The Prince of the Covenant: The US / Israel Strategic Alliance; Part IV

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The U.S.-Israel Strategic Alliance--no matter what setbacks--is alive, well and proceeding to its logical conclusion: The U.S.-Israel Defense Pact [1]. Iran's determination to resuscitate its nuclear program and trade its oil for anything but dollars; the Sharon "X-Factor"--i.e., Israel after Sharon; and the incessant insurgency in Iraq [2], along with increasing agitation from Hamas (Note Hamas' domination of Palestinian politics.), Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and other belligerents, have all converged to create the perfect geopolitical storm. We await the unprecedented admission that Israel and the USA will no longer regard as politically embarrassing nor strategically ill-advised vis-à-vis the Arab world to openly declare a comprehensive "peace accord" guaranteeing Israel's security--once and for all! [3]
The debate--or wishful thinking on the part of "fair-minded" (not to say they are not) American Middle East policy wonks like Michael Lind, The Nation et al--over linking Israeli behavior to U.S. support for Israel juxtaposed to the minuscule issue of those in America who want Israel to survive and those (a tiny minority) who do not: Simply ain't 'gonna happen! The pro-Israel lobby is overwhelming in driving the alliance between the USA and Israel--AIPAC (America-Israel Public Affairs Committee), along with other American Jewish Organizations; the powerful, though at times mercurial Evangelical-Zionists (witness Brother Pat's absurdities); and the ever influential Neo-Con Establishment--all demand it, and, furthermore, the punditocracy incessantly clamors for it! [4]
Money talks--anyone who thinks otherwise should wake up and smell the coffee, roses or the skunks out there; and, if you can't, it's the first sign of political Alzheimer's setting in! To think America's political system, where favors are bought and sold--through "campaign finance reform" (witness the Abramoff fiasco)--will ever correct itself . . . then, fella, you've already bought the bridge and it's time for some swamp land down in Florida.
The Strategic vs. the Eschatological Imperative
Now, it's time we delve into the theological intricacies of the eschatological imperative driving the current "strategic dialogue" between the USA and Israel--primarily centering upon the Prince of the Covenant; a title committed to Israel's high priest but practically usurped by the prototype of Antichrist in antiquity, Antiochus Epiphanes IV, as we shall see later [5] But first, and let me forewarn you, this is not designed as a casual read for Christian Triumphalists [6], the faint of heart or, for that matter, those who recoil when believers zealously affirm the end of the world as we know it--especially, given the superabundance of poignant footnotes--however, let us recap.
In the previous three segments of this series on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Alliance, we've stressed the strategic aspects of the alliance. We highlighted the following tenets of the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel:(1) Part I - "Your Covenant with Death, Your Agreement with Hell" . . . toward a U.S.-Israel Defense Pact; guaranteeing Israel's security by the USA.
(2) Part II - "He will confirm a covenant with the many . . ." emphasis upon the "He" in establishing the special relationship between the USA and Israel--the growing ascendancy of Presidential interference (encouraged or unwelcome) juxtaposed to Congressional and/or State Department influence over the U.S.-Israel "special relationship."
(3) Part III - "He will also invade the beautiful land" - The West's gradual buildup in the Middle East; especially, the USA's recent incursions into Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., and the ultimate strategic presence of the U.S. military throughout Israel proper.The Defining Issue
The sine qua non--the indispensable essential--in Premillenarian eschatology (i.e., the direct rule and reign of the "Messianic Era" is yet future upon this earth [7]) which demarcates the end of the age of human history as we have known it, and the supernatural intrusion of Daniel's infamous Seventieth Week, is the deceptive, as well as insolent orchestration of a Defense Pact or Treaty wrought between Israel and earth's uncontested Gentile World Power through the subterfuge of none other than the one known as: The Antichrist! [8]
This mutual accord, to be sure, does not countenance earth's scene unannounced or by happenstance--as if a regathered Israel would submit her security to a mysterious nation or power "out there" who has not, prior to this exquisite subtlety, garnered immense credibility with Jacob's heritage. The Jews of Israel--the modern Israeli state--after centuries of persecution, expulsions, inquisitions, pogroms, holocaust and incessant wars since their rebirth, will not abide a "security alliance" with a neophyte upstart with dubious credentials; especially, if he were to claim Jewish heritage. [9]
Certainly, for such a despicable figure to appear from Eurasia is not only a sheer fabrication of historic revisionism (as if Europe or some other Middle Eastern nation could illicit Israel's signature [10])--it bespeaks a bald-faced rejection of the very Image who arose upon the Plains of Shinar in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, as interpreted by Daniel the Prophet.
Neo-Babylonia [11], Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome--the lion, bear, leopard and the ten-horned beast--the head of gold, chest and arms of silver, belly and sides of bronze and legs of iron--these derivatives of the Image connote the development of Gentile World Power; the evolution--the extension--of the Kingdom of this World juxtaposed to Israel, the Jews. (Please see Daniel 2:31-34; 7:3-7.)
Not of Islam, nor of India, the East nor Orthodoxy, and assuredly not of African nor Indigenous Civilizations [12] were envisioned in the prophecies of Daniel and dream of Nebuchadnezzar. There was but one civilization destined to interact with ancient and modern Israel: The West. The overt progression westward from the Crescent of Civilization, Mesopotamia, did this colossus strut and strive upon this earthly clod--demanding unmitigated adoration and worship, homage and subservience. Alas! Did not the West tread upon the face of the whole earth to colonize, subjugate and enrich herself--thus, did the Image begin to walk with feet mixed with iron and clay; some strong, some weak (Daniel 2:33, 41-43)? [13]
Its greatness was and is unquestioned; its military supremacy is altogether awesome . . . to resist is futile, for ultimately, this beast will revert to its most egregious manner: "Dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong . . . devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet" (Daniel 7:7). Yes, what is left after the devouring and breaking to pieces is trampled asunder? There is nothing left! [14]
To deny the West's ultimate manifestation, climax, apex--her crown jewel--is to renounce all sense of historic perspective, and to embrace a colonial template whose zenith in the sun has long been obscured by the reflection of the ten-horned beast: The Eleventh Horn. [15] Alas! That outcropping who, when he bursts forth, uproots three of his familiars. [16] As Nebuchadnezzar was "that head of gold"--a King with a Kingdom--even so, this finality of evil, the embodiment of pomposity, will speak great words; far greater than his fellows (Daniel 7:8, 20), for this recent authority perceives with evil eye and speaks with a mouth words of grandeur to deceive even the very elect . . . such are the powers of persuasion resourced in this latter-day potentate whose empire bears a frightful semblance to its Romish progenitor. [17]
A Beast Rising Up Out of the Sea
Even so, it is precisely this creature from the abyss--the Eleventh Horn-- whose quest for hidden treasures drives him to "rule over many, and (to) divide the land for profit" (Daniel 11:39). There is nothing novel derived from nobility or pauper throughout history [18], given the opportunity, wherein certain of their species will advance to proclaim their hegemony over men of lesser means. But this one's resume sums up perhaps fallen man's greatest efforts--replete with all manner of claims and fancy to advance his sinister agenda.
His use of "slipperiness and flattery" (Daniel 11:34) knows no end in his efforts to coalesce allies [19] . . . .
"Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished . . . he shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all" (Daniel 11:36).And, why should he take regard, when "in their place" - substitutes for the Almighty and all natural relationships is the modus operandi of this Willful King - "he shall honor a god of fortresses" and abject materialism ("he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things"--Daniel 11:38)? And with these he is prepared to act "against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance his glory" (Daniel 11:39).
How convenient to substitute all that is God for his own achievements--honoring a "foreign god" - the "god of fortresses" who will enable this Willful King to surmount even the strongest of fortresses. Is this not the one who offered Jesus in his temptation all the kingdoms of this world if the Son of Man would simply bow down and worship this provocateur and avaricious imposter? [20]
Let's not equivocate by downplaying his audacious pedigree of evil intent. All of this MADMAN's modus operandi (Antiochus Epimanes IV's title given to him by his enemies) is foundational to his ultimate transfiguration into the latter-day Willful King. For one, the taking of the ultimate presumptuous title: Epiphanes . . . "God is Manifest!" This outrageous accolade underlies the human tragedy of humanity exclusively given over to unbridled deviltry.
Antiquity bears out his primordial pontifications:

"I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High"
(Spoken by Lucifer, Isaiah 14:13-14)
Indeed, it was said of Antiochus Epiphanes IV that he was a vile person--to whom they will not give the honor of royalty (Daniel 11:21a). Immediately, this "man of the people" declares his "democratic" intentions: "He shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue" (Daniel 11:21b).
Could it be that embedded in this delineation is a clue to his populism? Would a popularly elected leader be able to ascend in the latter days to the next disclosure: The Prince of the Covenant (Daniel 11:22)? Is not this the same identification found in Daniel 8?
"And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down . . . an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered" (Daniel 8:9-12) (My emphasis).The prophetic writings of Daniel--as well as other Hebrew prophets (e.g., Ezekiel 26-29, the King and Prince of Tyrus; Isaiah 14, the King of Babylon) skillfully deploy this metaphorical instrument to convey both a prototype past, as well as an archetype future, of the Almighty's antithesis.
Even so, the metamorphosis of the figure, Antiochus Epiphanes IV, into the one who will with insolence "confirm a covenant with the many" (Daniel 9:27) - also known as the "the Coming Prince" (i.e., "the prince who is to come" - Daniel 9:26) - will do so as the "prince of the covenant" - for "after the league is made with him (i.e., "the prince of the covenant"), he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people" (Daniel 11:22-23).

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Israel, Jews, Arab-Palestinians - Historical Facts! - UN's Open Double Standards

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Contribution Jews/Israel to the World - 2nd to US in Techno-Medico-Developments:

- Nobel Prizes, (although only 1/10th of 1% of World Population and only100th smallest country in the world): Medicine - 28%; Chemistry - 20%; Economics - 42%; Physics - 26%; Literature - 12%;
- Medical Research: biological pacemaker; DNA nana-computer detects cancer cells - then releases combating drugs; stem-cell technology to regenerate heart tissue; pill-camera, tiny, examines small intestine; first full computerized diagnostic instrument for breast cancer detection; development of heart pump synchronization device; etc.
- Pharmaceutical Research: treatment of Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, etc.;
- Microsoft and Cisco companies - only R&D facilities outside the US - in Israel;
- Microsoft-Windows operating system - Israel designed;
- Pentium Microprocessor - Israel designed and produced;
- Voice mail - developed in Israel;
- Aircraft Security System - developed in Israel;
- University degrees, highest % of workers, per capita;
- Museums, zoos, orchestras, home computers - highest %, per capita;
- Only country in the world - more trees at start of 21st Century than at the 20th;
- All the above achieved in its 60 years of life while defending itself in four major wars resisting combined Arab armies, plus attacks by terrorists: PLO, Hamas and Hezbollah against Israeli civilians: buses, schools, malls, markets.

History - Land of Palestine and Israel; Claims of Jews and Palestinians:

- Jews, termed Israelites and Hebrews, the people of the Bible (Apiru, in ancient Egyptian artifacts), associated with the land for 3700 years;
- The name Palestine derives from Philistine, a sea-going Aegean (non-Arab) people living on the Mediterranean coast in biblical times;
- No Arabs live in the land until the 7th century - Muslim religion then established, followed by their invasion and conquest of Europe and Mid-East;
- The entire area becomes part of Byzantine Empire, lasts four centuries; then taken over by Ottoman Empire (1553-1922) - no Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq or Palestine;
- Relentless persecution by Christians of Jews in central and eastern Europe throughout recorded history;
- Theodore Herzl, in 1897, reacting to French anti-Semitism and the Dreyfus Affair, establishes "Zionism" and the goal of a homeland as a refuge for persecuted Jews in the Holy land - called Palestine - although largely undeveloped, deserted and arid.
- Waves of Jews begin emigrating to the land after pogroms in Russia and Poland (others go to America); with little individual wealth, communal developments are established (moshavim and kibbutzim), planting farms, groves, creating small businesses, establishing schools, clinics, an orchestra;
- Records show that most of the land in the future Israel was bought from absentee Arab landlords;
- As Jewish communities are developed, nomadic Bedouins/Druze/Arabs settle nearby for work opportunities;
- As a result of Jewish persecution throughout the ages, with no homeland for refuge, the Balfour Declaration is affirmed in 1917 by conscience-stricken society - "The British government views with favor the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine."
- British Mandate, 1922 - Britain and France divide the Middle East into mandates Great Britain overseeing Palestine, TransJordan and Iraq; the French, Syria (The US Ambassador, opts not to become involved).
- Great Britain, however, in 1922, reneges on its promise and responsibility, giving 80% of the Palestine Mandate area to the Arabs (Jordan, none for the Jews);
- As Hitler rises to power in Germany, the threat to European Jews becomes ominous - an Evian Conference is convened in 1938 by 34 (concerned) countries - conclusion: no country would provide refuge to the threatened 11 million European Jews (Note: The US and Great Britain each accept a token 20,000 Jewish children);
- The danger to Jews is typified by a shipload of 1000, desperate to escape Europe, who travel to the US on the USS St. Louis (Movie "Ship of Fools") - only 22 are permitted to land - the rest are returned to Europe and the "death camps" - no country will offer sanctuary to Jews;
- Germany (ironically, one of world's cultural leaders) holds the Wahnsie Conference in 1942, convening scientists (eight PhDs) and military officers - to plan the most-efficient means of murdering all their European "unwanteds", primarily Jews, but also homosexuals, Seventh Day Adventists, Poles, Slavs, etc. (but only the Jews are marked for total annihilation);
- Six million Jews (40% of the 15 million world total) are murdered: children, women, men - killed in cold-blooded, assembly-line fashion (first mass shootings, then poison gas, ovens); (Note: A shocked and angry Gen. Eisenhower, on liberating a death camp, forces neighbor-city Germans to walk through, takes photos - trying to preclude exactly what is happening today - denial of the Holocaust by many world and religious leaders). (Note; Now, three generations later, the Jewish people have still not recovered numerically - only fourteen million Jews live today.)
- Roosevelt and Churchill, although aware of the death camp, refuse to allow Allied bombers to bomb the rail-tracks leading to Auschwitz - even though bomb racks were full - on returning home from "scratched" bombing raids to Germany - thousands of helpless Jews were therefore killed so these world-leaders could avoid accusations of "fighting the war to save the Jews"!)

History - State of Israel - Established by United Nations, 1948

- The United Nations, in 1948, votes to give the remaining Jews of the world a place of refuge, their own homeland - they divide the remaining 20% of the Palestine Mandate, into approximately equal portions between Jews and Palestinian Arabs;
- The Jews accept, naming their tiny country (about 10% of the original Mandate area) - Israel;
- The Arabs reject the offer for a separate country for the Palestinians (in addition to the 22 other Arab countries) - dogmatically rebuffing the concept of any homeland at all for Jews;
- Five Arab armies attack tiny Israel from all sides;
- Records of statements by Arab leaders: Palestinian Arabs are exhorted to leave the war zone for their own safety; wealthy Palestinian leaders flee with their families, leaving poor Palestinians without leadership; complaints by Palestinians that the Arab armies had abandoned them; complaints by Palestinians that Arab propaganda about Jewish atrocities at Yeir Dassin was back-firing, Palestinians fleeing in panic. All these facts are readily verifiable, yet the propaganda claims by anti-Semites persist today - "occupied territory".
- Against tremendous odds, miraculously, with desperate, defending forces largely comprised of death camp survivors, tiny Israel is victorious, defeating the combined Arab armies;
- About 800,000 Palestinians had lived within what would become the borders of future Israel; many would become "refugees" by the fighting, fleeing for various causes (listed above); 150,000 who remained in Galilee and Negev (70% Muslim, 20% Christian, 10% Druze) would become Israeli citizens; after the war, they would comprise one-fifth of Israel's population. (Note: Today, six decades later, Arabs are still one-fifth of Israel's 7.3 million population - due to large immigration of Russian Jews; also 150,000 Palestinians were given citizenship when Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1967. Israel's current Arab population is about 1.4 million.)
- Contradicting the mega-million myth, the total number of 1948/9 Palestinian refugees was 320,000. Records show that 800,000 Arabs resided within the "Green Line" before the 1948/9 War; 170,000 Arabs remained in Israel following the war, and an additional 100,000 were absorbed by Israel. Also, 100,000 middle and upper class Arabs were absorbed by neighboring Arab states, and 50,000 migrant laborers returned to their states. About 50,000 Bedouins joined Jordan and Sinai tribes and an estimated 10,000-15,000 were war fatalities. Thus the total Palestinian refugees = 320,000.
- Those Arab-Israelis who remained in the country, are presently full citizens of Israel, walk the streets of Jerusalem, etc. in perfect safety, elect their own representatives in the Knesset (Parliament), have full freedoms, medical treatment, education, and living standards that are higher than 95% of their cousin Arabs who live in even much wealthier Arab countries. (Note: This is never commented on by the critics of Israel.)
- At the same time, 820,000 Jews were forced out of their homes in Arab Mediterranean countries (some having lived there for generations) - and generally penniless, most emigrated to Israel where they were absorbed - they were NOT considered refugees by the UN : the rest were resettled in other non-Arab countries.
- After the 1948-49 war, Jordan annexes the West Bank (70% of Jordanians are genetically Palestinian Arabs), and Egypt annexes Gaza, no Palestinian claims are made against them - only against Israel (Example of "double standards" applied to Israel - in the Arab world, in the UN and in the minds of "liberals").
- Seven years after the 1948-49 war, armies from neighboring Arab countries attack Israel again, then again, and yet again: 1956, 1967, 1973. The preamble to every war was political and military provocations: closing of Straits of Tehran, of the Suez Canal, Arab military build-ups at Israel's borders, the sneak attack on Yom Kippur, etc.; aggression and support by the entire Arab world plus world "liberals". Somehow, every war is won by Israel (the first loss would have been Israel's last - and the demise of Israel);
- As Arab armies lose on the battlefield, international pressure always builds up for an immediate armistice to prevent Israel from retaining land for protection against future attacks; Israel twice giving back land won in battle: Suez, Sinai, Golan Heights (no other country ever doing so - ignored by Israel's critics);
- Losing in military conflicts, the PLO and terrorist Arab groups like Hamas and Hezbollah have always resorted to attacks upon Israeli civilians, blowing up buses, malls, schools, The UN and "liberal" leaders in the Western world do little to restrain such attacks upon Israeli children and civilians, but constantly criticize Israel for retaliation (the Arab terrorists always mounting attacks in the midst of or shielded by Palestinian children, hospitals, schools - so any Israeli retaliation causes collateral civilian casualties. The UN is always on the side of the Arabs.
- Meanwhile, refugees elsewhere in the world, were also in need of a homeland - Ethiopians (claiming Jewish heritage and being descendants of King Solomon and Queen Sheba) - desperate thousands of Ethiopians, Beta Israel or Falasha - gather in Sudan, Africa, hoping to be rescued from starvation. Despite Arab world-wide protests upon discovery of the plans, Israel sends fleets of commercial plus military escort aircraft on three separate operations to rescue these refugees, to bring them to Israel and to give them a "life"; Operation Moses (15,000 rescued, 1985), Joshua (800 more, 1985), Solomon (14,324, in 1991 - 36 hours non-stop, 36 transports, Jumbo Jets and C-130 transports). No UN "refugee" money is given to them or to help Israel - Israel just absorbs them.
- To counter continued attacks, Israel establishes defensive settlements in the midst of Arab communities (as America had during the Indian wars), after attacks from Lebanon, and the Golan Heights. Afterwards, however, Israel has always been forced to withdraw, bowing to UN and international pressure - only mild criticism is voiced against the Arabs and their terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians;
- In 2000, during "Peace" negotiations, Palestinian Arabs are again offered their own separate state - again they refuse;
- In 2006, seeking peaceful coexistence, Israel relinquishes Hebron, the burial place of its Patriarchs and Matriarchs, to the Palestinians.
- In 2008, Israel withdraws from Gaza, after 38 yrs occupation, forcibly removing Israeli settlers. Immediately, the Palestinians vote Hamas terrorists into power - immediately rockets are launched into Israel, with civilian casualties, terrorizing communities. Israel retaliates with a three-week military incursion to destroy the Hamas organization; followed by world-wide condemnation of Israel;

The UN's Refugee Record Reveals the Truth - Blatant Double Standards!

- Between 1933 and 1945, in the run-up to World War II, UN data record about 79 million refugees around the world;
- In the aftermath of World War II, there have been over 100 million refugees, world-wide;
- The United Nations has established two "High Commissions for Refugees": UNHCR handles all refugees, world-wide, EXCEPT for the Israeli-related Palestinians; UNRWA - the largest UN agency (25,000 employees) - handles ONLY Israel-related Palestinian refugees.
- The differences between UNHCR and UNRWA are striking: "rights of return" apply ONLY to Palestinian refugees, covering all descendants without generational limitation; however, the non-Palestinian refugees (although many peoples are in desperate situations), have no such "rights". Also, while UNHCR (for non-Palestinians) has been rewarded for its humanitarian achievements in reducing the number of global refugees by finding places for their settlement, UNRWA (for Palestinians) has been rewarded for the EXACT OPPOSITE - for NOT resettling Palestinians - thus perpetuating and aggravating their plight, and ever-increasing the number of - Israel-related Palestinian refugees, creating a politically-disastrous "powder-keg".
- Arab refugees from Arab countries also get special treatment: 300,000 Palestinians were expelled from Kuwait - due to PLO's collaboration with the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; 800,000 Yemenites were expelled from Saudi Arabia - due to Yemen's support of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; over 500,000 Christians fled Lebanon - as a result of a series of civil wars ignited by the PLO and Syrian occupation; 10,000 PLO members were killed and thousands of Palestinians were expelled from Jordan - due to PLO terrorism and attempts to topple the Hashemite regime. No UN claim, let alone the "right of return" is demanded by the UN and the international community for any of these - since they are not Israel-related Arab refugees - Israel cannot be blamed!
- In recent years, the Middle East (Israel) has been the subject of 76% of country-specific UN General Assembly critical resolutions; 100% of the Human Rights Council resolutions; 100% of the Commission on the Status of Women resolutions; 50% of critical reports from the World Food Program; six of ten Emergency sessions. (A token admission - the Human Rights Council was widely criticized in 2007 for failing to condemn other human rights abusers - besides Israel.)
- Of note is Resolution 3379 (1975) stating that "Zionism is racism"; it was rescinded in 1991.
- Israel is the only member state of the United Nations that can NEVER become part of the Security Council.

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