A PEACE PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST IS ALWAYS IN THE WORKS

Someday there will truly be peace. When it comes it will bring glory to Elohim.

 

US President Donald Trump’s special adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner has been developing a US-designed peace deal to Palestinians which he plans to soon reveal after the US Embassy's move to Jerusalem derailed relations and negotiations in the region.

Kushner, who is on the last leg of his Middle East tour, spoke to the popular Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds, claiming he is “ready to work” with leader Mahmoud Abbas, who, in his turn, is refusing to meet with Kushner as long as Washington is “changing the rules of the game” midway.

"If President Abbas is ready to go back to the negotiations table, then we are ready to participate in the discussion, but if it’s not the case, then we are going to make the plan public,” Kushner said, according to Reuters. He was referring to the US “deal of the century” on how to forge peace in the Middle East.

Without shedding any additional light on its details, the adviser said that the deal would bring “large investments in the infrastructure from both the private and the public sectors” to improve the Palestinian economy. Kushner pointed the finger at Abbas, as the party that is unwilling to take up negotiations:“I question President Abbas’ ability, or desire, to finish the deal. He has the same talking points that haven’t changed in the past 25 years. A peace hasn’t been achieved during that period,” he said.

Kushner represented the White House at the grand opening of the newly-inaugurated US Embassy in Jerusalem on March 15, 2018. The event caused fierce clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinian protesters on Israel’s border that left over 100 people dead and thousands injured. The decision to move the embassy drew the ire of the whole Muslim world and dealt a blow to the already feeble Israel-Arab peace process.

A Palestinian negotiator said on Friday that Palestine is not buying into the US peace proposal anymore, since Washington’s deeds on the ground speak louder than its words. They are upset that the US Embassy move declares Jerusalem the capital of Israel. The Palestinians view as a Jewish “occupied” city and are demanding East Jerusalem be their capital in any peace deal.

The main problem in negotiating a peace deal is that the Palestinians refuse to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist or live in any territory in the Holy Land. They don’t want any Jews in the territory. It is very difficult to come to terms if one party refuses to acknowledge the right to exist.

Original mandate and division of lands

The territories of Gaza and the West Bank and more were to become Arab lands in the 1947 United Nations mandate. The Arabs and Palestinians would not agree to this deal, but the Jews said OK. Immediately after the Israel declaring their independence as a nation, the Arab nations attacked expecting to wipe them out. It is ironic that the original deal gave the Jews a much smaller territory then they now control. If the Arabs and Palestinians had been willing to co-exist they could be living in peace together now. The Arab world is not content to allow Jews in any of their nations. Jews allow Arabs to live in Israel—that is a fact.

Looking at the map above it is clear that the Palestinians have been losing ground in this argument. Could it be because they and their Arab brothers are acting like a petulant sibling who cannot get their way? Could their refusal to accept the Father's plan for the land and people be the reason they are losing ground? 


The UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency) has had to scale back its assistance to Palestine refugees in Gaza after the US, which was the agency’s biggest donor, slashed its contribution by $250 million. The agency is “weeks away from painful cuts to its emergency assistance for Gaza and elsewhere in the region,” UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov said at a UN Security Council meeting this week.

What you don’t hear in the news is that most of this money goes into training and aiding terrorists, digging tunnels, and teaching their children to hate Jews. Golda Meir once said: “There will only be peace if the Arabs love their children more than they hate Jews.” Sadly that day has not arrived.

Capital issue

Kushner said that the proposal is still in the works, only promising that it will be ready “soon.” Speculations have long been swirling that the plan might include terms deemed unacceptable by Ramallah.

In December, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh claimed that the plan would involve making the tiny Arab village of Abu Dis in the West Bank the capital of the future Palestinian State instead of East Jerusalem.

Abbas, meanwhile, insists that any talks should be based on the Arab Peace Initiative, an Arab League-sponsored proposal to end the conflict that was adopted in 2002. The document clearly states that the future Palestinian State should be established in territories occupied by Israel since 1967, with East Jerusalem as the capital.

It’s unknown if the US is still pushing for its initial proposal, with Kushner, who has been on a Middle Eastern tour that included Jordan, Egypt and Qatar, saying that the countries’ leaders made it clear to him that “they want to see a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

God’s Desire

If we use the Bible as our guide we can say that Arabs and Jews are half-brothers. They claim the same father, Abraham, as theirs. Isaac and Ishmael have been contentious for about 4,000 years. Jacob and Esau are twins who make up the other side of the family—they too have not been able to live together. The conflict goes back to the Biblical account and has been raging ever since.

God determined that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were the ones through whom the promises and land were given. The Old Testament and Jewish people were granted the inheritance by Elohim. Jesus said, “Salvation is of the Jews.”

Christianity was birthed out of the Jews. Christians, and anyone who accepts Yeshua, are grafted into the “Commonwealth of Israel” but most do not truly understand this truth. Grafted in means we become part of God’s nation. It means we become partakers with the original partakers. All this is explained throughout this blog. All who accept Yeshua as Lord and savior are grafted in and become "one new man."

Islam did not become a religion until around 624 AD. If you read the Koran there are many references to Judaism and Christianity. Many Muslim beliefs are based on the Bible. In my opinion, Islam was birthed out of Judaism and Christianity. Mohammed mixed the two former religions adding to them and Islam was birthed. It is quite obvious.

We have the Old Testament Bible which goes back at least 2,500 years, probably much more, and the Christian New Testament which is 2,000 years old. The Koran is a relatively new religion and book, only 1,400 years old and obviously highly influenced by the two books which came before.

The Bible records that Ishmael became 12 tribes and was blessed by God. Esau became a great enemy of ancient Israel and still is today—but God desires to bless them also. God’s true desire is that these brothers would live in peace and receive His great blessings. That they too would be grafted in. That is the simple plan.

The conflict will not be resolved until that day. Mankind is incapable of working this problem out—only Elohim can fix it—and He will. Sadly there will be much blood shed until that day. At the appointed time the “Holy One of Israel” will return and establish the true peace.

Each of the three great religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a Messiah figure. Which one is the true Messiah? The Bible truths, which these religions all share in some manner, point to Yeshua as the “Aanointed One” of Elohim. The world will soon come to accept this fact—it was written thousands of years ago—only you can decide. If you don’t believe in the Bible the point is moot—but it is going to come to pass.

The nations rage and refuse to yield to the Father of all mankind. The great religions of the world will clash and refuse to acknowledge Elohim’s will and desire for them. He alone will come and rule the nations. He alone will receive the honor and glory due Him and His son Yeshua.

Only then will the nations receive the blessings they now refuse to accept. It will be a most difficult lesson for Humanity and the half-brothers to learn.


Source: https://www.rt.com/usa/430693-kushner-meeting-abbas-peace-plan/