The Death of Oslo?

January 6, 2016

3 min read

Jim Fletcher

“There will be decisive and important decisions regarding all forms of ties with the occupation, including security and political relations.” (The PLO’s Saeb Erekat)

After 22 years of futility, due almost entirely to Palestinian mendacity and dishonest intentions, it appears to most people that the Oslo model is broken forever. Actually, many pro Israel folks have insisted from the beginning — when George H.W. Bush forced the Israelis to negotiate with their murderers — that the “land for peace” deal was fatally flawed and a non-starter.

This was due mostly to the PLO’s Yasser Arafat and his duplicity. He never intended to engage in nation building, and spent his time inciting his people to hate Jews. Whole generations were raised on it.BIN-OpEd-Experts-300x250(1)

Now comes word that the PLO leadership (Mahmoud Abbas has not called for elections in years and remains a classic Arab dictator, albeit one without much power) that they are considering breaking ties with Israel.

According to the Jerusalem Post:

“The Palestinian Authority leadership is expected to meet in the coming days to discuss the future of its relations with Israel, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Sunday.

“Erekat said that he expected the meeting to take place before the end of this year to discuss previous decisions by PLO and Fatah bodies to suspend relations with Israel.

“’There will be decisive and important decisions regarding all forms of ties with the occupation, including security and political relations,’ he said.”

Erekat of course is another of those corrupt Palestinians who owns a luxury home in Jericho, as his own people sink ever lower into poverty.

Oslo was always a theoretical model, crafted by European and American diplomats who never understood the complexities of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For one thing, they never came to grips with Arab duplicity and Arab rejection of Israel.

But I have a prediction.

As inane as Oslo always was, and in light of so much Palestinian mayhem…it is Israel that will be blamed, internationally. This is not a new thought with me, of course. But I predict further that a Palestinian state will be forced by the international community.

Remember, the Bible doesn’t exactly mitigate against such a scenario. In Ezekiel 36:1,2: “Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession…”

Notice the word “possession.” It isn’t merely that Israel’s enemies are claiming entitlement to the land. They possess it. And since this is in the midst of end-times scenarios, it at least is a possibility that this refers to a Palestinian state.

From there, Israel will be in real peril, because another of the Oslo lies was that the Palestinian state would be demilitarized. All Israeli prime ministers have insisted on it. Yet, there is no way a sovereign Palestine would remain demilitarized, since a main aim of PLO leadership has been to secure territory from which to launch a “final attack.”

Palestine would be armed to the teeth from a variety of sources.

History has been inching closer to this outcome for two decades. Pro Israel sources have never wanted a Palestinian state, but I have a nagging feeling that the closer we get to the “final nail in Oslo’s coffin,” the closer we get to its fulfillment.

Reprinted with author’s permission from Rapture Ready

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