As September approaches, (the month in which the Palestinians will go to the U.N. for a unilateral declaration of Statehood), the rhetoric picks up.
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said no way to a splitting of
This of course is all leading to the war that is prophesied in Psalm 83. The rhetoric, as we said before, is gaining momentum with each passing day. The hatred that exists towards
O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel ’s name is remembered no more.” Psalm 83:1-4 NIV
From the articles:
Mr Netanyahu returned to old themes: he demanded Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, described the right of return for Palestinian refugees as a "fantasy" and vowed to keep Jerusalem undivided. Nabil Shaath, a spokesman for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Mr Netanyahu's speech was "a declaration of war against the Palestinians... and unfortunately, it received a standing ovation".
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said that without a renewal of peace talks with Israel , the Palestinians will seek UN recognition. Abbas's comments, on Wednesday, came a day after a major speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel 's Prime Minister. "Our first choice is negotiations, but if there is no progress before September we will go to the United Nations," Abbas said, criticising Netanyahu's speech to the US congress on Tuesday, which, he said, was devoid of any new incentive to restart peace talks.
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