>>Israel Updates > Israel Update, June 15, 2007
“Update, Thursday, June 15, 2007.”
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The news from Gaza is not good for America and the free world.
The Islamic radicals- the group Hamas- violently took over and displaced
the more secular group Fatah. They’re turning Gaza into a terror state,
with wild killings and terrorization of the population there. Iran and
Syria more or less staged a coup. They call the shots.
Many U.S. supplied weapons to help Fatah defend itself and the P. M.
Abbas have been taken into possession by Hamas. They even obtained
Israeli license plates for vehicles – usable for penetration where
Palestinian license-plated vehicles are more thoroughly checked. They
got armored cars, ammo, M-16s… Worst, reams of files and CD-ROMs and
computer records of CIA networks in the Middle East as well as
procedures, have been captured by Hamas. Iran will pay royally to get
these. Please pray for the western-friendly agents to get to safety
before they are found and tortured to get information, around the Middle
East – or that the enemy will be blinded to the meaning of the files or
they will be rendered miraculously unusable by the Hand of the Lord.
This situation puts Israel in an awkward situation at the border. Do
they endure contact there with their opposites, who are under the
authority of a terror group? So far, some have suggested they declare
Gaza a hostile state, and seal off the borders. This has consequences
for the many people in Gaza are economically helped by Israel, such as
thru trade going thru those border crossings.
Please pray for the common people of Gaza, who are terrorized into
becoming more radical against Israel. Especially pray for the Christians
caught in this situation.
Pray for Christians in Arab and Islamic countries in general, for
protection, wisdom, and to be a witness as the Lord leads. Pray for
their governments and neighbors to be born again! This includes
believers in Baghdad and Iraq in general.
Please pray for Lebanon – the pro western leader there is making very
little progress in battling the pro-Syrian Palestinians in the refugee
camps and the rebelling may spread. Pray for success. Also one more
pro-Western member of their parliament was assassinated a few days ago,
another blow to the government, done like the last one by Syria in 2005.
Continue to pray that Iran be stopped from getting nuclear weapons.
There are contradictory accounts as to whether the U.S. will intervene
militarily – but some how Iran must be stopped. Best would be a
bloodless earthquake or similar destruction of every lab and processing
plant and reactor in Iran before they go more active.
Syria and Iran and consulting and cooperating more and preparing for war
with Israel (and the U.S.). Pray for division.
Shimon Peres, elder liberal statesman and past prime minister of Israel,
was just elected the new president. Please pray for him in the flagship
ceremonial post, to help unite the country.
And Prime Minister Olmert is coming to the White house for meetings on
the 19th – pray for wisdom and protection for the leaders and the
nations of Israel & the U.S. as well as our allies.
Thanks for praying!
Shalom,
David
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