(Zechariah 2:8) “For thus says the LORD of hosts (God the Father), “After glory He has sent Me (God the Son) against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.”
In the online edition of the News of Israel Website on 26th October a headline appeared which stated; “Trump Opposes Israeli Annexation Amidst Rising Regional Tensions.” According to the report it stated…
“In a recent development, President Donald Trump has taken a firm stance against the annexation of Judea and Samaria by Israel. This decision comes as the region prepares for what could be another turbulent period, with several nations said to be rearming in anticipation of renewed conflict.
While this move might seem surprising to some, it is clear that Israel and the United States are working closely to address these challenges. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that both nations are collaborating to tap into opportunities brought by the current geopolitical landscape.
Trump’s decision aligns with the prospects of expanding the Abraham Accords, aiming to normalize relationships between Israel and several Arab states. This effort is viewed as a strategic manoeuvre to promote peace and stability throughout the Middle East.
Simultaneously, Israel has issued a warning to its adversaries amid reports of rearming efforts. “Preparations for another violent confrontation need to be taken seriously,” Israeli security officials warned.
In essence, while the rejection of the annexation plan might stir controversy, it highlights a broader attempt by both the U.S. and Israel to secure peace through diplomatic channels while remaining vigilant against threats. As stated in TV7 Israel News, the geopolitical chessboard is constantly shifting, and the players are more engaged than ever. The story continues as both nations walk a delicate tightrope between conflict and cooperation, seeking a path that might lead to lasting peace.”
Now there is no doubt that President Trump has done more for the nation of Israel than any other former president has done! However, he is also seeking to make an alliance with Israel’s Arab neighbours to become involved in a peace-keeping governing force as Gaza is rebuilt as part of his 20 point peace plan for the region. There are three main players in the region that President Trump is aligning with to have oversight of the rebuilding of Gaza and he hopes can mediate with Hamas. The reality is that when Hamas lays down their weapons “pigs will fly!”
Now these three supposed “allies” of the United States are Egypt, Qatar and Turkey that are no friends of Israel. Qatar and Turkey are adherents to the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and both countries have supported Hamas. Qatar has been a significant financial supporter of Hamas, providing over $1.8 billion since the group’s rise to power. In consultation with the U.S. and Israeli governments, $30 million were transferred monthly to Hamas, according to a Qatari official interviewed by Der Spiegel in 2023.
The United States requested in 2011 that Qatar provide a base for the Hamas leadership to ease communications with the group. From 2012, Qatar hosted the Hamas party leadership when Hamas head Khaled Mashal relocated from Syria to Qatar.
As for Egypt supporting Hamas, it is a little more veiled to a degree due to the current relationship it has with the United States in the ongoing negotiations to see President Trump’s proposed peace plan for Gaza and the wider Middle-East Region activated.
However, from past history from 1948 when Israel became a nation, Egypt has shown itself to be a major antagonist of Israel being involved in all out attacks on Israel to destroy the Jewish nation.
In 1948 you had the Arab-Israeli War of Independence. Following the UN Partition Plan (1947), Israel declared independence on May 14, 1948. Within 24 hours, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon invaded the newly declared state.
Then in 1967 there was The Six-Day War when Egypt, Syria, and Jordan prepared to attack Israel. Egypt expelled UN peacekeepers from Sinai and blockaded Israeli shipping. Israel launched a pre-emptive strike on June 5th 1967.The Israelis destroyed the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian air forces within hours. Israel captured: the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria.
Then in 1973 there was the Yom Kippur War when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur on October 6, 1973. Egypt aimed to reclaim Sinai and Syria sought to retake the Golan Heights.
Turkey is most certainly no friend of Israel. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made this very clear with his ingoing public rhetoric against the Jewish people has consistently supported the Muslim Brotherhood, maintaining strong ties with the organization despite regional pressures and efforts to improve relations with countries that designate it as a terrorist group.
His support includes hosting events and meetings that align with the Brotherhood’s goals and promoting its narratives within Turkey and abroad. Added to this, he is fixated to resurrect the Turkish Ottoman Empire of his Turkish forbears and to see the Caliphate with an empire stretching across the whole of the Middle-East, encompassing Africa and with tentacles of Ottoman tyranny and despotism reaching into Europe.
Of course the man from Turkey wants Jerusalem as well for Islam. Turkey then, is a stalwart supporter of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which at present still rules over the Gaza Strip. Unlike Israel, Turkey has never listed Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
Turkey want to send troops into Gaza to supposedly help with its reconstruction, however, this move has been adamantly opposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu. He knows what Turkey is doing in Syria by supporting the terrorist regime of Abu Mohammad al-Julani the new dictator of Syria, seeking to destroy the minority communities of the Kurds, the Druze and the Christians in order to have Syria under his control undoubtedly with his long term goal to invade Israel. If Bibi allowed “boots on the ground” from Turkey he knows that it would be like inviting “the wolf into the sheep pen!”
As for Judea and Samaria, this is the heartland of Israel and an integral part of the Land of Israel given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to be for them and the Jewish people “as an everlasting possession” (Genesis 17:7-8) The covenant God made with Abraham for the Land of Israel did not include Ishmael and Esau, the ‘fathers’ as it were of the Arab nations (Genesis 17:19-22).
Of course the age old conflict between the Jews with the Arabs began between Jacob and Esau wrestling with each the in the womb of their mother Rebekah. When Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD He told her that there were two nations in her womb and that Jacob would rule over Esau. In other words the Jews would inherit the land of Israel not the Arab nations (Genesis 25:22-23).
At present Judea and Samaria are under Israel sovereignty but partially controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Additionally, there are numerous Israeli settlements in the region, which are considered illegal under Gentile international law. However our Triune God sees things differently. Judea and Samaria belong to Israelis and the Jewish settlements Biblically are part of Israel’s inheritance from the LORD! Whoever argues this point argues with God!
Judea and Samaria do not need to be ‘annexed’ as such as they belong to the Jews by divine decree! Besides this, with militant Arab antagonists living in Judea and Samaria, and now with convicted terrorists on the loose after the hostage swap Prime Minister Netanyahu knows the ongoing threat the Arabs pose to the safety of the Jews living there and does not want to see another October 7 2023 repeated!
One may well ask the question; “Is President Trump, by opposing this move by Israel to have complete control and oversight of Judea and Samaria, throwing Israel under the bus?”
To sum up, Israel as a nation is still the Apple of God’s Eye and the whole Muslim world its implacable enemies. This is clearly revealed prophetically in scripture! You cannot deal with Islam! Whether President Trump knows this, or chooses not to know this, or is just plain ignorant in his knowledge concerning centuries of Islamic taqiyya against the west and the Jihadist mindset of Islam, remains an unknown factor in his “wheeling and dealing” with Israel’s Islamic neighbours.
When considering his past support of Israel if President Trump insists on Israel not “annexing” Judea and Samaria, which is theirs anyway by divine decree, then he will find himself fighting against God! Hopefully President Trump’s ego will not blur the reality of what it really means to strike “a deal” with Islam!
Even though the LORD is using these Gentile nations to afflict Israel in order to bring them to the Messiah our Lord Jesus that they might be saved, He will never abandon Israel as He remembers His covenants forever, and as far as He is concerned they are still “the Apple of His Eye!” Selah!
