Saturday, June 21, 2008

Storm Clouds Gather Over Israel and the U.S.

THERE IS a definite connection between a "500-year flood," now drowning such states as Iowa and Wisconsin and Israel giving away The Land to its most vile enemies. At least that seems to be the thinking of such respected White House correspondents as Bill Koenig, the author of Eye to Eye -- Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel.
When I heard of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas earlier this week, the first thought that came to my mind was "what major disaster will occur now?"
As a former Middle East bureau chief based in Jerusalem, I had followed Koenig's list of "major acts of God," which dated back to October 30, 1991 in which a "Perfect Storm" with 100-mph winds struck the New England coast. And on the same day, the Madrid Conference opened "with an initiative for a Middle East peace plan involving Israel's land."
As I've written before the present U.S. president George W. Bush's father was in charge of that conference.
Perhaps, it was a coincidence; but when the Madrid Conference was moved to Washington, D.C. on August 23, 1992, Koenig wrote that on the same day Hurricane Andrew blasted the U.S., causing an estimated $30 billion in damage and leaving 180,000 homeless in Florida.
A coincidence? It made me wonder what was going on. Was the Almighty declaring that Israel was His Chosen Land and no mere man had the right to give it away?
Koenig reinforced his thoughts by offering other "acts" such as on January 16, 1994 when President Bill Clinton met with Syria President Hafez el-Assad in Geneva. The giveaway of the Golan Heights was on the agenda. Less than 24 hours later, the 6.9 Northridge earthquake rocked Southern California.
However, it appeared if no one in the U.S. heirarchy was following these "signs" of impending doom.
Koenig continued by detailing what happened from March 1 to April 1997 when "the conbination of the late PA chairman Yasser Arafat toured America; Clinton rebuking Israel for not giving away her land for peace; and pro-abortion activity coincided with some of the worst tornadoes and flooding in U.S. history. When Arafat left the U.S., the storms stopped.
And still no one was paying attention.
On September 27-28, 1998 -- When former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was working on the final details with Israel giving up 13 per cent of the West Bank, Hurricane Georges slammed into Gulf Coast with 110 mph winds. The next day Arafat was addressing the United Nations about an independent Palestinian state as Georges continued roaring and causing more than a billion dollars damage.
Then on May 3, 1999 when Arafat was about to declare a Palestinian state and Jerusalem as the capital, which was eventually postponed, the most powerful tornado storms ever to hit the U.S. swept across Oklahoma and Kansas.
Since that time Koenig has had additional chapters detailing other major U.S. catastrophes such as 9/11 and the massive Hurricane Katrina, which swamped New Orleans and placed the southern U.S. in peril.
In the Middle East, Arafat died and former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon lapsed into a coma. Of course, there were the heart-breaking episodes of Jewish settlers being dragged out of their homes along the Gaza border while the U.S. pressured the government of Ehud Olmert to give up The Land.
Koenig pointed out that earlier this month when Olmert met with Bush The Younger at the White House concerning a Israeli-Palestinian "peace agreement," a violent storm roared through Washington, D.C. The following day, Bush had to declare the Midwest state of Wisconsin a major disaster area.
While writing this column, World Net Daily's Aaron Klein reported that present U.S. Secretary of State Condi Rice (has) "pledged to study a Palestinian proposal for the U.S. to guarantee eastern sections of Jerusalem will become part of a future Palestinian state." Eastern Jerusalem includes the site of the Temple Mount.
If there, indeed, is a direct connection between Israel giving away portions of the God-given land, including sections of the Jews' "eternal" city of Jerusalem, with the backing of the U.S., then there could be earth-shattering disasters facing both nations in the near future.