On August 15, 2005, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began forcibly removing Jewish settlers from their homes in Gaza under what was known as Israeli Disengagement. By September 12, Sharon had unilaterally given up Gaza as a peace offering to the “Palestinians,” who had adopted the slogan “Gaza today, Jerusalem tomorrow.”

On August 15, 2005, The Daily Jot reported: “It is almost chilling to watch the events leading up to Israeli Prime Minister Arial Sharon’s so-called “disengagement” plan as the world pressures Israel to unilaterally give up covenant land for the mere hope upon hope that there might be a semblance of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”

The 8/15/2005 Jot continued: “Former Sharon cabinet member and once Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded with Israeli leadership last week to end the disengagement plan and to come to its senses. Like many, Netanyahu believes giving up land without concessions is a demonstration that terrorism pays and that Israel’s national security will be forever threatened.

“Certainly Israel’s military understands the significance of Netanyahu’s concerns. Middle East News Line reports that Israel’s military has revised its withdrawal plan to account for a scenario under which the eviction of Jewish residents from the Gaza Strip would be completed amid massive Palestinian fire and heavy Israeli casualties.

“Netanyahu called disengagement an “evil” and urged Members of the Knesset to stop it. He said he has warned the Sharon government that the Palestinians will only use the Gaza land to establish a terrorist base of operations and that the nation of Israel’s defense and security may be undermined by disengagement.

“He said, ‘I am calling on all those who grasp the danger: Gather strength and do the right thing. I don’t know if the entire move can be stopped, but it still might be stopped in its initial stages.’ And he warned, ‘The government is advancing in total blindness. They have eyes but don’t see. They have ears but don’t hear.’”

By June 2006, “Palestinians” were launching missiles from Gaza at civilian targets in Israel.

Fast forward over a decade later and the headlines read: “Clashes erupt along Gaza-Israel border ahead of US Embassy inauguration” and “100,000 Palestinians gather for March of Return from Gaza.” Reports are saying the Hamas-led “Palestinians” want to take Jerusalem and prevent the US from moving its embassy there.

The 2005 Disengagement is a reflection of Jeremiah 6:14, “They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”

Netanyahu and others who opposed “Disengagement” 13 years ago look like prophets. Sadly, those who warned of the peril of Gaza at the time are experiencing the consequences of such foolish leadership today.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

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The immediate past US “president” reentered the public foray criticizing the current Administration with a statement decrying President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. In a lengthy defense of his foreign policy gemstone, the ex “president” said without the Iran agreement “the United States could eventually be left with a losing choice between a nuclear-armed Iran or another war in the Middle East.” When it comes to war in the Middle East, the ex “president” is the expert. He and his administration supported the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group’s Arab Spring revolts throughout the Middle East and Africa, bringing complete instability to the region. This is his foreign policy legacy.

Let us remember the war that the ex “president” supported, supplied, and funded that created the Syrian situation today and expanded the power base of the terrorist state of Iran.

In March 2012, Arab Muslim journalist Khaled Abu Toameh wrote that the Arab Spring was supposed to promote women’s rights, encourage the abandonment of terrorism, moderation and pragmatism. He writes, “But judging from the outcome of the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen, it is evident that the “Arab Spring” has failed to achieve any of these goals. As far as many Arabs are concerned, their “spring” has thus far proven to be a total disaster.”

He concluded: “In these four Arab countries, women, Christians, journalists, human rights activists and political opponents are being targeted, and in some instances slaughtered, on a daily basis either by the new rulers or militiamen and Muslim fundamentalists.”

Does anyone remember how the ex “president” supported the overthrow of Libya by backing al Qaeda fighters there—many of which had returned from Iraq where they killed American soldiers? Or how about the mess he created in Egypt by supporting a so-called “democratic” Muslim Brotherhood overthrow of Egypt’s government; or the civil war in Syria by supporting not only the Muslim Brotherhood, but also the Islamic State, al Qaeda and other terrorist groups? Then came the Iran deal with $100 billion in cash delivered on pallets with no restrictions on how it was spent.

To defend his foreign policy with a statement that pulling out of this horrible Iran nuclear deal will result in a nuclear Iran or another war in the Middle East is no less than delusional. It is because of this agreement and his other actions that we have more war now and will have a nuclear Iran.

The Iran nuclear deal actually funded Iran’s nuclear program, fomented terror, and helped destabilize Syria and Lebanon. How can someone be so blind? It is the thinking of man over the wisdom of God. It is the worry of how other nations will view America, rather than how God will judge her.

It is the refusal to receive the love of truth, as 2 Thessalonians 2:11 says,

“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.”