Syria threatens Israel with war of attrition

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Thursday, August 02, 2007 by Staff Writer

The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad has reportedly messaged Jerusalem that if it continues to refuse to enter into negotiations leading to the surrender of the Golan Heights, Damascus will launch a war of attrition against the Jewish state.

Israel's Yediot Ahronot learned of the secret message, which was relayed earlier this week, and reported that it was accompanied by confirmation that Syria has opened the portion of the Golan that it still controls to renewed habitation.

Most of the new residents are said to be Syrian army officers, who are expected to lead the acts of attrition against Israel should the threats of violence materialize.

Another report indicated that Assad's government has refused to allow active and reserve Syrian army officers to leave the country at this time in expectation of a conflict with Israel.

Meanwhile, a poll commissioned by the American bipartisan organization Terror Free Tomorrow found that 51 percent of Syrians support peace with Israel, but only in exchange for a full surrender of the Golan Heights.

Prior to 1967, Syria used the Golan as a base for constant low-level attacks on northern Israel, and as a launch pad for two full-scale invasions.

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[42] COMMENTS:

1 .

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms...

of the north, saith The LORD and they shall come,

and they shall set every one
his throne at the entrance
of the gates of Jerusalem,

and against all the walls
thereof round about,
and against all the cities of Judah.

And I will utter My judgments
against them touching all their wickedness

in that they have forsaken Me,
and have offered

unto other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands.
Jeremiah 1:15-16

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/8/2007 10:53 PM

2 .

Remember the former things of old: that I am God,

and there is none else I am God,
and there is none like Me.

Declaring the end from
the beginning,
and from ancient times

things that are not yet done
saying: My counsel shall stand,
and all My pleasure will I do...

Calling a bird of prey from the east,*
the man of My counsel
from a far country yea, I have spoken...

*A reference to Cyrus, who
would swop down upon Babylonia
from Persia (Ibn Ezra),

and be the instrument to carry out God’s plan.

I will also bring it to pass,
I have purposed, I will also do it.
Isaiah 46:9-11

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/8/2007 10:46 PM

3 .

Hearken unto Me, O House of Jacob, and all the remnant...

of the House of Israel,

that are borne [by Me]
from the birth,
that are carried from the womb:

Even to old age I am the same,
and even to hoar hairs will I carry you

I have made, and I will bear
yea, I will carry,

AND WILL DELIVER.*
Isaiah 46:3-4

*In contrast to the helpless
idols, which are hauled off
as looted baggage,

God is not borne but bears
His people and rescues them
from all their difficulties (Rashi).

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/8/2007 10:34 PM

4 .

VOTE FOR ISRAEL

You can count on my vote for Israel. I will always stand for Israel and it''s people. And I pray, they will not give up anymore of their land. And as far as, Syria goes, they are definitely in for a rude awakening.

Joyce

8/7/2007 6:29 AM

5 .

VOTE FOR ISRAEL

Hi Mary and Rebecca: Let''s get something going re voting for Israel. At present I live on a Caribbean island, and in spite of my age, I have a great pair of Lungs on me. How do you suggest we start? Just say the word and I will get to it. I think the time is ripe and this just might be my calling from Jesus! I do love Israel and its people so very much. They are continually in my prayers.

Rozz

8/7/2007 12:27 AM

6 .

VOTE FOR ISRAEL

Vote me in too. I stand for Israel ALL THE WAY. Don''t worry about the Arabs.... just sit back and watch what God is doing. I read something interesting years ago and it went something like this....."By siding with the Islamic-Arab states against Israel, Western nations are helping to dig the grave in which Islam plans to bury the Christian civilization once it has finished with the Jews". And I personally would like to add that "the world thought Noah was an idiot....... before the flood!

Rozz

8/7/2007 12:06 AM

7 .

http://www.outreachjudaism.org/

Bringing our nation back
to the truth
and beauty of the Jewish faith...

www.outreachjudaism.org

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:55 PM

8 .

And say thou unto them: Thus saith The LORD...

The God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not
the words of this Covenant,

which I commanded your fathers
in the day
that I brought them forth out

of the land of Egypt,
(idolatry / slavery)
out of the iron furnace...

SAYING: HEARKEN TO MY VOICE,

AND DO THEM, ACCORDING TO ALL
WHICH I COMMAND YOU

so shall ye be My people,
and I will be your God...

that I may establish the Oath
which I swore
unto your fathers...

to give them a Land flowing
with milk and honey, as at this day.

Then answered I, and said:
Amen, O LORD.

Jeremiah 11:3-5

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:46 PM

9 .

Sojourn in this Land, and I will be with thee...

and will bless thee, for unto thee,
and unto thy seed...

I will give all these lands,

and I will establish the Oath
which I swore
unto Abraham thy father...

and I will multiply thy seed
as the stars of heaven,

and will give unto thy seed
all these lands

AND BY THY SEED SHALL ALL

THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH
BLESS THEMSELVES...

BECAUSE THAT ABRAHAM
HEARKENED TO MY VOICE...

AND KEPT MY CHARGE,
MY COMMANDMENTS,

MY STATUTES, AND MY LAWS...
Genesis 26:3-5

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:41 PM

10 .

And He brought him forth abroad and said:

Look now toward heaven,
and count the stars,
if thou be able to count them...

and He said unto him:
So shall thy seed be.

AND HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD

and He counted it
to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:5-6

And I will give unto thee,
and to thy seed after thee,

the Land of thy sojournings,
all the Land of Canaan...

FOR AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION

and I will be their God...

And God said unto Abraham:
And as for thee...

THOU SHALT KEEP MY COVENANT,

THOU, AND ALL THY SEED
AFTER THEE

THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERATIONS.
Genesis 17:8-9

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:36 PM

11 .

And I will make of thee a great nation...

and I will bless thee, and make thy name great
and be thou a blessing...

And I will bless them
that bless thee,
and him that curseth thee
will I curse...

and in thee shall all the families
of the earth be blessed.
Gen 12:2-3

For all the land which thou seest,
to thee will I give it,
and to thy seed for ever.

And I will make thy seed
as the dust of the earth

so that if a man can number
the dust of the earth,

then shall thy seed
also be numbered...
Gen 13:15,16

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:31 PM

12 .

The Apostle Paul insists that the promise given...

to Abraham, where God would make a Covenant

with his seed,
rather than his seeds,

clearly demonstrates that this
was referring
to only one singular individual.

This can only be Jesus, concludes the Apostle to the Gentiles...

Is this assertion based on sound theology? Did Paul draw a logical conclusion for his gentile audience?
Hardly.

Paul''s contention is, in fact,
spurious, for the Torah only
uses the word "seed" in
the singular, when referring
to many descendants.

Genesis 17:19, 13:16, 15:5, 16:10

22:17, 26:4, 46:6, 2 Kings 11:1...

Didst not Thou, O our God,
drive out the inhabitants
of this Land
before Thy people Israel,

and gavest it to the seed
of Abraham Thy friend for ever?
2 Chr 20:7

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:28 PM

13 .

The Apostle Paul''s Tampering With the Words of the Torah...

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men.
Though it be but a man''s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto...
Galatians 3:15

Now to Abraham and his seed
were the promises made.

He saith not, And to seeds,
as of many but as of one,

And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 3:16

Moshiach: Rebekah - Norway

8/6/2007 9:15 PM

14 .

golan is Israels

Remember the 67 war! God fought for Israel then, and will fight for them again. Gen.12:3

maynard coleman

8/6/2007 11:16 AM

15 .

Hope for Israel

AS WITH ALL OTHER DESENDENTS BEFORE CHRIST THEIR FAITH IS HIS COMING BROUGHT FORTH PARADISE WITH ABRAHAM,GOD WILL PROTECT YOU JUST AS HE HAS PROMISED AND OPEN YOUR EYES WHEN WE ARE GONE THR FAITHFUL WILL BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF YOUR GOD.REMEMBER THAT HATING ANYONE IS WRONG,PRAY FOR YOU ENEMIES AS THEY HAVE BEEN BLINDED TILL THE LAST DAYS

Bryan

8/6/2007 7:36 AM

16 .

VOTE FOR ISRAEL

Thank you, count me as a vote FOR ISRAEL, I stand with the People and the Land, I''m from Texas, and I agree, I wish they had a leader who does not push to give away the Land, the enemy will never be satisfied with just a part of the Land, they want it all! The enemy will never be appeased until Israel ceases to exist. DO NOT GIVE UP THE LAND!

Mary E

8/6/2007 7:24 AM

17 .

SYRIA, war of attrition...

I am from california, and am in awe at how prophecy is being fullfilled at such amazing speed.. yes, I agree, that damascus will be leveled, as per Gods word. Israel and its people are in my prayers, I just wish they had a leader who wouldn''t push to give away their land... their birthright! Count me as a yea vote for israel!

Susan H.

8/6/2007 5:05 AM

18 .

ROZZ THANK YOU, STAND UP FOR ISRAEL VOTE

tHE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LOVE ISRAEL. WE STAND BEHIND YOU AND EVERYONE WHO VOTES JUST PUT WHAT COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM. MARCHING FORTH FOR CHRIST JESUS.

Rebecca USA

8/6/2007 3:41 AM

19 .

Rebecca - No. 5

I am most certainly in true and lasting prayers for Israel in every conceivable way. But I think we all know that Israel will NEVER be put down, no, not even by the mighty UDSSR (Russia), Iran (the man in the dinner jacket hm?) and the two-faced U.S. It''s going to take one helluva battle between the world and our Lord G-d of Israel. Helleluia!

Rozz

8/6/2007 12:16 AM

20 .

All for Israel Vote

Count me in for this one. This should have been done a long time ago.

Rozz

8/6/2007 12:08 AM

21 .

All for Israel Vote

Count me in for this one. This should have been done a long time ago.

Rozz

8/6/2007 12:08 AM

22 .

COULD WE START A POLL - ALL FOR ISRAEL VOTE?

I would love to see the people of this world that are for Israel vote and encourage Israel, the land of Jevhovah. Could we do this?
Your responses please.

Rebecca USA

8/5/2007 7:07 PM

23 .

Your comment Charles from 8/3 TRUTH

Charles is corrected in his statement.
Looks like Israel may just do that. God is Truth...

rRebecca USA

8/5/2007 7:01 PM

24 .

Israel is definitely in all true believers in Christ prayers

We who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Messiah are mighty prayer warriors, praying for victories for our Beloved Israel . Jehovah God is still in control. We carry the seal of Jehovah God. Beware the EU and Javier Solana. His full name is Franciso Javier Solana Madariaga. Can you guess his number? Someone out there give me the answer, please.

Rebecca USA

8/5/2007 6:56 PM

25 .

The Golan is Syrian Territory.

The Zionist Entity should withdraw.

OrthodoxJew

8/5/2007 2:57 PM

26 .

The Golan is Syrian Territory.

The Zionist Entity should withdraw.

OrthodoxJew

8/5/2007 2:57 PM

27 .

Golan Heights Annexation to Israel

Israel did the right thing when it annexed the Golan Heights. Better to have a Syrian "war of attrition" in the thinly populated Golan Heights, than have Syria on the Golan Heights lobbing shells & rockets into the cities of Israel below!! Syria will not be happy until the Jews are driven into the sea.

American Gentile

8/4/2007 2:23 PM

28 .

48 hours...

The Syrians BETTER remember before they enact such a bold plan, that the last time they launched all out war with Isreal, the Isrelai army was on the outskirts of Damascus within 48 hours!

Fools.....

Chuck

8/3/2007 2:46 PM

29 .

Pity upon all - - - - -

A muslim doctor from pakistan was stitching my wound and I asked him about the issue of the Red Mosque. He said, "Honestly I tell you, these Imams are the worst thing in Islam, they have influence and they use it wrongly .....". What I wanted to say was, Islam is the worst thing that has happened to the world but I didn''t. Anyway this is the same in all Muslim countries, they are bound by the devil by believing in islam and then they are also bound by the rulers stupid decisions. I don''t think the All Syrians will be up for war against Israel, but All Syrians will suffer if it does happen. And all this will come about because of some stupid arrogant leaders decisions.

Kent

8/3/2007 11:30 AM

30 .

As_sad

I guess As_sad must be sad or mad because he''s taking the city of Dam_as_cus down..The Lord God said in Isa 17as David mentiioned and the rest of you,,we all can agree that Dam_as_cus is going down...HIS WORD is TRUE

Shaul in Fl

8/3/2007 6:33 AM

31 .

Damascus

Damascus is supposed to have been destroyed before . But the fact is that it is still a city and inhabited and God said that Damascus would cease from being a city . Therefore the prophesy has not been fulfilled so far . Assad must have read this because he has moved his government office out of Damascus . Smart move ! But the Lord Jesus will find him .

Charles

8/3/2007 2:38 AM

32 .

Read Deut 28

aj, we are not talking about "justification". The reason Israel lost the land and all these things have come upon them is due to their departure from keeping the Torah. Read Deut 28.

Then remember that Hosea 5:15 says "I will go away and return to My place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me." (Who went away and returned to His place? Y''SHUA DID!) Y''shua said in Luke 13:35 "Behold, your house is left to you desolate and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the L-rd."

suellen

8/2/2007 11:23 PM

33 .

Israel''s justification...

AJ, it is important to remember that the modern concept of faith and grace are not in agreement with the ancient concept. Faith means literally " To be driven firmly into the ground as a tent peg", you can translate the word faith as obedience as well... Faith that does not result in obedience, is not faith... therefore we are saved by our obedience that is based upon our faith, and faith always comes before obedience...

1 John 2:3-6
Matthew 7:21

On the other hand, Brent, even if Israel repented right now, the LORD God has spoken already, so shall it come to pass, a destruction is decreed... So do not be arrogant towards the natural branches, we Gentiles are not the root of Christianity, and we could learn alot through humility.
Peace be upon Israel... But I''m afraid that the peace that is coming shall not last long, but the peace that comes after that shall be blessed. Amen

Jason

8/2/2007 10:37 PM

34 .

Isaiah 17: The Burden of Damascus

Shalom! Very soon Bashar Assad is going to experience the judgment of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Damascus is going to be left a "ruinous heap."

David

8/2/2007 5:54 PM

35 .

Syrian snipers want Golan back

so they can better play the game of attrition

Micky Mouse

8/2/2007 4:44 PM

36 .

keeping the commandments?

''by the keeping of the law shall no flesh be justified''-Abraham was justified by faith before the ''commandments''

8/2/2007 4:22 PM

37 .

Jerusalem

And half of Jerusalem will go into captivity.

Yes God will tear the city out of the Jews hands for their lack of faith in Him.

This is on the very near prophetic calendar too.

And yes, Damascus will be destroyed, probably by the Samson option of Israel.

It truly is Israel (Judah) who is bringing all of this on themselves.

If only they would repent, and start keeping the Commandments, then all would be well.

But as most know, they will not do it, not until they have no other choice.

Brent

8/2/2007 3:56 PM

38 .

I love to watch God work!

We are witnessing a soveriegn God at work in the world today. Syria, is about to bring it''s own destruction upon itself. Damascus shall be a ruinous heap. AMEN!!!

Deborah

8/2/2007 3:25 PM

39 .

WAR OF ATTRITION

LET HIM LAUNCH HIS WAR AND HA SHEM WILL WIN IT! PRAISE HA SHEM

CARL U.S.A.

8/2/2007 3:24 PM

40 .

Poor Deluded Syrians

It is not Israel whose destruction I see waiting for prophetic fulfillment but rather it is Syria''s destruction which is coming up on God''s prophetic calendar.

K. Pruitt

8/2/2007 2:49 PM

41 .

Amen!

Syria will be signing its own death warrant...

Art

8/2/2007 2:41 PM

42 .

Damascus...

will be a heap and ruin, it will be no more...

apostle1

8/2/2007 2:34 PM