Let us see now if the Palestinians really want peaceful co-excistence with  Israel, or if their “comprehensive peace” means the dismanteling of the Jewish State and the seizure of its land and cities, universities, industry and agriculture built up by Israel’s returned exiles. 

Early in 1997 the PLO declared the sale of land by Arabs to Jews a capital crime, for which they implemented the death penalty. Following are quotations of PLO terrorists now titled PA ministers:

PA Justice Minister Freih Abu Middein:
“This (sale of land) is a very dangerous act and there has been a decision to ban it by putting anyone who sells even a centimeter on swift trial and to seek the death penalty against them... These people are traitors and Israel exploits them in expanding its settlements...” (in an interview [Agence France Press, May 5, 1997]). 

PA (PLO) Mufti Ikrama Sabri:
“Whoever is found to have sold land to Jews, his punishment is death. It is forbidden to pray for him , it is forbidden to purify his body  before burial, and it is forbidden to bury him in a Muslim cemetery . We are obligated to remind the public of this religious law, so as not to allow Jews to purchase Arab land and property with dollars they receive from America in order to throw us out of this land.”  (In an intervierw with an Israeli newspaper [Yediot Acharonot, May 20, 1997]). 

“The Zionist entity exists on seized land. The Jews REMAIN enemies because they expropriate lands, build settlements and pay high sums to buy properties. They are the greatest enemies of us Muslims.” (In a newspaper interview [The New York Times, May 18, 1997]). 

“We (the PLO/PA) condemn this abhorrent crime and emphasize that despite all the conspiracies, Jerusalem and Palestine from the river to the sea will REMAIN ISLAMIC until judgment day...”(in his weekly sermon at Al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount [Voice of Palestine, May 9, 1997]). 

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat:
“We are taking forceful steps against those who do this. Recently, a decision was past to punish anyone who sells land, property or homes. We are keeping track of land dealers and punishing them.” (In an interview with a Lebanese newspaper [Al-Hawadath, May 16, 1997]). 

Amin Maqbul, member of the Fatah Supreme Council, at a rally, March 30, 1997: 
“All options are open, including the armed struggle (terror) if necessary.” 

Marwan Barghouti, Fatah Secretary-General and PA Council member, March 26, 1997: 
“I don’t think that stones are violence. It is peaceful to throw stones.” 

And a list of unilateral measures taken by the Palestinian Authority in violation of the Oslo Accords is too long to enclose here. I only summarize some of them: 

The PA has double the number of policemen permitted: from  24,000 to over 50,000;  Has over 1,500 policemen in Hebron, nearly 4 times the number permitted under the agreement, and has vastly exceeded its limits on weaponry; They fail to enforce Restrictions on Visitors’ Permits which has led  to an uncontrolled influx of masses of people; Continues with unauthorized construction of Gaza strip sea port... and of Dahaniye airport (its main, albeit covert, purpose is to import weapons into the Palestinian Authority)...; Fails to coordinate movement of Palstinian police..; Detains Israeli Citizens..; Fails to notify Israel concerning Palestinian Police Recruits (at least 19 wanted terrorists are known to be serving in the Palestinian security forces or are in the process of joining its ranks)..; Circumvents mechanisms for resolution of disputes... 

So far the Palestinians have not lived up to a single agreement on their part of any of the signed accords. Yet President Clinton keeps pressuring Netanyahu. To this U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R.-Ga.) had the following to say:
 

“PA Chairman Yasser Arafat is waging an information warfare campaign against Israel, in which the American media act as the witting or unwitting ally of Arafat . The Clinton Administration does not distinguish between the aggressor and the victim - O, and instead of pressuring Arafat, the White House prefers to pressure Netanyahu concerning Har Homa... (see settlements, or this or that land issue). There is extraordinary danger in treating terror and democracy equivalently,” Gingrich said. “There is extraordinary danger in placing the burden on your friends because you are scared to tell the enemy the truth.” 

American officials have even submitted reports on Israeli military preparedness to the Palestinians. American military representatives, including Maj. Dremer, the Deputy Military Attache in the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, took it upon themselves to measure the size, amount, extent and capacity of Israel’s military preparedness, and transferred and even interpreted some of these reports to the PLO/PA. 

The Jewish State is stabbed in the back and betrayed to the Palestinians even by Israeli leading personalities such as Yael Dayan^O and General Uzi Dayan, Commander of the Central region. An IDF reserve soldier serving his reserve duty in Hebron told a Voice of Israel  reporter: “A situation has been created whereby soldiers have become cannon fodder. There isn’t any other word. They are not allowed any mechanism with which to react. If they react, they are liable to be put on trial... Soldiers are injured and injured, yet forbidden to react... The Commander of the Central region, Uzi Dayan, does not permit [even] plastic and rubber bullets. It has reached the point where soldiers... cursed the military commander of the Hebron region... and removed their uniforms, saying: ‘I am not willing to serve in this army.’” 
 

XThe commerce driven West ignores [Arab] Muslim history and believes that Islamic Fundamentalists can be appeased. But, having sold the Arabs NBC - Nuclear, Biological and Chemical weapons - with  ballistic missiles to transport them, the nations of the world will suffer for their short-sighted greed. After the Arab aggressor targets Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, the capital cities of the nations will also one day receive notification of being targeted with a nuclear “gift”. 
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Shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, 4 to 6 tactical nukes went missing. On the CBS TV show '60 Minutes' the Russian General Alexander Lebed publicly confirmed that close to 100 miniature nuclear devices called "suitcase bombs" are unaccounted for.X

Both observant Jews and Christian fundamentalists believe that a world conflagration is imminent because the Biblical messages from the Prophets are accurate: 'The hordes from the North (Syria, Iran, Iraq et al) will descend upon Israel and that, when there is only a remnant left, the earth will shake with earthquakes and fire will sweep across the nations. Whole mountain ranges will sink into the earth's mantle; tidal waves and storms of catastrophic intensity will sweep the earth.’ Killer floods, droughts, hurricanes, volcanic and plate tectonics activity, accompanied by earthquakes, are on the rise as if nature itself was going wild. Scientists may say that scientific principles, solar activity or el Ninjo are in action. But those who believe G-d’s Word conclude, that these are the forebodings of His coming wrath.¹¹

An overview of weaponry sales and plans to eliminate the source of Arab irritation - Israel - hints at the prophecy about Armageddon. 

XSo, watch the morning news for the number of Jews killed and then turn to the weather page.  The two may have much in common.X¹²