JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
IDF training to retake Gaza in possible future round with Hamas-Eight months after conflict, Islamic group again digging terror tunnels, developing Iran-funded advanced missiles and drones-By Elhanan Miller April 29, 2015, 6:05 am 14-the times of israel
Assessing that Hamas will continue to rule the Gaza Strip for the foreseeable future, the IDF is training for the possible reconquering of the entire coastal Palestinian territory in a future confrontation with the Islamic organization, the Times of Israel has learned.Despite the harsh blow Hamas and Islamic Jihad sustained in Operation Protective Edge last July and August, Israel’s military command is convinced that another round of fighting between Israel and Gaza is only a matter of time.The Israeli leadership sees no prospect of the Palestinian Authority gaining control of the Strip, as it continues to demand, and would prefer to face a weakened Hamas than the anarchy of unruly organizations, some of which harbor extremist Islamist ideologies.Hamas and Islamic Jihad lost 1,000 combatants in the 50 days of fighting with Israel, including many low- and mid-ranking commanders. The remaining 1,100 Palestinian fatalities in the war are believed to be innocent civilians caught in the line of fire.Hamas had wanted to take Israel by surprise at the outset of last summer’s operation by planning to launch a massive terror attack on an Israeli community near the Kerem Shalom crossing through a tunnel dug beneath the border. The organization’s political leadership decided to postpone the attack, however, allowing Israel to strike first. That decision has bred a lasting crisis of faith between Hamas’s military wing — which pushed for decisive action — and the more cautious political branch.Today, eight months after the ceasefire, Hamas has resumed tunnel digging in full force; employing over 1,000 diggers and working three shifts, six days a week-The rift between the two branches manifests itself in their preference of regional allies. While the military wing, headed by Muhammad Deif, opts for closer ties with Iran (which continues to fund it to the tune of millions of dollars in cash smuggled from Egypt), the political wing, led by Khaled Mashaal in Qatar, is vying for rapprochement with Saudi Arabia and Egypt.Deif, who has survived numerous Israeli assassination attempts, continues to command Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on both the strategic and tactical levels. Marwan Issa, a top commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, is emerging as one of the most powerful men in Hamas’s leadership, serving as intermediary between the political and military branches.Meanwhile, eight months after the ceasefire, Hamas has resumed tunnel digging in full force, employing over 1,000 diggers working in three shifts six days a week. The materials used for the tunnels include concrete bought on the black market, as well as wood and hard plastic.In addition, it is training elite marine and ground forces, known in Arabic as Nukhba, and developing new drones and long-range missiles funded by Tehran.On the Egyptian front, Hamas is helping to train offensive forces in the Sinai Peninsula to carry out coordinated attacks against Israel. While supplying arms and medical assistance to Islamic State operatives in the Sinai, Hamas strictly adheres to the ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, preventing rocket launches with forces deployed along the border.Quoting a senior Egyptian security source, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported on Tuesday that Egypt has begun to take more robust measures to prevent the digging of new tunnels from Gaza into Sinai, pumping water underground using 50 machines to flood the tunnels and cause them to collapse. Egypt is also expanding the current no-go buffer zone along its 13-kilometer (8-mile) border with Gaza from one kilometer to five. Within months, Egypt plans to dig a water canal from the Mediterranean to the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, hoping to eradicate underground tunnels once and for all.According to Ma’an, Israel has also allowed Egypt to introduce heavy artillery and F-16 fighter jets into Sinai in its war on local terror cells, for the first time since the signing of the Camp David Peace Accords in 1979.Israel understands that the key to lasting calm in Gaza lies with the combination of effective military deterrence and relative economic prosperity. With the Egyptian border closed indefinitely to Gaza, the impoverished, devastated Strip grows increasingly dependent on Israel for its sustenance.The new Israeli government will soon be requested to allow in hundreds of day laborers from Gaza, for the first time in years, augmenting the recent license given for the export of agricultural produce.
British PM offers defense of Israeli attacks in Gaza-One week before UK election, Cameron tells Jewish paper ‘it’s important to speak out’ for Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’-By Times of Israel staff April 29, 2015, 1:14 pm
Just over a week before his country’s general election, Britain’s Conservative leader Prime Minister David Cameron came out firmly in support of “standing by Israel and Israel’s right to defend itself.”In an interview with the British Jewish newspaper The Jewish Chronicle, Cameron contrasted Hamas rocket fire with Israeli strikes against Gaza in last summer’s war between the two sides.“Obviously we regret the loss of life wherever it takes place, but I do think there’s an important difference – as Prime Minister Netanyahu put it: Israel uses its weapons to defend its people and Hamas uses its people to defend its weapons,” Cameron said in the interview, which is due to be published in full on Thursday.“What I’ve seen is the attacks that take place on Israel and the indiscriminate nature of them. As PM, putting yourself in the shoes of the Israeli people, who want peace but have to put up with these indiscriminate attacks — that reinforces to me the importance of standing by Israel and Israel’s right to defend itself,” Cameron said.“I feel very strongly that this equivalence that sometimes people try to draw when these attacks take place is so completely wrong and unfair. Because Israel is trying defend against indiscriminate attacks, while trying to stop the attackers – and there’s such a difference between that and the nature of the indiscriminate attacks that Israel receives. I feel that very clearly. I’ve seen it very clearly as prime minister and I think it’s important to speak out about it,” he said.During the Gaza war, Cameron’s government criticized the high death toll in Gaza, where over 2,000 were killed, the vast majority by Israeli strikes. Israel contends about half the dead were Hamas fighters and ascribed the high toll to the fact that Gaza’s fighters embedded their infrastructure in residential areas, while the Palestinians and the UN say most were civilians.Cameron has voiced strong support for Israel repeatedly in the past, especially in his speeches before the UK Jewish community. “Israel is our ally. Israel is our friend. And with me as Prime Minister that will never change,” he said in November in a fundraising event for the Jewish charity Norwood.“During the summer Hamas rained down rockets on Israel, built extensive tunnels to kidnap and murder, and repeatedly refused to accept ceasefires,” he said at the time, according the Chronicle. “As Prime Minister Netanyahu has said: ‘Israel uses missile defense to protect its civilians. Hamas uses civilians to protect their missiles.’”The coming elections are set for May 7. Cameron and Labor challenger Ed Miliband, who is Jewish, are running neck and neck in polls.
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
ISAIAH 41:11
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Hamas’s chief of staff alive and active, Israel confirms-Muhammad Deif survived last summer’s assassination attempt and is overseeing rehabilitation of group’s offensive capabilities-By Times of Israel staff April 29, 2015, 8:28 am 4
Top Hamas terror commander Muhammad Deif is alive and has returned to active participation in the high command of the Islamist group’s military wing, according to Israeli intelligence assessments.Deif, 51, was targeted in an August 19 IDF strike on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the Gaza Strip last summer, during the 50-day war there. His wife and two children were killed in the bombing. Deif’s fate was not disclosed, although Hamas was quick to report that he had survived.The long-time commander of Hamas’s military wing has survived five Israeli assassination attempts. In September 2002 he emerged, wounded, from the charred remains of a vehicle that had been hit by an IAF missile. In 2006, he was wounded again, reportedly losing his limbs in an additional IAF strike.During the last days of the war in Gaza in the summer, the Shin Bet produced concrete evidence of Deif’s whereabouts on the bottom floor of a home on al-Ramal Street in Gaza City. At nine in the evening of August 19, the Air Force was cleared to drop bombs on the home and demolish it. According to an October episode of Israel’s top investigative news program, “Uvda,” the two bombs meant to reach the bottom floor did not detonate. Although there was no concrete evidence of Deif having survived yet again, a senior Shin Bet officer, identified only as R, made his disappointment plain without confirming directly that Deif was alive.As head of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Deif was responsible for planning and executing a long string of terror attacks that killed dozens or even hundreds of Israelis. He is one of Israel’s most sought-after targets for assassination.
According to Israeli sources, Deif was the key planner of a massive Hamas operation to attack an Israeli village on the Gaza border — possibly Kibbutz Kerem Shalom — and take soldiers and civilians hostage. The operation was allegedly planned months before the war in Gaza, and was intended to force Israeli leaders to respond with a massive ground assault in the Strip, where Hamas had spent months rigging explosives and digging tunnels that would allow its fighters to exact a steep cost from any IDF incursion force.Deif’s plans were stymied not by Israel, but by the political leadership of Hamas, which ordered the operation canceled, according to Israeli assessments. During the fighting, the Qassam Brigades tried to launch the operation a few times despite the opposition of the political wing, but were unable to carry it out once massive Israeli forces were operating in Gaza.Deif’s apparent recovery comes amid sustained efforts by Hamas to rebuild its offensive capabilities against Israel, including the conscription of new fighters, rehabilitating its cross-border attack tunnels and restocking its rocket arsenal with longer-distance rockets. All those efforts are hampered by Egypt’s persistent targeting of Hamas’s cross-border tunnels into Sinai by Egypt.According to Israel, Hamas has been able to purchase building materials from private Gaza citizens who were allowed to import the materials to rebuild their homes and businesses but then resold them on Gaza’s black market.Israeli assessments suggest that Hamas is divided over its strategic direction, with its top political leader, Qatar-based Khaled Mashaal, seeking to rehabilitate the group’s ties with Egypt and Saudi Arabia as a way to end Hamas’s stifling economic and political isolation. Deif and other military commanders on the ground in Gaza advocate a closer alliance with Iran, which supplies the Gaza-based group with funds and materiel for its fight against Israel.
One Israeli still missing in Nepal, Foreign Ministry says-Nepalese PM, chief of staff visit Israeli facility as death toll tops 5,000; crew of ship seized by Iran safe; Israel lets 14k tons of construction material into Gaza-By Ilan Ben Zion April 29, 2015, 2:06 pm-the times of israel
16:02-Egypt jails 69 Islamists for torching church-Egypt jailed 69 Islamists for life today for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013 during a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official says.The church was set on fire and a police station was attacked when violence erupted in the town of Kerdasa on August 14 that year, after hundreds of Morsi supporters died in a crackdown on two protest camps in the capital the same day.— AFP
15:47-8 Israelis rescued from Nepalese attackers-A private Israeli search and rescue squad retrieves eight Israeli backpackers by helicopter who were threatened by Nepalese locals, Ynet reports.The chopper attempted to land in the Langtang region of Nepal but had trouble landing. The Israelis were instructed to move to a lower elevation, and while doing so were reportedly attacked by a group of locals. The Israelis managed to escape and climb aboard the helicopter, and were taken to a Nepalese army base.The website also reports that in a separate incident three other Israeli tourists were rescued by Israeli Harel Insurance company.
15:13-Israel advises citizens to leave Nepal-Israel is advising its nationals to leave earthquake-hit Nepal, the Foreign Ministry says, fearing disease and violence after desperate Nepalis clashed with riot police over supplies and aid.Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon tells AFP the warning came after helicopters sent to evacuate Israeli citizens were mobbed and attacked by Nepalis trying to get on board.
“We’re advising our citizens to leave Nepal, for both health and security reasons,” he says, but adds the warning was being diffused by Israeli media, rather than through official channels.– AFP
15:00-Israel lets 14k tons of building material into Gaza-Israel allows 14,000 tons of building material into war-devastated Gaza on Wednesday, the defense ministry says of the largest single shipment since a July-August conflict ended in the blockaded territory.COGAT, the coordinating body for Israeli government policy in the Palestinian territories, tells AFP that some 354 trucks passed through the Kerem Shalom goods crossing in the southern Gaza Strip carrying “construction materials,” without elaborating.– AFP
14:54-Hamas police beat protesters in Gaza-Police in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip beat and arrested protesters at a youth rally in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory, an AFP correspondent says.
More than 400 demonstrators gathered in Shejaiya, a neighborhood in eastern Gaza City that was razed during a July-August war between Hamas and Israel, urging reconstruction and calling for an end to intra-Palestinian division.– AFP
Israel’s aid team to Nepal larger than any other country’s-Field hospital begins work; nearly 2,000 Israelis evacuated since Saturday; just one Israeli remains unaccounted for-By Times of Israel staff April 29, 2015, 3:08 pm
Israel’s aid team to the earthquake-battered Himalayan nation of Nepal is the largest in manpower of any international aid mission.Over 250 doctors and rescue personnel were part of an IDF delegation that landed Tuesday in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, in the wake of Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated large swaths of the mountainous country, killing at least 5,000 and leaving some 8,000 wounded and tens of thousands seeking shelter and food.The Israeli group set up a field hospital with 60 beds that began operations on Wednesday in coordination with the local army hospital.Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and the Nepalese Army’s chief of staff visited the field hospital to attend its opening ceremony. Dozens of Israeli backpackers are stranded in far-flung areas of the country, especially in the Gosainkunda lakes area. The Foreign Ministry says only one Israeli, Or Asraf, remains unaccounted for of the 2,000 who were in the country when the quake hit Saturday. Israeli rescue teams hope to finish locating and extracting the last of the stranded backpackers by the end of the day Wednesday.Asraf was moderately wounded fighting with the IDF in last summer’s Gaza war. After recovering from his injuries and completing his army service, he went backpacking in Nepal, a popular destination for post-army Israelis, and was slated to return to Israel in July.Israel’s aid convoy to the quake-stricken nation is the largest ever sent by the IDF overseas. Israel has deployed field hospitals to Haiti, the Philippines and Japan in recent years following natural disasters.According to figures reported by CNN, Israel’s total official aid delegation, not counting several private aid groups, numbers 260 people, more than all the other aid efforts examined by CNN combined. The next-largest delegation, from the United Kingdom, numbers 68 people, followed by China’s 62, the US’s 54 and South Korea’s 40. Taiwan sent 20 personnel, Italy 15 and France 11.Israeli soldiers set up a field hospital together with the Nepalese army in Nepal following the deadly earthquake on April 29, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson)-In aid money, Israel performs rather less well. Leading the pack with funds intended to provide for emergency supplies and help sustain local rescue efforts came the United States with $10 million, followed by the UK with $5 million, Canada with $4.1m, Australia and Norway with $3.9 million each and the EU with $3.25m. Israel did not send money.Israel also leads in its efforts to rescue its stranded countrymen.Some 2,000 Israelis were in Nepal when the quake struck Saturday. The vast majority have been rescued, with the remaining number estimated in the dozens and just one Israeli unaccounted for. Four planes were sent to airlift Israelis out, along with helicopters and jeeps rented for the effort, while a combination of IDF, insurance company-sponsored rescue teams and various volunteer groups helped reach nearly all the Israelis stranded in remote parts of the mountainous country.In contrast, of 1,400 French citizens in the country when the quake struck, 676 remain unaccounted for. Some 550 Australians were in Nepal on Saturday; over 300 have not yet been located by authorities. Of 4,000 Chinese citizens, 683 are still unaccounted for.
Exiled Palestinian Leader Looks for Regional Allies in Mediation of Nile Dam Deal-By Jack Moore 4/28/15 at 7:54 AM-Dahlan Gaza Abbas-newsweek
Exiled Palestinian politician and former leader of Fatah in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, mediated the signing of an agreement for the construction of a controversial River Nile dam project between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan last month, Newsweek can exclusively reveal.Analysts believe that the move demonstrates Dahlan’s continuing efforts to increase his international influence, potentially setting up a push for the Palestinian leadership in the future.The leaders of the three African countries convened in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last month to sign an agreement which confirmed the principles on which Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam would be built after Cairo raised concerns that the project would hit their vital Nile water supply.LR Dahlan, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn, in Addis Ababa awaiting phone call from Sisi (L-R) Mohammed Dahlan, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn, in Addis Ababa awaiting a phone call from Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Newsweek-The agreement was the culmination of a year of negotiations and meetings in Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa and Egypt and sources have revealed that Dahlan, expelled from Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party in 2011 and charged with corruption and defamation, was at the heart of the negotiations. He was invited to mediate the talks by Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn at the request of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi."We were invited by the prime minister of Ethiopia, and we were eager to assist," a source close to Dahlan, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Newsweek."We laid the foundation for the agreement at the request of Sisi as well," the source added.Exclusive photos given to Newsweek show Dahlan, 53, meeting with both Desalegn and the head of Egyptian intelligence Khaled Fawzy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and the Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhanom in Abu Dhabi. Dahlan’s UAE sponsor, crown prince Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed, was the only other party aware of Dahlan’s involvement in the back-door talks.The dam deal, described as “historic” by Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, agreed on the “fair use of waters and not to damage the interests of other states by using the waters”. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2017 and is set to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity for Ethiopia.LR Deputy of Khaled Fawzy, Khaled Fawzy of Egyptian Intel, Dahlan, Ethiopian PM advisor Getachew Reda, at Addis Ababa airport (L-R) Deputy of Khaled Fawzy, Egyptian intelligence chief Khaled Fawzy, Mohammed Dahlan and Ethiopian prime minister's advisor, Getachew Reda, at Addis Ababa airport. Newsweek-In reaction to the disclosure of Dahlan’s regional maneuvering, a senior Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says Dahlan is “trying to play Palestinian politics” but claims he was representing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and not as a Palestinian figure when mediating the dam deal -“The guy is showing credentials to a lot of people,” the official says. “This man can wear different hats. When he meets an official of a different country, it’s not necessarily as a Palestinian. He can also wear the hat as an emissary to the UAE.”From his perch in the Gulf, Dahlan has also been rumoured to have been engaging in shuttle diplomacy with regional powers, meeting with Israeli officials in France, anti-Islamist military commanders in Libya, and potential Palestinian allies in Abu Dhabi. In his political career thus far, Dahlan has served as the security chief in Gaza, an adviser to Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’s interior minister.Analysts believe that this covert mediation effort demonstrates that the Palestinian strongman, still barred from the West Bank by Abbas, is raising his profile as an international figure and building a contact book of influential friends in the Middle East and North Africa region, with an eye on eventually replacing the Palestinian leader.Dahlan Gaza Abbas (L-R) Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhanom and Mohammed Dahlan in Abu Dhabi. Newsweek-“For him, the strategy has to be, even if I don’t openly confront Abbas right now, I’m going to gather as much support for my case regionally and internationally as possible, so that, when the time comes, I will have backers and very influential friends. I’ll have countries that owe me,” says Grant Rumley, researcher of Palestinian and Jordanian politics at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “He’s stacking the deck in his favour and making moves.”“ For Dahlan, the benefits are abundant. This is completely out of the norm in Palestinian politics,” Rumley adds. “Usually, it is international parties mediating either internal Palestinian rifts or Palestinian-Israeli rifts, it’s rarely Palestinian politicians mediating agreements between other countries."Earlier this month, a Palestinian court dismissed a corruption case against Dahlan with the charges - linked to the alleged misuse of $17m worth of expenses - declared as “inadmissible” and his legal team hailing the decision as a “great victory”.The ostracised Palestinian figure had served as the security chief of Fatah in Gaza until 2007 when Hamas won a shock election victory to take control of the enclave. Vanity Fair revealed a year later that Dahlan had cooperated with Washington to stage a coup against the Hamas government, which was subsequently preempted and prevented by the Islamist militant group, forcing Dahlan into the West Bank.
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
IDF training to retake Gaza in possible future round with Hamas-Eight months after conflict, Islamic group again digging terror tunnels, developing Iran-funded advanced missiles and drones-By Elhanan Miller April 29, 2015, 6:05 am 14-the times of israel
Assessing that Hamas will continue to rule the Gaza Strip for the foreseeable future, the IDF is training for the possible reconquering of the entire coastal Palestinian territory in a future confrontation with the Islamic organization, the Times of Israel has learned.Despite the harsh blow Hamas and Islamic Jihad sustained in Operation Protective Edge last July and August, Israel’s military command is convinced that another round of fighting between Israel and Gaza is only a matter of time.The Israeli leadership sees no prospect of the Palestinian Authority gaining control of the Strip, as it continues to demand, and would prefer to face a weakened Hamas than the anarchy of unruly organizations, some of which harbor extremist Islamist ideologies.Hamas and Islamic Jihad lost 1,000 combatants in the 50 days of fighting with Israel, including many low- and mid-ranking commanders. The remaining 1,100 Palestinian fatalities in the war are believed to be innocent civilians caught in the line of fire.Hamas had wanted to take Israel by surprise at the outset of last summer’s operation by planning to launch a massive terror attack on an Israeli community near the Kerem Shalom crossing through a tunnel dug beneath the border. The organization’s political leadership decided to postpone the attack, however, allowing Israel to strike first. That decision has bred a lasting crisis of faith between Hamas’s military wing — which pushed for decisive action — and the more cautious political branch.Today, eight months after the ceasefire, Hamas has resumed tunnel digging in full force; employing over 1,000 diggers and working three shifts, six days a week-The rift between the two branches manifests itself in their preference of regional allies. While the military wing, headed by Muhammad Deif, opts for closer ties with Iran (which continues to fund it to the tune of millions of dollars in cash smuggled from Egypt), the political wing, led by Khaled Mashaal in Qatar, is vying for rapprochement with Saudi Arabia and Egypt.Deif, who has survived numerous Israeli assassination attempts, continues to command Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on both the strategic and tactical levels. Marwan Issa, a top commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, is emerging as one of the most powerful men in Hamas’s leadership, serving as intermediary between the political and military branches.Meanwhile, eight months after the ceasefire, Hamas has resumed tunnel digging in full force, employing over 1,000 diggers working in three shifts six days a week. The materials used for the tunnels include concrete bought on the black market, as well as wood and hard plastic.In addition, it is training elite marine and ground forces, known in Arabic as Nukhba, and developing new drones and long-range missiles funded by Tehran.On the Egyptian front, Hamas is helping to train offensive forces in the Sinai Peninsula to carry out coordinated attacks against Israel. While supplying arms and medical assistance to Islamic State operatives in the Sinai, Hamas strictly adheres to the ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, preventing rocket launches with forces deployed along the border.Quoting a senior Egyptian security source, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported on Tuesday that Egypt has begun to take more robust measures to prevent the digging of new tunnels from Gaza into Sinai, pumping water underground using 50 machines to flood the tunnels and cause them to collapse. Egypt is also expanding the current no-go buffer zone along its 13-kilometer (8-mile) border with Gaza from one kilometer to five. Within months, Egypt plans to dig a water canal from the Mediterranean to the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, hoping to eradicate underground tunnels once and for all.According to Ma’an, Israel has also allowed Egypt to introduce heavy artillery and F-16 fighter jets into Sinai in its war on local terror cells, for the first time since the signing of the Camp David Peace Accords in 1979.Israel understands that the key to lasting calm in Gaza lies with the combination of effective military deterrence and relative economic prosperity. With the Egyptian border closed indefinitely to Gaza, the impoverished, devastated Strip grows increasingly dependent on Israel for its sustenance.The new Israeli government will soon be requested to allow in hundreds of day laborers from Gaza, for the first time in years, augmenting the recent license given for the export of agricultural produce.
British PM offers defense of Israeli attacks in Gaza-One week before UK election, Cameron tells Jewish paper ‘it’s important to speak out’ for Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’-By Times of Israel staff April 29, 2015, 1:14 pm
Just over a week before his country’s general election, Britain’s Conservative leader Prime Minister David Cameron came out firmly in support of “standing by Israel and Israel’s right to defend itself.”In an interview with the British Jewish newspaper The Jewish Chronicle, Cameron contrasted Hamas rocket fire with Israeli strikes against Gaza in last summer’s war between the two sides.“Obviously we regret the loss of life wherever it takes place, but I do think there’s an important difference – as Prime Minister Netanyahu put it: Israel uses its weapons to defend its people and Hamas uses its people to defend its weapons,” Cameron said in the interview, which is due to be published in full on Thursday.“What I’ve seen is the attacks that take place on Israel and the indiscriminate nature of them. As PM, putting yourself in the shoes of the Israeli people, who want peace but have to put up with these indiscriminate attacks — that reinforces to me the importance of standing by Israel and Israel’s right to defend itself,” Cameron said.“I feel very strongly that this equivalence that sometimes people try to draw when these attacks take place is so completely wrong and unfair. Because Israel is trying defend against indiscriminate attacks, while trying to stop the attackers – and there’s such a difference between that and the nature of the indiscriminate attacks that Israel receives. I feel that very clearly. I’ve seen it very clearly as prime minister and I think it’s important to speak out about it,” he said.During the Gaza war, Cameron’s government criticized the high death toll in Gaza, where over 2,000 were killed, the vast majority by Israeli strikes. Israel contends about half the dead were Hamas fighters and ascribed the high toll to the fact that Gaza’s fighters embedded their infrastructure in residential areas, while the Palestinians and the UN say most were civilians.Cameron has voiced strong support for Israel repeatedly in the past, especially in his speeches before the UK Jewish community. “Israel is our ally. Israel is our friend. And with me as Prime Minister that will never change,” he said in November in a fundraising event for the Jewish charity Norwood.“During the summer Hamas rained down rockets on Israel, built extensive tunnels to kidnap and murder, and repeatedly refused to accept ceasefires,” he said at the time, according the Chronicle. “As Prime Minister Netanyahu has said: ‘Israel uses missile defense to protect its civilians. Hamas uses civilians to protect their missiles.’”The coming elections are set for May 7. Cameron and Labor challenger Ed Miliband, who is Jewish, are running neck and neck in polls.
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
ISAIAH 41:11
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Hamas’s chief of staff alive and active, Israel confirms-Muhammad Deif survived last summer’s assassination attempt and is overseeing rehabilitation of group’s offensive capabilities-By Times of Israel staff April 29, 2015, 8:28 am 4
Top Hamas terror commander Muhammad Deif is alive and has returned to active participation in the high command of the Islamist group’s military wing, according to Israeli intelligence assessments.Deif, 51, was targeted in an August 19 IDF strike on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the Gaza Strip last summer, during the 50-day war there. His wife and two children were killed in the bombing. Deif’s fate was not disclosed, although Hamas was quick to report that he had survived.The long-time commander of Hamas’s military wing has survived five Israeli assassination attempts. In September 2002 he emerged, wounded, from the charred remains of a vehicle that had been hit by an IAF missile. In 2006, he was wounded again, reportedly losing his limbs in an additional IAF strike.During the last days of the war in Gaza in the summer, the Shin Bet produced concrete evidence of Deif’s whereabouts on the bottom floor of a home on al-Ramal Street in Gaza City. At nine in the evening of August 19, the Air Force was cleared to drop bombs on the home and demolish it. According to an October episode of Israel’s top investigative news program, “Uvda,” the two bombs meant to reach the bottom floor did not detonate. Although there was no concrete evidence of Deif having survived yet again, a senior Shin Bet officer, identified only as R, made his disappointment plain without confirming directly that Deif was alive.As head of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Deif was responsible for planning and executing a long string of terror attacks that killed dozens or even hundreds of Israelis. He is one of Israel’s most sought-after targets for assassination.
According to Israeli sources, Deif was the key planner of a massive Hamas operation to attack an Israeli village on the Gaza border — possibly Kibbutz Kerem Shalom — and take soldiers and civilians hostage. The operation was allegedly planned months before the war in Gaza, and was intended to force Israeli leaders to respond with a massive ground assault in the Strip, where Hamas had spent months rigging explosives and digging tunnels that would allow its fighters to exact a steep cost from any IDF incursion force.Deif’s plans were stymied not by Israel, but by the political leadership of Hamas, which ordered the operation canceled, according to Israeli assessments. During the fighting, the Qassam Brigades tried to launch the operation a few times despite the opposition of the political wing, but were unable to carry it out once massive Israeli forces were operating in Gaza.Deif’s apparent recovery comes amid sustained efforts by Hamas to rebuild its offensive capabilities against Israel, including the conscription of new fighters, rehabilitating its cross-border attack tunnels and restocking its rocket arsenal with longer-distance rockets. All those efforts are hampered by Egypt’s persistent targeting of Hamas’s cross-border tunnels into Sinai by Egypt.According to Israel, Hamas has been able to purchase building materials from private Gaza citizens who were allowed to import the materials to rebuild their homes and businesses but then resold them on Gaza’s black market.Israeli assessments suggest that Hamas is divided over its strategic direction, with its top political leader, Qatar-based Khaled Mashaal, seeking to rehabilitate the group’s ties with Egypt and Saudi Arabia as a way to end Hamas’s stifling economic and political isolation. Deif and other military commanders on the ground in Gaza advocate a closer alliance with Iran, which supplies the Gaza-based group with funds and materiel for its fight against Israel.
One Israeli still missing in Nepal, Foreign Ministry says-Nepalese PM, chief of staff visit Israeli facility as death toll tops 5,000; crew of ship seized by Iran safe; Israel lets 14k tons of construction material into Gaza-By Ilan Ben Zion April 29, 2015, 2:06 pm-the times of israel
16:02-Egypt jails 69 Islamists for torching church-Egypt jailed 69 Islamists for life today for torching a church near Cairo in August 2013 during a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a judicial official says.The church was set on fire and a police station was attacked when violence erupted in the town of Kerdasa on August 14 that year, after hundreds of Morsi supporters died in a crackdown on two protest camps in the capital the same day.— AFP
15:47-8 Israelis rescued from Nepalese attackers-A private Israeli search and rescue squad retrieves eight Israeli backpackers by helicopter who were threatened by Nepalese locals, Ynet reports.The chopper attempted to land in the Langtang region of Nepal but had trouble landing. The Israelis were instructed to move to a lower elevation, and while doing so were reportedly attacked by a group of locals. The Israelis managed to escape and climb aboard the helicopter, and were taken to a Nepalese army base.The website also reports that in a separate incident three other Israeli tourists were rescued by Israeli Harel Insurance company.
15:13-Israel advises citizens to leave Nepal-Israel is advising its nationals to leave earthquake-hit Nepal, the Foreign Ministry says, fearing disease and violence after desperate Nepalis clashed with riot police over supplies and aid.Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon tells AFP the warning came after helicopters sent to evacuate Israeli citizens were mobbed and attacked by Nepalis trying to get on board.
“We’re advising our citizens to leave Nepal, for both health and security reasons,” he says, but adds the warning was being diffused by Israeli media, rather than through official channels.– AFP
15:00-Israel lets 14k tons of building material into Gaza-Israel allows 14,000 tons of building material into war-devastated Gaza on Wednesday, the defense ministry says of the largest single shipment since a July-August conflict ended in the blockaded territory.COGAT, the coordinating body for Israeli government policy in the Palestinian territories, tells AFP that some 354 trucks passed through the Kerem Shalom goods crossing in the southern Gaza Strip carrying “construction materials,” without elaborating.– AFP
14:54-Hamas police beat protesters in Gaza-Police in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip beat and arrested protesters at a youth rally in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory, an AFP correspondent says.
More than 400 demonstrators gathered in Shejaiya, a neighborhood in eastern Gaza City that was razed during a July-August war between Hamas and Israel, urging reconstruction and calling for an end to intra-Palestinian division.– AFP
Israel’s aid team to Nepal larger than any other country’s-Field hospital begins work; nearly 2,000 Israelis evacuated since Saturday; just one Israeli remains unaccounted for-By Times of Israel staff April 29, 2015, 3:08 pm
Israel’s aid team to the earthquake-battered Himalayan nation of Nepal is the largest in manpower of any international aid mission.Over 250 doctors and rescue personnel were part of an IDF delegation that landed Tuesday in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, in the wake of Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated large swaths of the mountainous country, killing at least 5,000 and leaving some 8,000 wounded and tens of thousands seeking shelter and food.The Israeli group set up a field hospital with 60 beds that began operations on Wednesday in coordination with the local army hospital.Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and the Nepalese Army’s chief of staff visited the field hospital to attend its opening ceremony. Dozens of Israeli backpackers are stranded in far-flung areas of the country, especially in the Gosainkunda lakes area. The Foreign Ministry says only one Israeli, Or Asraf, remains unaccounted for of the 2,000 who were in the country when the quake hit Saturday. Israeli rescue teams hope to finish locating and extracting the last of the stranded backpackers by the end of the day Wednesday.Asraf was moderately wounded fighting with the IDF in last summer’s Gaza war. After recovering from his injuries and completing his army service, he went backpacking in Nepal, a popular destination for post-army Israelis, and was slated to return to Israel in July.Israel’s aid convoy to the quake-stricken nation is the largest ever sent by the IDF overseas. Israel has deployed field hospitals to Haiti, the Philippines and Japan in recent years following natural disasters.According to figures reported by CNN, Israel’s total official aid delegation, not counting several private aid groups, numbers 260 people, more than all the other aid efforts examined by CNN combined. The next-largest delegation, from the United Kingdom, numbers 68 people, followed by China’s 62, the US’s 54 and South Korea’s 40. Taiwan sent 20 personnel, Italy 15 and France 11.Israeli soldiers set up a field hospital together with the Nepalese army in Nepal following the deadly earthquake on April 29, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson)-In aid money, Israel performs rather less well. Leading the pack with funds intended to provide for emergency supplies and help sustain local rescue efforts came the United States with $10 million, followed by the UK with $5 million, Canada with $4.1m, Australia and Norway with $3.9 million each and the EU with $3.25m. Israel did not send money.Israel also leads in its efforts to rescue its stranded countrymen.Some 2,000 Israelis were in Nepal when the quake struck Saturday. The vast majority have been rescued, with the remaining number estimated in the dozens and just one Israeli unaccounted for. Four planes were sent to airlift Israelis out, along with helicopters and jeeps rented for the effort, while a combination of IDF, insurance company-sponsored rescue teams and various volunteer groups helped reach nearly all the Israelis stranded in remote parts of the mountainous country.In contrast, of 1,400 French citizens in the country when the quake struck, 676 remain unaccounted for. Some 550 Australians were in Nepal on Saturday; over 300 have not yet been located by authorities. Of 4,000 Chinese citizens, 683 are still unaccounted for.
Exiled Palestinian Leader Looks for Regional Allies in Mediation of Nile Dam Deal-By Jack Moore 4/28/15 at 7:54 AM-Dahlan Gaza Abbas-newsweek
Exiled Palestinian politician and former leader of Fatah in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, mediated the signing of an agreement for the construction of a controversial River Nile dam project between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan last month, Newsweek can exclusively reveal.Analysts believe that the move demonstrates Dahlan’s continuing efforts to increase his international influence, potentially setting up a push for the Palestinian leadership in the future.The leaders of the three African countries convened in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last month to sign an agreement which confirmed the principles on which Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam would be built after Cairo raised concerns that the project would hit their vital Nile water supply.LR Dahlan, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn, in Addis Ababa awaiting phone call from Sisi (L-R) Mohammed Dahlan, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn, in Addis Ababa awaiting a phone call from Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Newsweek-The agreement was the culmination of a year of negotiations and meetings in Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa and Egypt and sources have revealed that Dahlan, expelled from Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party in 2011 and charged with corruption and defamation, was at the heart of the negotiations. He was invited to mediate the talks by Ethiopian leader Hailemariam Desalegn at the request of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi."We were invited by the prime minister of Ethiopia, and we were eager to assist," a source close to Dahlan, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Newsweek."We laid the foundation for the agreement at the request of Sisi as well," the source added.Exclusive photos given to Newsweek show Dahlan, 53, meeting with both Desalegn and the head of Egyptian intelligence Khaled Fawzy in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and the Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhanom in Abu Dhabi. Dahlan’s UAE sponsor, crown prince Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed, was the only other party aware of Dahlan’s involvement in the back-door talks.The dam deal, described as “historic” by Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, agreed on the “fair use of waters and not to damage the interests of other states by using the waters”. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2017 and is set to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity for Ethiopia.LR Deputy of Khaled Fawzy, Khaled Fawzy of Egyptian Intel, Dahlan, Ethiopian PM advisor Getachew Reda, at Addis Ababa airport (L-R) Deputy of Khaled Fawzy, Egyptian intelligence chief Khaled Fawzy, Mohammed Dahlan and Ethiopian prime minister's advisor, Getachew Reda, at Addis Ababa airport. Newsweek-In reaction to the disclosure of Dahlan’s regional maneuvering, a senior Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) official, speaking on condition of anonymity, says Dahlan is “trying to play Palestinian politics” but claims he was representing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and not as a Palestinian figure when mediating the dam deal -“The guy is showing credentials to a lot of people,” the official says. “This man can wear different hats. When he meets an official of a different country, it’s not necessarily as a Palestinian. He can also wear the hat as an emissary to the UAE.”From his perch in the Gulf, Dahlan has also been rumoured to have been engaging in shuttle diplomacy with regional powers, meeting with Israeli officials in France, anti-Islamist military commanders in Libya, and potential Palestinian allies in Abu Dhabi. In his political career thus far, Dahlan has served as the security chief in Gaza, an adviser to Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’s interior minister.Analysts believe that this covert mediation effort demonstrates that the Palestinian strongman, still barred from the West Bank by Abbas, is raising his profile as an international figure and building a contact book of influential friends in the Middle East and North Africa region, with an eye on eventually replacing the Palestinian leader.Dahlan Gaza Abbas (L-R) Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhanom and Mohammed Dahlan in Abu Dhabi. Newsweek-“For him, the strategy has to be, even if I don’t openly confront Abbas right now, I’m going to gather as much support for my case regionally and internationally as possible, so that, when the time comes, I will have backers and very influential friends. I’ll have countries that owe me,” says Grant Rumley, researcher of Palestinian and Jordanian politics at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “He’s stacking the deck in his favour and making moves.”“ For Dahlan, the benefits are abundant. This is completely out of the norm in Palestinian politics,” Rumley adds. “Usually, it is international parties mediating either internal Palestinian rifts or Palestinian-Israeli rifts, it’s rarely Palestinian politicians mediating agreements between other countries."Earlier this month, a Palestinian court dismissed a corruption case against Dahlan with the charges - linked to the alleged misuse of $17m worth of expenses - declared as “inadmissible” and his legal team hailing the decision as a “great victory”.The ostracised Palestinian figure had served as the security chief of Fatah in Gaza until 2007 when Hamas won a shock election victory to take control of the enclave. Vanity Fair revealed a year later that Dahlan had cooperated with Washington to stage a coup against the Hamas government, which was subsequently preempted and prevented by the Islamist militant group, forcing Dahlan into the West Bank.
