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The United States and Israel are holding a joint military exercise to prepare to defend the Jewish state from a missile attack
Oct 22nd, 2009
News UpdateJimmy DeYoung
Categories: Jimmy DeYoung News

Denying that their joint military exercise has anything to do with any new development in the Middle East region, the United States and Israel are holding joint military exercises meant to stimulate various threats on Israel and to test different defense systems. The three week exercise, Juniper Cobra, though not related to regional conflict, does send a signal to potential threat-makers that the United States and Israel will be ready for any such attack and the two nations will have an opportunity for a technological and professional exchange with the US military meant to enhance Israel's aerial defense capabilities.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

Israel's largest ever joint military exercise with the United States is a reminder of an end time scenario that can be found in Bible prophecy.

After Israel was dropped from participating in a joint military exercise with the Turkish military, the Turks then held that military drill with Syria. Now comes the three week long military exercise with, Juniper Cobra, between Israel and the United States, keeping the Middle East region very busy militarily. Both Israel and US political and military leaders say that this joint operation had been planned for a number of weeks. Even as the two nations denied that this the largest military exercise that Israel has ever participated in is surely a signal to any potential threat on Israel that they should reconsider.

As I give this report, I cannot but think about the end time scenario on this issue that can be found in Bible prophecy. Jesus Christ in His Olivet Discourse warned of wars and rumors of wars in the world in the last days (Matthew 24:6-7). Ancient Jewish prophets wrote of the times in the history of Israel when the Jewish state would come under attack by those who would have a mission to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth - prophets like Daniel, Ezekiel, Joel, and Jeremiah. Much of the focus in Bible prophecy is on the wars in the Middle East and always with the Jewish state involved - even the mother of all battles, the battle of Armageddon which actually begins as a campaign with the armies of the world gathering in Jerusalem to begin this end time war (Zechariah 14:2).

These joint military exercises between Israel and the United States are indeed setting the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.

Israeli Planes Strike Gaza in Response to Rocket Attacks
Oct 22nd, 2009
Daily NewsIsraelToday
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;War

Israeli warplanes attacked terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip late Wednesday night in response to recent rocket attacks carried out against southern Israel.

The Israeli strikes focused on an arms manufacturing plant and arms smuggling tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border.

The brief aerial assault came just hours after Palestinian terrorists operating out of Gaza fired a rocket into southern Israel. The rocket landed near an agricultural area, and did not cause any damage or injuries.

Gaza-based terrorists have fired 55 rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel over the past three months.

Israel Rebuffs Obama Demand to Surrender Before Negotiations
Oct 22nd, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael Today
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Peace Process

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a demand by US President Barack Obama that he commit to a major expulsion of Jews from their homes in Judea and Samaria prior to a renewal of peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. According to Israeli media reports on Wednesday, Obama wanted to organize a major peace summit one month from now based on such an Israeli commitment. Even before the sides had a chance to sit down at the negotiating table, Israel was to surrender to all Arab demands to allow the creation of a Palestinian Arab state on every inch of land they claim. A report in an Arabic-language newspaper indicated that the Palestinian Authority had informed Obama the peace process would not move forward until Israel was strong-armed into accepting those conditions. At the same time, visiting US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice told Netanyahu that the White House expects more than just "lip service" from Israel regarding restarting the peace process. Netanyahu has repeatedly stated his willingness to immediately restart talks with the Palestinians. He has issued only one precondition of his own, that the Palestinians finally honor their previous peace commitment to recognize Israel as the national home of the Jews.