On May 27 a group of 6 ships carrying 10,000 tons of alleged humanitarian aid was dispatched by Turkey to run Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. The blockade was put in place since the militant group Hamas seized control in June 2007. Israel wants to weaken Hamas, end rocket attacks from Gaza, and ensure national security for the innocent civilians living within its borders.

In response to this flotilla, and utilizing civilized diplomacy, the Israeli government contacted each of the ships captains and the non-governmental organizations supporting the flotilla as well as the Turkish Government which appears to be the primary organizer of the mission. Israel offered to allow the shipments to be offloaded in Ashdod, to be inspected for contraband weapons and equipment. The Legitimate aide supplies would then be transported into Gaza under the supervision of the sponsoring Aid Organizations.

The requests were ignored, and the flotilla continued steaming towards Gaza, despite the warnings that Israel would not permit it. When the flotilla was 80 miles off the coast, they were ordered to follow the Israeli navy escort into Ashdod, or be boarded.

When they refused, the Israeli navy boarded the first 5 ships without incident.

The whole operation took a turn for the worse when Israeli commandos repelled aboard the 6th ship, the Mavi Marmara from a hovering helicopter overhead. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) commandos were primarily armed with Paintball guns for crowd dispersion tactics - should they be necessary. (Now there's a tidbit that is left out of the mainstream media, because undoubtedly it would paint a nicer picture of Israel's actions, and defeat the agenda of the liberal media and the root of anti-Semitism, being Satan himself.) Not expecting armed resistance, the Israeli forces primarily armed themselves with these non-lethal weapons, in this case Paintball guns, in addition to their standard side arms.

However, when the commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara, they were ambushed by an awaiting mob. The mob individually attacked the arriving commandos armed with knives, metal bars, fire bombs, and in some cases the commandos own side arms taken during the ambush.

One soldier was thrown from a top deck to a lower deck located at least 30 feet below.

The videos ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYjkLUcbJWo ) clearly show the 'humanitarian' mob beating the soldiers with metal bars in a violent and life threatening manner.

When the commandos were at last allowed to use their side arms, the outcome resulted in 9 activists dead and others wounded including 11 I.D.F. commandos. All these events are documented, and easily supported by true journalism, and yet everyone insists on referring to the flotilla as a humanitarian mission.

The United Nations, the United States, the European Union, France, Spain, Turkey and especially the media, all chose to overlook the plain truths, and paint this picture of Israel without explainable reason.

However, we can understand through the window of bible prophecy that all Israel will be in fact be hated. That Jerusalem will indeed become a cup of trembling, and that the future for Israel holds at least to major wars in their near future, those being outlined by perhaps Psalm 83, and most assuredly by the events in Ezekiel 38. Bible prophecy clearly predicts that Israel will be hated by her neighbors, and that hatred will last until Christ himself sits on the throne of David in Jerusalem and reigns their as King. That is when the tides will change as scripture documents the high honor promised to the Jew.

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you." - Zech 8:23

A spokeswoman for the "Free Gaza" movement Greta Berlin admitted to reporters in Cyprus after the clash,

"What we're trying to do is open a sea lane between Gaza and the rest of the world. We're not trying to be a humanitarian mission. We're trying to say to the world, 'You have no right to imprison a million and a half Palestinians.'" -Greta Berlin - Free Gaza Spokesperson.

And yet despite this admission by the organizers behind the mission, the world press still favored the picture painted by the 'Humanitarian Aid' mission title.

And yet, here are some of the 'humanitarian aid' items discovered by the IDF on board the Mavi Marmara on which they were so brutally attacked.

• Knives,
• Slingshots,
• Rocks,
• Smoke bombs,
• Metal rods,
• Improvised sharp metal Weapons
• Sticks and Clubs
• 5kg hammers
• Firebombs
• Gas masks (in case IDF forces fired riot dispersal means at the activists as they violently attacked the soldiers)

Strange, cargo for a ship bound for Gaza for humanitarian reasons only - as so painted by the media.

As Hal Lindsey indicated on his report from June 11th,

"The international community reacted to Israel's boarding of the blockade runners as if the Israelis had torpedoed a Red Cross hospital ship. They were immediately declared guilty - without the facts." - Hal Lindsey

Can it be any wonder why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu called the U.N. and the E.U. leaders 'hypocrites' in an interview hosted on CBC news with Peter Mansbridge.

For the past 5 years since the withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza strip, Hamas has continued its relentless attack from the Gaza strip onto Israeli civilian targets. Prior to the withdrawal attacks existed throughout the area, but not with such a renewed fervor since Israel's withdrawal.

According to the BBC, between 2001 and January of 2009, over 8,600 Palestinian rockets had been launched into Israel leading to 28 deaths and several hundred injuries. Similar research documents over 800 deaths caused in Israel since 1993 by Palestinian suicide attacks alone.

Under international law a nation is permitted to blockade an enemy port to prevent that enemy from obtaining war materials to be used against them. In 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a blockade of oil shipments to Imperial Japan.  Any running of that blockade was deemed by international law to be an act of war.

John F. Kennedy did a similar thing in response to Russian ships heading toward Cuba in October of 1962.  Had the Soviets attempted to run the blockade they would have been sunk in accordance with the rules of war under International maritime law.

In the case of the Gaza blockade, Israel sent commandos, armed with paintball guns, to board a shipload of alleged peace activists attempting to run a military blockade. The commandos barely escaped with their lives, and the world blames Israel for the violence?

I stand dumbfounded by the ignorance.

Now some would say that some of the Israeli imposed restrictions for incoming goods into the Gaza are paranoid and far too excessive. Perhaps, but one can certainly understand Israel's paranoia into these affairs when one considers her recent history. It is also important that we look deep enough into the problem to understand where the fault truly lies. In its most simplistic form, the hardships of the Palestinians in the Gaza cannot be blamed on the actions of Israel. If Hamas stopped their rocket attacks, suicide bombings and other forms of violence against Israel, and decided to live in peace within the borders given to them - Israel would have no reason to maintain the blockade in the first place. How is it acceptable that a neighboring nation (or peoples) can be so blatantly involved in acts of war against another nation, all the while the world blames the victim of those attacks for the aggression? The blame does not lay with Israel. The blame lies with those who do not take responsibility of their own actions or those of their fellow countrymen and stop the violence. If the Palestinian people rose up in one voice and defeated and arrested the terrorist organizations, there would be peace. But they don't. And when you realize that the goal of the average Palestinian is the same as that of the Terrorist organizations (the destruction of Israel) it's no surprise.

Imagine if you will that Canada decided one day that they the land of North Dakota was theirs. In an effort to bring about the expulsion of North Dakotans from Canada's newly claimed 'crown' land, we Canadians started lobbing rockets, and mortar fire into the major population centres such as Bismark or Minot. Through our attacks school children were killed, as were doctors, nurses, business men and women, farmers, innocent children playing in the streets and so on.

I would expect that diplomatic discussions would flare up immediately, however, with renewed attacks, even during the diplomatic discussions, it would only be a matter of time before the US defends themselves with military force.

Now what would the world say? You would expect that the world nations would condemn Canada's attack on the US, and it would certainly be justified that the US would use military force as a last resort after diplomatic talks would fail. You would also expect protests within Canada against the aggression with the US.

So what issues are different within this scenario from that of Israel and the Palestinians? At face value - nothing. However, there does exist a deep rooted agenda in all of this. That agenda? To destroy Israel. You see the Palestinian agenda, as with the other neighboring Islamic nations, is the total and complete annihilation of Israel - at all costs. Another noticeable difference between the made-up North Dakota vs Canada issue compared to the Palestinian vs Israel issue lies on the fulfillment of Bible prophecy hinging on Israel.

"And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." -- Zechariah 12:3

The world hates Israel and duly so, for the master of this world is hell bent on Israel's destruction. Satan knows full well of all the outstanding promises to Israel. Satan knows that Christ will return and rule and reign from Jerusalem. Satan knows that Israel will be blessed again, and he knows that there are many promises of God that need yet to be fulfilled.

"For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:" -- Heb 8:10

"They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." - Isaiah 11:9-12

"Thus says the LORD of hosts: ''Peoples shall yet come, Inhabitants of many cities; The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, "Let us continue to go and pray before the LORD, And seek the LORD of hosts. I myself will go also." Yes, many peoples and strong nations Shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, And to pray before the LORD.'' "Thus says the LORD of hosts: ''In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." - Zech 8:19-23

"And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel… And they shall no longer be a prey for the nations, nor shall beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and no one shall make them afraid." - Eze 34:13-14,28

"I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land." - Joel 3:2

If you want the best proof that anti-Semitism and replacement theology is of the devil, the proof stands in the promises of God. Satan knows that if he can get rid of Israel, then God will be shown as a liar. Israel's promised future is why the devil is so hell bent on destroying her. Throughout history the Jew has been persecuted like no other people on earth. Each attempt at eradicating those whom God has promised great things to in the future, stands as complete proof that those promises are longsuffering, and forever. Not to mention that God himself said they would be,

"And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee." - Gen 17:7

As the clock approaches midnight, we need to make sure that we know whose side we're truly on. Are we on the side of the media, and the lies, and the hypocrisy, or are we on the side of truth. Friends, pray for Israel and the wisdom of her leaders. Israel as a whole is still lost and without belief in the messiah and she is not perfect in word and deed. Bible prophecy tells us that there are worse days ahead for Israel before they will get better. Don't fall into deception of the media and the world. Ask yourself the question, "Do I side with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?" For it was He and He alone that said this of Israel,

"I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." - Gen 12:3

- J.R. Hall

References:
"The Hal Lindsey Report", June 11, 2010.

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