war and peace in israel

HEZBOLLAH

HAMAS

PALESTINIANSIRAN

RUSSIA

USA

JERUSALEM

SYRIA

WEST BANKGAZA

ARAB LEAGUE

PLO

IDF

TERRORISTS

ROCKETS

JIHADWMD

INTIFADA

EU

UN

JERUSALEMWAR HISTORYPEACE PROCESS HISTORYCURRENT PEACE STATUSWORLD PEACE LINKFUTURE OF ISRAEL

destroyed twicebesieged 23Xattacked 52XCaptured, recaptured

44X

JERUSALEM

May 14, 1948

21 ARAB NATIONS

1948 Arab–Israeli War (November 1947 - July 1949)

Reprisal operations (1950s - 1960s) Suez Crisis (October 1956) Six-Day War (June 1967) War of Attrition (1967–1970) Yom Kippur War (October 1973)

Israel’s Modern Warfare

Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon (1971-1982)1982 Lebanon War (1982)South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) First Intifada (1987–1993) Second Intifada (2000–2005) 2006 Lebanon War (summer 2006) Gaza War (December 2008 - January 2009) Operation Pillar of Defense (November 2012)

Israel’s Modern Warfare

PEACE PROCESS HISTORYUN Security Council Resolution 242, 1967Camp David Accords, 1978The Madrid Conference, 1991Oslo Agreement, 1993Camp David, 2000Taba, 2001Arab Peace Initiative, 2002Roadmap, 2003Geneva Accord, 2003Annapolis, 2007Washington, 2010

MAIN CHARACTERS

Israel’s defenses

WMD – Syria, IranEstablishing a Palestinian state

Syrian civil warHezbollah

HamasWorld pressure

CURRENT ISRAEL THREATS

Diplomatic ties UN 157/192Military relations: USA, Germany,UK, China, India, Cyprus, Greece,Turkey, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, Italy, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Poland, Slovenia, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Vietnam and Colombia

ISRAEL’S FRIENDS

PEACE PROCESS FAILUREPalestinians dividedFatah and Hamas Israel political opposition JerusalemCurrent Peace Talks

Israel’s Glory

Israel’s Peace

• they were disobedient• they were dispersed throughout the world• they were persecuted and hated by all• their land became desolate• they never completely assimilated into other cultures• they were regathered into the land of

Israel• the “waste” cities were rebuilt• they replanted vineyards• they dwell in the midst of their enemies round about them

ISRAEL’S DESTINY

ISRAEL’S STRENGTHS• Strong economy• Research and development• Most battle ready forces• Highly educated• External financial support• Risk takers• Approach to IT

Need forGod’s help

Others can alsosee coming trouble

WORLD PEACE LINK

JerusalemIntegralGod choseNo everlasting peace

EZEKIEL 38 – COMING WARIsrael regathered in land Ezekiel 37Northern invasion of IsraelGreat battle, 7 mths to bury deadWorld sees that Israel is God’s

PEACE IN THE END“As goes Jerusalem, so goes the world”

Armageddon Rev. 16:16

Peace

“…We will go with you: for we have heard that God is

with you.”

ISRAEL’S FUTURE