Russian - Turkish - Syrian
Alliance Growing
* David Cameron becomes PM of Great Britain.
Is he pro-Israel?
* 2010 Epicenter Conference to examine
whether we are seeing events consistent with
Ezekiel 38-39
By
Joel C. Rosenberg
(Washington,
D.C., May 14, 2010) -- Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev just completed an historic
three-day tour through Syria and Turkey. It
was the first visit by a Russian leader to
Damascus since the end of the Cold War. His
top agenda items arms sales and helping both
countries build nuclear power facilities.
Ominously, Medvedev in Damascus called for
Israel to give up its nuclear arsensal and
help create a "nuclear free zone" in the
Middle East.
The visits come at a time when Russia is
steadily building diplomatic, economic and
military alliances in the region that are
consistent with the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecies
about the coming "War of Gog and Magog"
against Israel. At the 2010 Epicenter
Conference in Philly this summer, we'll
examine the latest trends in light of these
key End Times prophecies.
Meanwhile, David Cameron, leader of the UK's
center-right Tory Party, this week became
the new Prime Minister of Great Britain.
The good news: he understands the severity
of Iran's nuclear threat; has likened
Islamic extremism to Naziism; supported the
war in Iraq and opposed calls to cut and
run; supported the war in Afghanistan and
resisted calls to cut the number of British
troops there; refuses to unilaterally
surrender the UK's nuclear deterrence; he's
part Jewish; he has publicly declared
himself a Zionist; and he has taken
pro-Israel positions in the past, including
Israel's right to defend herself in the war
against Hamas in 2009.
The not-so-good news: Cameron supports a
two-state solution between the Israelis and
Palestinians, which by definition requires
dividing Israel and carving up pieces of
Jerusalem; he has described East Jerusalem
as "occupied" territory; he has been sharply
critical of Israeli settlements; he leads a
weak political party, holding only 306
seats, well short of a majority (total seats
in the British parliament: 650), and is thus
dependent on left-of-center political
parties; and to gain power, Cameron built a
political coalition with Liberal Democrat
leader Nick Clegg (whose party won just 57
seats). Clegg has been so severely hostile
to Israel that he actually called for an
arms embargo against the Jewish State in
2009.
Will David Cameron be a friend to Israel as
the rest of the world -- and nearly all of
Europe, and now the White House -- isolates
Israel? I pray the answer is yes, but it
remains to be seen. Given the coalition he
has just built, I must say I'm concerned.
More details and links to numerous must-see
articles on the weblog (http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/)
(Photo: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
and Turkish PM Erdogan; Reuters, Umit Bektas)
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