The world is just going insane!

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya is now the head of the African Union, and he wants to turn it into a United States of Africa (I suppose with him as its leader). He also shocked many when he said that he opposes the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. He believes it should remain undivided, a new state called Isratine. Hal Lindsey said that the real reason behind this is a way to let in all those Palestinian "refugees" and their descendants, which would number approximately 4 million (according to the UN), swamping the Jewish people, basically causing the Jewish state to cease to exist as such.

Gaddafi's reasoning for this is that Palestine is not the homeland of the Jews, nor has it ever been. It's a clever deception, which will appear to the world as reasonable. But he also said that the Jews would be better off with a homeland elsewhere, like in Alaska, Hawaii, or other Pacific Islands. Guess he wants them as far away as possible! He also said the US should seek peace with Osama bin Laden. Wow, just wow.

There is also a growing idea of returning to the past, with Jordan taking over the West Bank again, and Egypt taking over Gaza again. This is being called the three-state solution!

The ceasefire in Gaza is being threatened by a string of new rocket attacks on Israel and shootings across the border, and Israel is fighting back.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair even wants to bring Hamas into the peace negotiations. Hamas called him "stupid and foolish."

Blair is rising again to prominence. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly is backing Blair to become the new President of the European Union, due to be instated next year, as long as the Lisbon Treaty is ratified by the holdout EU members Ireland and the Czech Republic. There is some opposition to Blair as EU president, notably from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel meanwhile thinks that the world needs a UN Economic Council and a new global economic charter, to tackle the world's economic crisis. Look at what she said:

"Freedom is a necessary precondition for market forces to operate. But individual freedom needs to be limited if it takes freedom away from others."

Merkel also wants Russia to be part of the EU's security structure, and both she and Sarkozy want closer security ties to the US and a reduction in nuclear weapons. Obama has now jumped on that particular bandwagon, saying he wants nuclear weapons stockpiles reduced. Russia however has begun to assemble its own version of a NATO force, with its partners in the CSTO (basically the old Soviet republics). And Sarkozy wants to get France back into the NATO command structure, by taking over two NATO command posts, including one in the US that has never been under a foreign commander.

The world is just going insane!


Israel's elections are in just a few days, and all reports are that former PM Binyamin Netanyahu is the likely winner. Opinion also seems to be that Bibi will clash with Obama over the two-state solution and how to deal with Iran. Iran is developing technology at a rapid rate, and they are reportedly capable of manufacturing nuclear weapons. Is there any doubt?

Obama has adopted a most conciliatory stance on Iran, with direct ties both expected soon and rumored to already have begun, at least in part. Former US Defense Secretary William J. Perry, one of Obama's advisors, had a series of undisclosed meetings with an aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prior to the election. The White House denied these reports. Syria's President Assad also said that he has been in talks with US officials. Publicly, Iran has been less than receptive to all the overtures made by the Obama administration.

Obama has also made it very clear that he intends to reach out to the Muslim world, even giving his first official TV interview to the Al-Arabiya network. He still plans to deliver a speech in a Muslim country, and in his inauguration speech he referred to the US as a nation of many faiths, including Islam. There seems to be a deliberate rejection of the traditional view of America as a fundamentally Judeo-Christian society at play here. Obama also reportedly is in favor of the Saudi peace initiative, which would push Israel back to its pre-1967 borders, and force them to accept all those refugees mentioned earlier. VP Joe Biden has now said that the Saudi plan is the base that the Obama administration will be working from.

Another cause for concern is Turkey, which was seen as Israel's closest ally in the Middle East until recently. There has been a major falling out between the two nations due to the Gaza conflict. Turkey's PM Erdogan has been vicious in his public beratement of Israel. Turkey even wants to charge Israeli leaders with war crimes. They are not alone. Turkey's co-sponsor of the Alliance of Civilizations, Spain, is also looking into it, as is the Palestinian Authority, by way of the ICC (International Criminal Court). It makes sense though, for Turkey to be part of Gog/Magog (Ezekiel 38/39), they had to turn against Israel at some point, joining the aforementioned Libya, Iran, and others.

And Israel is standing very much alone at this point. Anti-Semitism is growing all over the globe. Time for them to begin to rely fully on the Lord. Which means time is almost up. Soon we will be going Home.