.jpg)
With the headlines in the Times of Israel this morning, June 22nd, I am re-publishing intercessory information I first received from an Israeli minister in April 2011. The alert was raised then, and is even more prescient to us today. Most of you will not know the significance of this West Bank Palestinian Authority town, Qalqilya - but those who have been on my Arrows from Zion mailing list might remember and understand.
Some of you may remember the story we
published on April 26, 2011
by a Messianic minister in Alfei Menashe, Uzi Lotan.
MOSQUES, MINARETS AND MILITARY
TRAINING
What happens in Israel, doesn't stay in Israel
This is Uzi's staggering followup to the previous article:
What were they building in Hamas West
When
I first read in the spring of 2011 what Uzi was telling us about the
unwarranted building of mosques and minarets in a town nearby to their own
Israeli village in the West Bank, I realized there was a parallel to all the
unwarranted mosque building that Islamists have been doing in the United
States, the United Kingdom and the European nations - building more and bigger
mosques than the population can support should be raising suspicions on
intended purposes.
That's why I added the sub-title, What happens in Israel doesn't stay
in Israel. The battles that Israel has and does face in
combating the terrorist Islamist enemy is the forerunner of the battles that
the whole of Western civilization is and will engage in to defend ourselves
against radical Islamists.
As you will read in Uzi Lotan's post-Gaza war article, we can know even more
detail about the parallels, and especially why it is of extreme danger for
national security forces to have a 'hands off' approach to known radical-Islamist
preaching mosques. Why? Because those mosques are not just houses of
worship but are being used as safe havens and strategic military infrastructure
for terrorists. What as we saw unfold recently in Gaza is not just a
Gaza-Hamas phenomenon.
In just the past week, Israeli newspapers reported that according to captured
Hamas men during the Gaza war, there was a plot among Hamas to stage a coup in
the Palestinian Authority held West Bank. Hamas planned to attack the PA and
take over control of the West Bank as they had Gaza. That is why the reporting
by Lotan in 2011, and now again after the discovery of the extensive tunnel
network under Gaza, begs the question:
What were they building in Hamas' West Bank Stronghold of Qalqilyah?
By
Uzi Lotan (since relocated to ministry in the UK)
West Bank 7 Sept 2014: Peace and quiet have been restored to
Alfei Menashe At least, on the surface, that seems to be the case, since
the agreement to this last ceasefire came into effect 2 weeks ago.
Noise has been everywhere for the past 3 consecutive months! It started with
June, the month of Ramadan, with its 24-hour-a-day disturbances. Then followed
by 51 days of July-August, with the noise of War - Operation Protective Edge.
Fighter jets flying overhead every 1 and a half minutes, then all international
flights to Ben Gurion airport, having been re-routed and starting to land right
over our home, every 3 and half minutes. Add to this cacophony the war-sirens
and booms in the distance, making even the regular calls from the mosques in
the 5 villages surrounding us, fade in comparison. Silence could not be found
anywhere: even the abundance of birds that usually frequent our garden - seemed
to leave us for quieter habitats.
Even though we have some respite, we still need to be watchmen, and therefore
we are compelled to relay to you what is happening here, in Samaria
(politically known as the West Bank).
Just as Gaza, the Kingdom of Jordan and the Golan Heights, are each one a
gateway into Israel, within its current borders, so is Samaria. The main road
into Israel, from Samaria, runs between Alfei Menashe and a major Hamas
stronghold - the Palestinian city of Qalqilyah.
On the Subject of Mosques & Tunnels | At the
beginning of the war, when Israel began to discover the extent of the force
that they were facing, Prime Minister Netanyahu rightly announced that we could
not give Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority, or we would have 20
more 'Gazas' to contend with.
During 2010, we noticed unusual numbers of mosques being built in Qalqilyah. (Mosques, Minarets and Military
Training). We asked you then to pray with us concerning this
area. It was later revealed that the building of the mosques, side by side, and
with tunnels underneath them, was indeed for jihadist activities, training,
weapon-manufacturing and storage facilities.
And here we are, 4 years later, and we are asking you to pray with us once
again, for this same area for this terrorist use has been confirmed once more
by the testimonies of Hamas militants that were captured by the IDF, during
this Operation. [Source: Israel Today, 28 Aug 2014 - Testimonies of Captured Hamas
Militants]
Next to the town of Qalqilyah, which is a Hamas stronghold, the landscape has
been changing during the past 18 months, and even much faster these past 6
months.
On various news bulletins, we have heard that when building the tunnels, they
first cover them with loose sand, and then several loads of topsoil. For the
past 12 months there has been fervent activity taking place with earth moving
equipment, and bulldozers clearing areas, dumping enormous amounts of soil, and
finally moving hundreds and hundreds of mature, fully-grown trees onto the
property, ready for sale. This is taking place next to existing nurseries, and
is overlooking the main Israeli highway that runs from north to south across
the country.
Do we have tunnels much closer to home? Our answer is: yes! We
believe that the Holy Spirit has alerted us to pray, and to encourage others to
pray, that what is hidden will be uncovered.
As the IDF continually patrols this area, we have no doubt that they are aware
of what is going on, on the ground, and underground. Yet, the IDF is the
natural army, and we are the spiritual army. Our fight is not against flesh and
blood, but it is against the powers and principalities of this dark world.
(Ephesians 6:12)
Iran - a Peace Loving Nation indeed | In its recent
series of negotiations with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency),
Teheran claimed that all of its huge nuclear projects are for "peaceful
purposes only". Yet, at the same time, it issued a further threat to our
area in the form of proclamations that it will arm the Palestinians in Judea
and Samaria with missiles, and it intends doing so before the next war. The
former Tehran defense adviser has said that Tel Aviv and Haifa will be much
easier to hit from Judea and Samaria, as the distance is much shorter than from
Gaza, therefore only short-range missiles will be required.
[Sources: Times of Israel staff 30 July 2014 - Iran will arm West bank with missiles; Times
of Israel staff 25 Aug 2014 - Iran will arm Palestinians; Israel
Today, 31 Aug 2014 - Iran arming Palestinians before
next war]
If Iran is able to arm the West Bank with short range missiles (as stated in
the above links), and there are tunnels right here, 8 kilometers from Kfar
Sabba, a major Israeli city, this could mean mass destruction.
More Threats & Ultimatums | On Wednesday September 3rd,
the Palestinian Authority (PA) issued an ultimatum for Israel's withdrawal from
Judea and Samaria, enabling an independent Palestinian state, on the pre-1967
borders, to be established within 3 years.
Again, the PA is threatening to take Israel to the international Criminal Court
if its ultimatum is not met. This has come precisely at a time when Israel is
more convinced than ever of the danger of such a move. [Source: Israel
today, 3 Sept 2014 - Israel believes Palestinian ultimatum
is dangerous]
Fragmentation & Division? | In the Middle East -
situations and statements can change on a daily basis. , Only 4 days after
Abbas' ultimatum to Israel, he made another speech, and this time only stated
that he was losing patience with Israel, but seriously threatened to break
partnership with Hamas. He added that there could only be one source of
authority ruling over the Palestinians, and their future state, and that if
there is to be war, Hamas has no right to call for it.
"If Hamas won't accept a Palestinian State with one government, one law,
and one weapon - then there won't be any partnership between us," said
Abbas. "This is our condition, and we won't back away from it."
The Palestinian Authority seem to be determined to eradicate Hamas from Judea
and Samaria. However, Hamas has called on its operatives not to co-operate with
the investigations of the PA security forces, and has condemned the escalation
in the amount of summons and arrests being issued by the PA to their men in the
West Bank, which they claim is without reason. [Source: Ynet,
7 Sept 2014 - Abbas Threatens to break partnership
with Hamas]
The Spread of the ISIS Cancer | On Friday September
5th, the Shabach, which is the Israeli Internal Security (like FBI in the USA)
announced that they have arrested 10 Israeli Arab Citizens, that are affiliated
to ISIS.
Although we have not heard of any Palestinian citizens being arrested for being
affiliated with ISIS, declarations have been made and there have been ISIS
flags flown on the Temple Mount, and in some areas of Judea and Samaria, where
there have been frequent riots against Israel. Please pray with us that all
those affiliated with ISIS will be swiftly apprehended and completely uprooted
from within our nation, as well as from the areas controlled by the Palestinian
authority.
Samaria - in Biblical Context | As we read God's word,
there is no doubt that He loves this mountainous area of Samaria, and He has a
definite plan. We also know that His timing and ours are not the same, but
until He notifies us of His change of plan, we need to continue to intercede
and be watchmen.
Ezekiel
36:1-8: `O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD...The
enemy said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession...
they ravaged and hounded you from every side so that you became the possession
of the rest of the nations and the object of people's malicious talk and
slander, therefore...in my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the
nations... I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of
the nations.....I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will
also suffer scorn. `But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and
fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.'
We
need to reiterate that Samaria in Hebrew is Shomron, and it has the same root
as the Hebrew word "shomer" - this means the guard, or keeper.
We are the spiritual gatekeepers on the seam line, from Samaria into Israel,
and we literally pass the Hamas stronghold each day, as we enter through the
gateway.
There are many in Israel that have been called to intercession for this
nation. God gives us each different assignments. We have been
placed here, as watchmen, on the hill, overlooking this area as an eagle
watches from the sky. Would you pray with us, that everything
that is hidden, will be brought to light ?
Donna
Diorio: Can you see the parallels that I see to strategies we need
to heed from the Israeli experience in dealing with radical Islam? I hope
so because it may make a major difference in how we all fare in the ongoing war
against Islamists.
Posted by Donna Diorio, IsraelWatcher at 9:47 AM
No comments:
Post a Comment