Is Israel Getting Prepared to Strike?

From time to time, I like to run some up-to-date prophesy news articles in the blog. I thought the following article from Perry Stone was interesting. Remember, we are to pray for the peace of Jerusalem daily.

-Pastor


For the past three years, there have been numerous rumors that eventually the Israeli Air Force would strike five main nuclear facilities and several underground bunkers in the nation of Iran. Twice in the past, Israel dealt a blow to nuclear facilities in neighboring countries, including a sudden attack on a nuclear plant in Iraq in the 1980s, and more recently a facility being constructed in Syria. In fact, the Israeli strike in Syrian was so sudden that the air force was in and out before anyone in Syria realized what had occurred.

Some suggest that Iran has every right to develop nuclear power. However, this is not the real issue. The religious fanatics in Iran have stated numerous times that they desire nuclear power to create nuclear weapons to create nuclear warheads and thus become a threat to the entire Middle East and Israel. When the election was recently held in Iran, I watched and actually hoped that the opposing candidate would win. However, it appears that the fanatic Ahmadinejad was re-elected and has continued on his road to enriching uranium, including 5,000 centrifuges. Sources believe that in about 12 to 18 months, Iran will possess one to five nuclear warheads, capable of reaching Iraq, Israel, as well as parts of southern Europe.

I was informed that under the Bush administration, Israel requested to fly over Iraq but the former president was not ready to have a third front open in another Islamic nation. More recently, in the month of February, a source indicated that Israel had contacted the Obama administration requesting codes for certain weapons they had purchased but were not given the vital information. As a result of recent events in America and information released inside Israel, a recent Israeli poll indicated that only 6% of Israelis believe that President Obama would be supportive of the Jewish state in the event of a war with Iran. This is the lowest confidence number in Israel's modern history, indicating that the vast majority of Jews in Israel believe Obama is pro-Muslim and not pro-Israel, and he would not agree to any conflict in a Muslim nation (read Obama's statements made in Turkey and Indonesia to understand their concern). Thus Israel has begun to look at other sources and world leaders for permission to fly over their air space for a sudden strike against Iran.

Recently, it has been reported that Israel has moved a major submarine and two war ships through the Suez Canal, and into the Persian Gulf. This seems to be an early indication of preparation for a quick "surgical strike" against Iran. There would have been a time in which any strike by a Jewish nation would create a terrible uprising in the entire Islam world. However, the Iranians are Shiite Muslims and the majority of Muslims throughout the world are Sunni. These two branches of Islam have fought one another for 1,200 years! Second, the Persians are not Arabs and the Arabs consider the Persians as a separate ethnic race. Third, the Muslims in the other Persian Gulf States have never liked the Iranians and would not mind seeing the fanatical regime defeated, as Iranian fanatics could eventually take over the oil in the other Gulf States. Also, a conflict with Israel and Iran would raise the price of Saudi oil, perhaps to $200 to $300 a barrel and pour money into the coffers of the Royal Family. These combined reasons may be why Saudi Arabia is said to have secretly agreed to allow the Israeli pilots to fly over their air space if needed, to strike Iran.

We have recently seen hundreds of thousands of protesters, demanding death to the dictator Ahmadinejad in Iran. These are pro-democracy students and young people who are hoping for a political breakthrough and a defeat of the fanatical religious regime that holds a choke hold over the nation. I could be incorrect on my assumption, but I would not be surprised if Israel struck and the fanatical Iranian leaders were killed in the process, many Iranians would consider the Israelis as liberators, instead of invaders. Perhaps this is why the attack on Iran has been put on hold for a season and no war has transpired. It just hasn't been the right time.

Any strike will be sudden and direct. Nations such as China, Russia, the United States and the EU will not allow a war to stretch for a long time, especially since Iran provides 40% of the oil to Russia and China. However, the sudden strike will cause markets to rattle around the world.

Some suggest that Obama has asked Israel to wait until the end of the year to give time for secret negotiations and democracy protesters to create a more open atmosphere for talks to ensue. It seems that only time will tell, but we may see fireworks over the Gulf in the near future.

Perry Stone