Absolute victory—this is the goal Israel seeks to achieve, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists. A year ago, Netanyahu stated before graduates at an IDF commanders’ course: “My chief demand is total victory. Nothing less. There is no substitute for victory. I keep hearing commentators and experts say things like, ‘This is not possible’ or ‘This is not necessary.’ But yes, it is possible, it is necessary, and we have no other choice. A total victory.”
The Hebrew term “Nitzachon Muchlat” (ניצחון מוחלט), literally translated as “total victory,” may have negative connotations abroad. However, in Israel, it means the exact opposite of what it does to those seeking conquest and domination. Here it is about the defense of the Jewish state’s right to exist. One should remember the slogan of the Islamists: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” This vision leaves no room for a Jewish state, and that is unacceptable. A total victory over this ideology and its insidious plans is absolutely necessary to prevent a new Holocaust.
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Excellent article! What I saw at the press conference yesterday was Trump playing Netanyahu. Trump now wants to “own” a piece of Israel’s covenantal land. At this point, he puts himself in direct opposition to God! Gaza is part of God’s Israel!
Israel has suffered each and every time it has ceded God’s property. HaShem sets the boundaries.
But, now Trump can use this as leverage to reduce or eliminate aid to Israel.
The ONLY answer is to return to HaShem and His teachings and quickly!
The battle is God’s!
“Total Victory” is only possible with God’s intervention.
King David in Psalm 108 prays for God’s help:
13 Give us help against the adversary, for man’s salvation is futile.
14 With God we shall gather strength and He will trample our adversaries.
People fail to believe that Israel is engaged in a war of spirits: good and evil. A war of spirits cannot be won by physical superiority.
It has always taken the power of God in the heavens to bring “total victory” and deliverance.
The Bible is filled with the EXACT same historical stories pertaining to the enemies of Israel. The history recorded serves as an example of God’s wisdom, security, and continued covenant for Israel’s existence.
Israel has to be willing to trust only in God – because there is NO other way when they are surrounded by evil enemies.
The apostle Paul so accurately wrote what we face here on earth:
Ephesians 6
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The answer is found in God’s requirements that King David noted in Psalms many times: a man who FEARS the Lord.
Fear God, and keep His commandments. And then the people will be mighty in the land, a generation of upright ones, which shall be blessed.
God will pour out a blessing that Israel cannot contain, when the people fear Him enough to do what He commands.
It’s up to us to choose the good of God’s spiritual blessings, when we humble ourselves to serve Him in duty and honor – Because He is God Almighty, forever with no end!