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HOME PAGE  Modern Israel'sExtraordinary History Intriguing story of prophesied Jewish return By Ken Raggio Several Old Testament prophets spoke of Israel using an allegory of fig trees (i.e., Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 9:10; Joel 1:7). Jesus cursed a fig tree, and Israel disappeared for almost 2000 years. But He prophesied that it would grow again. Matthew 24:32-34 - "Learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. ...This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." The modern rebirth of the nation of Israel in the Holy Land is a signal that this is the generation that Jesus prophesied about. Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the "Great War," the "war to end all wars" was fought - World War I. 40 million casualties included about 20 million soldiers and civilians dead. All the world was sorely shaken. British Prime Minister Lloyd George ordered the invasion of Palestine during World War I in 1916, as part of the efforts to overthrow the frail Turkish Ottoman Empire, which had sided with Germany.  A
Jewish chemist by the name of
Dr. Chaim (pronounced 'hime') Weizman
developed a powerful process for producing explosives
that the British desperately needed. As payment for the use of his
process, he negotiated with the British to promise
to provide "a
national home for my people." Weizman succeeded in raising the
Zionist movement into global
attention. (Ultimately,
he became
the
first President of the new State of Israel.)  Meanwhile,
Weizman's personal friend, Lord
Walter Rothschild (left)of the famous Jewish
banking dynasty,
was also a friend of Cecil Rhodes
(right),
the fabulously wealthy diamond magnate and Oxford globalist. Rhodes was sympathetic to the Zionist agenda and to Lord Rothschild. Rhodes had the money and influence to help the Zionist cause.  The
late Georgetown University professor, Carrol
Quigley, revealed in his 1982 book, The Anglo-American Establishment,
that Rhodes sat on a Round Table
with Lord Alfred Milner. Both men had
colonialist ambitions for Britain. They were eager to support
the
creation
of a national homeland for the Jews under Britain's control. Lord
Milner drafted the letter well-known as the Balfour
Declaration.
It was sent from the British Foreign office
in the name of Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary. Foreign Office, I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet: "His Majesty's Government view
with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the
Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the
achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing
shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of
existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and
political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country" I should be grateful if you
would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation. "In 1917, the British general, Edmund Allenby, led his troops to surround the city of Jerusalem. It is reported that the night before his impending invasion, Allenby prayed that he might take the city without destroying the holy places. He had wired London for instructions and had received a simple reply---a scripture verse! 'As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it' (Isaiah 31:5). The exciting prospects of such a thing led him to have the verse read aloud before all his troops positioned in the foothills of Jerusalem. Allenby commandeered every available aircraft for a fly-over. On the morning of December 10, what seemed like hundreds of planes skirted low from just over the 'Hill of Evil Council,' which lies to the south of the Temple site. The sky was covered from wing tip to wing tip and from nose to tail with airplanes---British biplanes---captured German aircraft---everything that would fly!" As they flew low over Jerusalem and the Eastern Gate, one of the pilots dropped a note demanding surrender---signed by General Allenby. The Turks were frightened by the multitude of planes. According to reports, the name of Allenby further frightened them, for the word 'Allah' in Arabic means 'God' and 'beh' is Arabic for 'son'. The Turks were looking at a demand for surrender signed by Allah-beh, the son of God! In response, they hoisted a white flag and surrendered the city without firing a single shot..."The actual surrender took place at military headquarters.  Allenby did not know what to do
about
bombarding Jerusalem. He did not want to destroy the
holy sites. He sent a cable to the King of England, who
replied, "Make it a matter of prayer." Allenby and his staff got down
on their knees in their headquarters and asked God's guidance. As
they
got off their knees, the Patriarch
(Grand Mufti) of Jerusalem walked in with a white
flag of surrender and handed them the keys to Jerusalem. 1
Allenby entered the city of Jerusalem officially on December 11, 1917
(see photo).The Ottoman Empire collapsed at the end of World War 1, and the British controlled Palestine from the time of its capture until the League of Nations, in 1922, issued the "British Mandate of Palestine," which gave them authority over the region. The Jewish Agency was formed in 1923 to oversee the immigration of Jews into their homeland.  The area west of
the Jordan River was called Palestine, and the area east of the Jordan
River was called Transjordan. This mandate continued until Transjordan
declared its independence in 1946, and the State of Israel was declared
on May 14, 1948.The British would have continued to control Israel, except that in World War II, European Jews were facing genocide, and massive numbers of Jews were immigrating to Palestine in multitudes. The British finally attempted to put a stop to immigration, and that led to a Jewish revolt. They destroyed the British Military Headquarters. Before long, the British referred the entire dilemma to the United Nations. The U.N. voted in November 1947 to partition Palestine and create two states, one Arab and one Jewish (General Assembly Resolution 181). Jerusalem would come under the direct administration of the United Nations.  Britain
finally removed all their troops on
May 14, 1948, and David Ben-Gurion, leader of the Jewish Agency,
declared the State of Israel. The Palestine
Post (which soon became the Jerusalem Post),
announced the news on May 16, 1948. Six Arab states attacked the new
state that day. 1. AN ADDRESS BY LT. COL. W. G. MACKENDRICK, D.S.O. Before the Empire Club of Canada, Toronto, October 26, 1922. THE PRESIDENT, Sir William Hearst, introduced Mackendrick. Published in "The Empire Club of Canada Speeches 1922 (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923) pp. 254-266 Complete Text of the Book "How Jerusalem Was Won" - now out of print. Sign up for
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