The Daughter of Babylon/America will be destroyed, according to five Biblical writers of prophecy, when it stabs Israel in the back, leaving many in Israel to die when it is attacked by Russia (Gog), Iran (Persia) and other Muslim nations (Ezekiel 38/39). The attack will come when Israel is at peace with its neighbors. (Ezekiel 38:8 and 11). So, how close is Israel to making peace? Except for its peace with Egypt, which led to America signing an agreement to defend Israel if it’s attacked, Israel has not yet agreed to peace with those who seek to destroy it.
The prospects for an Israeli peace agreement are rapidly changing, however, behind the scenes. Vice President Biden is in Israel this week for a singular purpose. To push Israel. Under US pressure, Israel and the Palestinians are now starting a four months series of “proximity talks”, which means the parties aren’t talking directly to each other, but only indirectly through a mediator, the United States government. These “talks” are the first in several years, and only happened because the US provided the Palestinians a letter promising to “overcome…obstacles” (purportedly the Israeli government) and assuring them that “our core remains a viable, independent and sovereign Palestinian State with contiguous territory that ends the occupation that began in 1967”. The key word that helped lead the Palestinians to agree to the “talks” was the word “occupation”. The United States in the past has not referred to the land that Israel was given when it was attacked in 1967 as a land of “occupation”, though the word is frequently used by Israel’s enemies. The US promise to get the Palestinians a “State” from Israel, thus forcing Israel to give up the land that God gave to Israel (and which He told Israel not to give up), was quite an inducement.
In the midst of VP Biden’s visit, and the start of indirect talks, a major glitch developed. Israel’s Interior Ministry announced that it would approve the building of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem. Ooops. PM Netanyahu denied that he knew anything about the decision, saying he was “surprised”. Probably true, as the Interior Ministry is headed by Eli Yishai, who is ultra-Orthodox, and apparently opposed to giving up the land. How did VP Biden react? Not well. He “condemned” the “timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks”. The Palestinian Authority said that the housing announcement “ended efforts to renew negotiations with Israel”. True? We can be sure of one thing – based on Biblical prophecy – Israel will eventually enter into a peace treaty with its enemies. The US government, the United Nations, the European Union, the Vatican are all publically invested in making it happen. When will it happen? Stay tuned. We need to be packed and ready to go no later than when we learn that Israel is at peace with its neighbors. (Ezekiel 38:8 and 11).