Cutting To The Quick: Middle East Is Now As If On Fire

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                    

44 Nations have condemned Hamas, calling them terrorists, after October 7th  but....

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria and Iraq pinned the responsibility on Israel. 

Iran is backing Houthis of Yemen to attack Israel.  Iran is also backing Hamas terrorists living in Gaza to attack Israelis.  They were responsible for October 7th.  Syria and surprisingly, Turkey, are falling apart in their fighting.  Trump may have to cut aid to Jordan and Egypt which they will be in dire straights without, and Egypt is occupying the Sinai when they had signed an agreement agreeing not to; Saudi Arabia is holding meetings for parties to talk to each other about peace even though they are accused of abusing human rights, restricting freedom of citizens and doling out severe punishment of their own people.  Qatar is another where meetings have been held, but they had hosted Qaradawi, a TV and internet personality of hatred for Israel. "

Syria regime on 7–8 December 2024, Israeli forces initiated temporary military operations in Syria's Quneitra Governorate. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the goal is to prevent any threat until an agreement was reached with the new Syrian government. He also said their desire is to establish neighborly and peaceful relations, and offered a hand of peace to all the Christians, Druzes, Kurds, and Muslims in Syria who want to live in peace with the State of Israel. A Turkish news report claimed that Assad provided Israel with a map of Syria's military sites before fleeing to Russia.

 To illustrate how the religious-historical language in the Middle East is unlike the modern Western language of political-interests, this article will analyze the way Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the top religious personalities in the Sunni Muslim world and the religious leader of the Hamas movement, understands the religious sources of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  Born in 1926, Qaradawi is a popular Egyptian-Qatari scholar with great influence. Many researchers have described him as the most influential Muslim jurist in our generation.4 His popularity and his influence are mostly credited to his successful use of television and the Internet and the distribution of his books. His weekly program on Al-Jazeera, al-Sharia wa-l-Ḥayyat (Islamic Law and Life), draws 60 million viewers from around the world. In addition to condoning the use of suicide bombers and a struggle without concessions to free Palestine, Qaradawi is a supporter of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad morally and economically through many charitable donations that pass through his hands.5"  He did all this from Qatar.  He was their darling.  

In Lebanon, the Israel–Hamas war sparked a renewed Israel–Hezbollah conflict, beginning one day after the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. The conflict initially consisted of tit-for-tat airstrikes and shelling. The conflict escalated in September 2024, beginning with the Israeli explosion of Lebanese pagers and walkie talkies. Israel then began an aerial bombing campaign throughout Lebanon, killing at least 569 people on 23 September; the largest conflict-related loss of life in a single day in Lebanon since the Civil War.

Jordan is unhappy with Israel.  In October 2023, during the Israel–Hamas war, King Abdullah condemned Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip and the "collective punishment" of Palestinians in Gaza. On 1 November 2023, Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel, accusing the country of creating an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe” and “killing innocent people in Gaza”. Jordan also declared that Israel's ambassador, who had departed Amman following Hamas' attack, would not be permitted to return.

Egypt is testing the waters:  Satellite images reveal Egyptian tanks near the border with Israel. Experts warn: 'Four times the permitted forces'. IDF: 'Operating while respecting the peace agreement'. Attempts to smuggle weapons using drones, satellite images indicating changes in the Egyptian military's force deployment in Sinai, and concerned security coordinators in Israeli border communities all paint a concerning picture regarding developments in Egypt.

Turkey is anti-Israel:  “Whoever is on the side of Israel, let everyone know that we are against them,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, according to Iran’s Press TV."Under the conservative leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has become a stalwart supporter of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. Unlike Israel, Turkey has never listed Hamas as a terrorist organisation."Erdogan made the comments as he addressed senior provincial officials from the ruling AKP party in Ankara.“We do not approve of silence on the state terror that Israel blatantly carries out in Palestine,” Erdogan said.  The recent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has sent shockwaves through Turkey's financial landscape. While the current political instability in Turkey is a cause for concern, it is not unprecedented. Lessons from past episodes of unrest, such as the importance of swift and decisive government action, the risks of overreaction, and the need to address the root causes of instability, can be drawn to navigate the present crisis.  

The news about the Middle East is scary.  Each country of the Middle East is either fighting or ready to fall.  These seems to be days prophesized about and in deep trouble, arriving at the End Of Days.  The Middle East comprises 16 countries, including: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, , Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.  

 Arabs include Palestine, but that has not come about with land;  onlysocially/politically.  What with October 7th slaughter, a 2-state solution must be off the table.                                                       

The sky goddess Nut and human figures representing stars and constellations from the star chart in the tomb of Ramses VI. Ramses VI, a king of ancient Egypt, reigned in the mid-12th century BCE, roughly between 1145 and 1137 BCE. Jews, slaves in Egypt for 400 years, had to build storage cities for a Pharaoh Ramses.  There the  Jews, called Israelites, learned about calendar-making, it appears.                                            

                 Leaving Egypt after 400 years of being slaves (toiling for Pharaoh) 

Our Exodus of leaving Egypt after living there for 400 years was from 1445 BCE 

according to some researchers or 3,470 years ago.   The year of 2025, on a Jewish calendar is really the year of 5785;  so we are only 215 years from the year of 6,000 which takes us back to Egypt 5,025 to  6,000 years ago, the creation of the world, which shows how long mankind has had to perfect themselves and catch onto how they should be living.   

In the context of the Jewish calendar, the year 6000 is traditionally viewed as the year when the Messianic Age, or the "cosmic Shabbat," will begin, marking the end of the current world and the start of a new era.   In Judaism, the Messianic Age, or "Olam HaBa" ("the world to come"), is a future era of universal peace, justice, and spiritual understanding, where all Jews return to Israel, the Temple is rebuilt, and the dead are resurrected, ushering in a time of abundance and harmony.   The Messianic Age will not bring about conflict, but peace and understanding between all people. The Messianic Age will be a sign of the end of the world and the physical resurrection of the dead. 

Jews have been returning from all corners of the world to Israel, leaving impossible conditions of anti-Semitism.  The world now is in complete disarray, with the ability to blow up the whole planet if not careful by Iran.  The Temple Mount organization is ready for the Temple to be rebuilt.  

Many Reform Jews do not believe that there will be an end to the world, or that the dead will be resurrected. Many people of Christian and Muslim religions also believe with Orthodox Jews that we are about to enter the Messianic era and are in the End of Times right now.  Of course, the 3 major religions have completely different ideas as to how that is to be brought about along with the different outcomes. 

 

Corruption and Degradation Will Precede Redemption

One statement from the time of the rabbis describes the era leading up to the Messiah in the darkest terms of societal corruption:  

Resource:

 panel of 3 men; 2 were Christians and 1 was Jewish Israeli, chatting about Israel for about 2 hours, most informative; found on  you tube

  

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/saudi-arabia-human-rights-raif-badawi-king-salman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Syria_relations  

https://www.hudson.org/node/39679  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Lebanese_conflict   

https://www.ainvest.com/news/turkey-political-turmoil-economic-uncertainty-2503/    

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/series/tracking-international-reactions-hamas-israel-war        

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-jordan-egypt-gaza-development.html            

https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/02/13/egypt-increases-sinai-military-presence-violates-peace-treaty/                

If You're Confused About Dates in History, Here's the Explanation

                                                                   

Jewish calendar with sun as used in it, synchronizing with solar calendar

                                                                         

The Jewish Calendar uses the Moon to mark time.  It is a lunar calendar.

Nadene Goldfoot
2000 BCE  1500 BCE 1391 BCE 1271 BCE 1000 BCE, 500 BCE  0 100 CE 500 CE 1000   2015
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BCE means Before the Common Era.  That is referring to the time of Jesus of the Christian religion.
BCE is used by Jews because BC refers to Before Christ, and Christ is somebody we do not accept in our faith.  Therefore, Gentiles use only BC and AD.  AD refers to the Roman phrase, Anno Domini, or After Christ.
Jews use CE, meaning:  The Common Era.

Notice in the BCE era the numbers grow smaller until they reach 0.  Then they grow larger.
54321  0  12345
                                                                     

The Biblical era for Jews started with Abraham who was born in the 2nd millennium BCE.  We figure it was in the year 1948 BCE.  So the history of our religion is about 4,000 years old.  We consider Abraham the father of Judaism.  He was the first monotheist, believing in one unseen G-d.  It was a shocking revelation for other people had to have something they could see, like idols and statues, rocks, anything.

It's hard to understand, but there have been people just like us for the past 25,000 years or longer.  The biblical era is fairly new.  We humans are homo-sapiens.  There were also Neanderthals in Europe at the time when homo sapiens existed.  "Genetic studies now suggest that the functional DNA of modern humans and Neanderthals diverged 500,000 years ago.  So we can say that we have existed as far back in human form as 500,000 years ago.  The forces of natural selection have continued to operate on human populations, with evidence that certain regions of the genome display directional selection in the past 15,000 years."  

Take the line from Moses and his brother, Aaron.  They would have had the Y haplogroup of J1, which is called the Cohen gene, named for the assignment Moses gave to Aaron as high priest or Cohen.  It was a line handed down from father to son.  Thus, we find  Cohens of today also with J1 haplogroup.  "This haplogroup is found to have arisen 10,000 to 15,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, and Abraham was born only about 4,000 years ago."  
                                                                                                                

A Jewish year and its holidays in its 12 months

The Jewish calendar follows the movements of the moon.  Today's date in international dating is 2015.  On the Jewish calendar it is the year 5776.  It started back in the BCE dating period.  It also is made up of 12 months but calculated according to the moon.  The difference between the lunar years of 354 days and the solar (sun) year of 365.25 days is made up by adding a full month after the month of Adar in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th and 17th and 19th year of each 19-year cycle .  The year 5749 began such a cycle.  The month so added is called Adar Sheni or the 2nd Adar, and the year becomes a leap year.  

The calendar that is used internationally is a solar calendar.  It is called a Gregorian calendar.  "The first calendar reform of the early modern era was the Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 based on the observation of a long-term shift between the Julian calendar and the solar year.  
                                                                 

The Kabba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia where it is say by Islamists a place that dates back to Abraham.  

 "The Islamic calendar or Hijri calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in most of the Muslim countries (concurrently with the Gregorian calendar), and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals. Its epoch is the Hijra (corresponding to year 622 of the Dionysian era). With an annual drift of 11 or 12 days, the seasonal relation is repeated approximately each 33 Islamic years."

The Islamic calendar "The Islamic calendar is based on the prohibition of intercalation (nasi') by Muhammad, in Islamic tradition dated to a sermon held on 9 Dhu al-Hijjah AH 10 (Julian date: 6 March 632). This resulted in an observationally based lunar calendar shifting relative to the seasons of the solar year.  Notice it started after 632 when Muhammad died, so it is a very recent calendar. "Years are counted since the Hijra, that is, Mohammed's emigration to Medina in AD 622. On 16 July (Julian calendar) of that year, AH 1 started (AH = Anno Hegirae = year of the Hijra). In the year AD 2003 Muslims  have witnessed the start of Islamic year AH 1424.

2015=5776=1424.  This year.  

Reference:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens
http://jewishfactsfromportland.blogspot.com/2010/01/jewish-genes-what-haplogroup-could-they.html
http://www.stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm
http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-islamic.html