"HANDWRITING ON THE WALL - THE NATIONS ARE GATHERING AGAINST ISRAEL" BY JACK SMITH.

Handwriting on the wall – the nations are gathering against Israel

 NOVEMBER 29, 2013 BY JACK SMITH

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Perhaps the headlines below will help lay the ground-work to understand end-times prophecy for God’s covenant people, the Jews (Genesis 12:2-3 NASB):

Analysis: Israel struggling to win friends, influence people (Reuters, 11/27, 2013)

Americans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin (Reuters, 11/26/2013)

Rouhani says Geneva nuclear deal increased Israel’s isolation (Jerusalem Post, 11/27/2013)

Isolated Israel Denounces Iran Deal (Sydney Morning Herald, 11/26/13)

Israel bows to EU demands to deny funds to settlements (Worldbulletin.net, 11/28/13)

Israel’s Isolation (The Peninsular Qatar, November 26, 2013):

…. For the first time, this stunningly proves that Israel is the odd man out. Netanyahu has been pushing the world for years to limit Iran’s nuclear programme and now finds himself with limited options. He had even threatened unilateral military action against Tehran, but that option is now completely off the table. The pact has the support of leading Western powers, and that means Netanyahu will find his voice lonely. (Read more)

Israel to face deepening isolation if peace talks fail, says national security adviser (Haaretz, 11/4/13)

Netanyahu Risks Israeli isolation over Iran Deal (Al Monitor, 11/24/13)

Don’t think for a moment that Israel’s current problems are solely the result of its recent hostile response to the Iran nuclear agreement. U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry was quoted by the Jerusalem Post (November 7, 2013):

Kerry warns of third intifada, Israel’s isolation, if peace talks break down (Jerusalem Post, Herb Keinon)

“I believe that if we do not resolve the issues between Palestinians and Israelis, if we do not find a way to find peace, there will be an increasing isolation of Israel, three will be an increasing campaign of the de-legitimization of Israel that has been taking place on an international basis,” he said in the interview. (Read more)

Note some very important words in Kerry’s statement: “isolation of Israel… an increasing campaign of the delegitimization of Israel.”  The “delegitimization of Israel” is a technical phrase referring to the fact that thirty-two member-states of the United Nations do not recognize the State of Israel as a legitimate political authority in the land of Israel, including its right to exist. All thirty-two of these member-states are Muslim nations with the exception of Cuba and North Korea. These thirty-two member-states refuse to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a legitimate state in spite of actions by the United Nations to establish the state of Israel on Mary 15, 1948. Psalm 83:3-4 NASB. In addition, in the 1967 Six-Days War, Israel annexed East Jerusalem (which includes the Temple Mount) and declared Jerusalem its capital, an action the United Nations nor any nation in the world, including the United States, has ever recognized as legitimate (Tel Aviv is home to many embassies and is recognized by most nations as the capital of Israel). In Kerry’s statement above quoted, a veiled threat is present: Israel’s illegitimacy is becoming more real than in recent history (in spite of improvements since its low point of 1979). It’s actions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including the building of Jewish settlements on occupied lands that Palestinians want for a future state (having the ultimate result of blocking the peace process between Israel and Palestinians) has the potential for bringing about economic sanctions against Israel. The first hint of such sanctions occurred recently (November 28, 2013) when Catherine Ashton, head of the EU, threatened to withhold funding earmarked for technology if the funding was  used in the building of settlements on the West Bank:

Israel has bowed to European Union demands to deny funding eligibility to Israeli scientific enterprises operating in Jewish settlements, … Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said she had struck a compromise with EU head Catherine Ashton to try to rescue the funding and avert the risk of wider Israeli diplomatic and academic isolation if the deal had not passed. … Israel had worried the sanctions could hurt universities and research centres with facilities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. (Read more)

In Israel’s lone public stance against the Geneva agreement with Iran, it has placed itself in a precarious position. The agreement with Iran is a six-month agreement with Western powers. It provides limited economic relief to Iran in return for curbing of Iran’s nuclear programs. Should Iran prove itself to be faithful to its terms (even if through deception), a permanent agreement will likely follow. Of course, as we all know, Western and Iranian leaders will use the entire process for political purposes. This will bring more attention to Israel’s hostile actions against Iran and the agreement. It will also bring attention to the fact that Israel is the only nation in the Middle East that actually possesses nuclear weaponsand has the capability to launch them.1  Israel will  likely find itself in an even more isolated position when the more permanent agreement is executed. To world leaders, particularly the Obama administration, sanctions worked against Iran so why not use them against Israel!

In addition, a United Nations Human Rights Council report was recently issued that was highly critical of Israel’s human rights violations in the West Bank (January 31, 2013):
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