>>Israel Updates > Israel Update, April 8, 2005
“Update, Friday, April 8, 2005.”
Dear Brothers & Sisters,
Prime Minister Sharon’s government has survived the budget deadline and
other challenges. His plan to remove all Jewish people from Gaza and
four communities in N. Samaria is therefore not prevented from
accomplishment, to my disappointment. Let us pray that God would have
His way in this, and that somehow Israel would not give away this
strategic land for an insincere promise of peace.
P.M. Sharon is scheduled to visit President Bush April 11. Pray for the
various meetings during his visit to the U.S. There will be intense
pressure on him to (1) stop any growth of the towns and villages in
Judea & Samaria, and (2) agree to various horrible ideas to allow the
P.A. to keep more and more land, such as the land corridor proposed
between Gaza & Judea, and less favorable borders (like the 1949
armistice borders rather than modified 1967 borders between the P.A. and
Israel). President Bush is not sticking to the impressions that Israel
has had about these issues.
Pres. Bush appears to be favoring P.M. Abbas of the P.A., in order to
help him stay in power. (Abbas is facing growing rebellion against him
from all his people.) Pres. Bush is in turn hurting the apple of God’s
eye, Israel, and this is not good.
We need to pray for Pres. Bush (and Sec. of State Rice). He has not
acted the same since he met with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
This was during Bush’s first term in office, and he apparently
compromised his protection of Israel to appease the oil countries/Arab
countries.
Also, please pray for wisdom for each citizen
of Israel under this ungodly plan. A few rabbis have called for all
Israeli soldiers not to report to duty after Passover, to avoid
participating in the forced removal of the Jewish residents of Gaza.
(Passover starts the evening of April 23 through sundown the 30th.) P.M.
Sharon has begun weekly meetings with the leaders of the communities
being threatened, to plan and avoid violent confrontations. But civil
war and/or a breakdown of the military is a grave concern. Furthermore,
the P.A. would love to see embarrassment for the Israeli government, and
all the terrorist groups recognize that the withdrawal would be a sign
of Israel’s weakness, fear and disintegrating morale. They are heartened
in their evil plans against the West and see this as a retreat.
Hezbollah is planting bombs along the Gaza withdrawal route, to disrupt
the evacuation, according to www.debka.com. Please pray for mercy, order
and unity somehow in all this.
Please also pray for safety for our embassies and installations around
the world; there is heightened alert for plans against them by
terrorists.
Also please pray for better leaders and governments that are friendly to
peace/freedom/the gospel, for Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Lebanon,
Pakistan and other countries too (China, Russia, N. Korea…). For
example, remember Pres. Parvez Musharaff of Pakistan in your prayers, as
he risks his life to purge Pakistan of violent Muslims in their military
and intelligence, and tries to forge better relations with India and the
U.S. Pray that he would be sincere in this, and it would work out.
Please pray for wise choices and deepening friendship between Israel,
the U.S., India, and other countries as bulwarks against world Muslim
domination. This important alliance was brought to my attention by
believers who commented a few years ago on the prophetic significance of
the space shuttle Columbia (U.S.A.) coming apart over Palestine, Texas.
The personnel aboard were American, an Indian, and an Israeli. We need
to stay together, and keep Israel together, and not try to create a
“Palestine” apart from the Jewish people.
The U.S. had announced that we are selling 124 F-16’s to India, and then
we announced we’re selling 24 of them to Pakistan. India is irked at us
about this – pray for no rifts in our friendship.
Thanks for caring & praying,
David