISRAEL and JERUSALEM. Gustav, is a Russian name, and means “a royal staff of the Gods” which signals even more to this writer that the prophetic nature of this storm cannot be understated. Russia itself threatened the US on Friday saying military options were on the table if the U.S. deployed a missile shield into Poland as expected. That is another blog for another time; Back to Gustav and Katrina. Did we not learn our lessons from Katrina? It seems that while on a natural level, both state, federal and local authorities are better prepared this go around, spritiually speaking, we are just as dense. We need to pray for President Bush, the Governor of Louisaina Bobby Jindall, the cities of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Alexandria and Lafayette, which are all in the storm’s path, New Orelans Ray Nagin and the entire citizenry along our beautiful Gulf Coast. I say it again; I sit numb tonight watching this storm grow and tracking the path it’s scheduled to take. This is serious business and in merit of our prayers and deep intercession for our nation and the lives of our fellow citizens in Lousiana; the reality is that should this storm hit in its predicted strength and power on Monday night that lives are going to be lost in this storm; as a result, scores will go into eternity before it’s all over sometime late Tuesday; that’s how serious this is; that’s why I weep for New Orleans; that’s why I weep for America; that’s why I weep for Jerusalem; that’s why I weep and pray for mercy during a time it seems God is speaking once again to our nation. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for America.
Related Links: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2008/08/108910.htm
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