Israel at War: The Day of the Lord is Near: June 9, 2024
Obadiah 1:15
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done (to Israel), it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
About 30 years ago, I begin to preach about the Day of the Lord is Near as found in the Book of Obadiah. In my best selling book As America Has Done to Israel, I included a chapter about the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a reference in the Bible to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Obadiah gives a clear indicator to the immanent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The key event is when Israel enters into an all-out battle with the Palestinians in which none of them survive.
About 30 years ago, I begin to preach about the Day of the Lord is Near as found in the Book of Obadiah. In my best selling book As America Has Done to Israel, I included a chapter about the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a reference in the Bible to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Obadiah gives a clear indicator to the immanent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The key event is when Israel enters into an all-out battle with the Palestinians in which none of them survive.
I believe the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war was the trigger for the battle described in Obadiah. This blog will keep you on the cutting edge of events leading to proving the Day of the Lord is Near and soon Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This can be proved by the Bible.
Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Hamas even named the attack and war they started. It was call: Operation Al Aqsa Flood! This means the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. All the wars triggered by Hamas’ attack are heading towards Jerusalem where God will bring his final judgment on Islam. Incredible events are soon about to unfold, but if you understand Bible prophecy you know how it is going to end.
See my complete preaching and teaching about the Obadiah and the Day of the Lord is Near: McTteachingvideo.com Two of the videos follow:
Zechariah 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
ISRAEL: Latest Update (The * is for the latest postings)
Protesters gather across Israel, calling for hostage deal, elections
From article:”Thousands of protesters gathered at dozens of locations across Israel on Saturday night calling for a hostage deal and elections just hours after news of the rescue of the four hostages – Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv – broke. Demonstrators turned up in Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Ra’anana, Haifa, Caesarea, Karkur, Jerusalem, and other locations around the country. In Tel Aviv alone, according to organizers, tens of thousands attended.”
Russian national assaults police officer, threatens to murder Jews on Temple Mount After reading this article, it is like echos of Ezekiel 38/39!
From article:”In response to this statement and for fear of disturbing public order, the policeman asked Yashiv to accompany him outside the compound and there he conducted a search of his belongings. At one point, the accused turned towards the policeman and began to threaten him, saying, “Wait until you get to Russia, we will take care of you there,” and in response, the policeman grabbed the accused by his shirt and asked him “What did you say” and the accused continued to threaten: “Putin will take care of everyone, and I will take care of slaughtering you.”
Yashiv continued to behave in a violent manner even during arrest and detention. While he was in the detention center, the police conducted a body search during which the defendant shouted “Allahu akbar, Muhammad Rasul Allah,” and continued to threaten, “I murdered Jews in Ukraine and Russia, and I also served in the army and I am going to do it here as well. All the Russians will come to kill you in Israel.”
Who Is Funding the Pro-Hamas Protests; Are They Aiming to Take Down America?
From article:”Politico revealed — to those who still had doubts — that many of the people bankrolling the campus protests are the same as Biden’s largest donors. They include Democratic mega-donors George Soros, and David Rockefeller Jr. of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Both have donated to anti-Israeli groups through the Tides Foundation, once described as a “charitable money laundering” organization. It sponsors anti-Israeli groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, both of which are active in the protests. In addition, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund has given nearly $500,000 directly to Jewish Voice for Peace over the past five years, and donated to the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR).”
Palestinian Libels Against Jews: Over the Al-Aqsa Mosque
From article:”The only problem is: the claim [that Jews are trying to take over the Al-Aqsa Mosque] is not true. Of course, there are no such plans. These plans only exist in the deranged imaginations of the Palestinian leaders fabricating the accusations against the Jews. In fact, it was Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Dayan who gave control over the Temple Mount to the Islamic Wakf authorities in 1967.”
Israel fumes as it’s added to UN ‘list of shame’ for wartime children’s rights violations
From article:”Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been added to the United Nations’ so-called “list of shame,” which is attached to an annual report released by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s office that documents alleged rights violations against children in armed conflict, sparking outrage in Jerusalem. This is the first time that Israel and Hamas have been included on this list, joining the ranks of Russia, the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Israel is believed to be the first democratic country included on the list. Last year, Russia was added to the list for the first time over its treatment of children in the war against Ukraine.”
From article:”The officers also added that while Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, will be increasing the rate of fire towards Israel, the organization simultaneously must deal with internal challenges. In the past month, hundreds of Hezbollah reservists refused to enlist, marking the beginning of a blow to the organization. “The IDF is causing massive damage to Hezbollah,” the IDF officers said. This is against the backdrop of challenges from the Houthis in Yemen, Iran, Iraq, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Syria, along with potential infiltrations from the Jordan and Egypt borders.”
From article:”Houthi Friday Sermon In Dhamar, Yemen By Imam Muhammad Al-Mu’ayyad: The Time Has Come For Humanity To Get Rid Of America – The Country Of Evil, Corruption, And Homosexuality; Yemen Will Lead The Jihad Against The U.S., Israel – January 12, 2024 “More than 400 years after America was established, the time has come for humanity to rid itself of that country of evil, corruption, and homosexuality that is America.”
Tens of thousands gather in capital for Jerusalem Day
From article:”Moshe Feiglin, a former Knesset member and current head of the Zehut Party, spoke to JNS at the head of the March. “The war today is over Jerusalem. They [Hamas] told us that by calling their attack [on Oct. 7] Al-Aqsa Storm. “We have to understand the war isn’t about the borders, it’s about Temple Mount, the Jewish people, and all civilization, and we are on the front lines of [the fight] for civilization,” Feiglin said.”
‘Jerusalem is ours, Temple Mount is ours,’ Ben-Gvir declares amid flag day march violence The battle over Jerusalem is crystal clear!
From article:”National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir affirmed total Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem during a speech at the flag mark during Jerusalem Day on Wednesday. “We are sending a message to Hamas,” Ben-Gvir said. “Jerusalem is ours. Damascus Gate is ours. The Temple Mount is ours.”
Hamas also published a response to Ben-Gvir’s statements from its head of the Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, saying: “The rampage of settlers in Jerusalem confirms that Jerusalem is the focus of the conflict, and our people will not rest until the occupation ends and an independent Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Invading the North and rockets to Tel Aviv: What war with Hezbollah would look like Israel can’t let the coming war with Hezbollah linger because of the damage to Israel. This war will be vicious with the possibility of using small nuclear weapons. If the war gets out of hand, Israel, to survive, many have no choice but to restore to nuclear weapons. This would fit the description in Isaiah 17 to the destruction of Damascus. This is extremely serious!!!
From article:””Hezbollah’s main firepower is missiles and rockets. In fact, Hezbollah’s firepower can target the entire territory of the State of Israel with accurate shooting capability. The area that will mainly be under the large volume of fire is the entire northern area up to Haifa. In this area, the bulk of the fire will be from rockets of various types that are considered short-range. Thus, in the first week or two of the war, it will be almost impossible to lead a normal life,” he predicted.
According to the research institute’s estimates, Hezbollah has 150,000 mortars, 65,000 rockets with a range of up to 80 km, 5,000 rockets and missiles with a range of 80-200 km, 5,000 missiles with a range of 200 km or more, 2,500 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – and hundreds of advanced missiles, such as anti-aircraft missiles or cruise missiles. Estimates indicate that should war break out, Hezbollah will send several thousand drones and missiles to Israel every day.”
The Party of Jew-Haters: Democrats Refuse to Sanction International Criminal Court for Targeting Israeli Leader – 155 Democrats Side with Jew-Hating States As the demon-dems turn from God, he is turning them over to Islam for judgment. The dems are very close to supporting Hamas which is a God hating murdering Jew cult. The dems will end up just like Hamas but not only against Israel but also America
From article:”On Tuesday night the US House of Representatives passed legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court for their assault on the Israeli leader. The final vote was 247 to 155. Every single no vote was a Democrat lawmaker. This came after the International Criminal Court the International Criminal Court filed arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.It is all part of the deep state globalist attack on Israel to prevent Hamas from being defeated. The Biden regime and its top officials are outspoken critics of Israel.”
Slovenia Latest E.U. Nation to Recognise Palestinian State The nations that do this against God’s word are bring God’s curse and destruction on them.
From article:”“Dear people of Palestine, today’s final decision of Slovenia is a message of hope and peace,” Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said on the social media platform X. “We believe that only a two-state solution can lead to a lasting peace in the #MiddleEast . Slovenia will tirelessly continue to work on the security of both nations, Palestinians and Israelis.”
Hezbollah is using attacks to test Israel’s capabilities
From articles:”The attack on Hurfeish on Wednesday is a dangerous escalation. The wounding of numerous people illustrates how Israel’s enemies seek to improve their weapons and also test different types of methods of attack. In order to understand how this has unfolded, we need to understand what the adversary has up its sleeve. Hezbollah’s recent escalation against Israel is part of a campaign of almost eight months in which it has used rockets, missiles, and drones to attack Israel. By April, six months into the war in Gaza and after six months of Hezbollah attacks, the total number of projectiles launched by Hezbollah had reached 3,000. Today, the number has likely reached up to 4,000. However, Hezbollah’s goal these days is not just to launch rockets. Rockets are a statistical weapon, like artillery, meaning that you launch a bunch of them and you hope that some of them hit the target. Hezbollah’s arsenal of rockets may be 150,000 projectiles but a lot of these weapons are simple older “dumb” rockets. These types of weapon systems don’t win wars. In fact, rockets are primarily good for harassing fire or attacking civilians.”
Watch: IDF destroys massive Rafah tunnel, finds rocket launchers in Gaza UN post
From article:”The IDF destroyed a large tunnel in Rafah that reached the Philadelphi corridor and destroyed ready-to-fire rocket launchers that were hidden in a UN post in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, the military announced on Wednesday. During operations, troops located several smaller tunnel shafts that led to a long tunnel route that reached as far as the Philadelphi Corridor. The tunnel route was approximately two kilometers long and connected to several other routes in the area.”
At ‘emergency summit,’ EJA head calls on Israel to prepare for influx of European Jews This is God’s way of getting the Jews back to Israel for the end times.
From article:”“Prime Minister Netanyahu, we are not there yet but be ready. Get your government agencies ready. Because if European governments carry on as they have so far, if they continue to tolerate this flood of Jew-hatred, they can expect hundreds and thousands of us to leave,” Margolin said in his address to open the summit.
‘A nightmare’: North cries out for action amid widespread fires sparked by Hezbollah
From article:”Residents and local authorities in northern Israel demanded Tuesday that the government take clear action to restore security, as bushfires sparked by Hezbollah rockets launched from Lebanon spread across large swaths of territory, with emergency services straining to control the blazes.
From article:”The Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah carried out an almost non-stop bombardment of northern Israel on Sunday after the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck a compound in Baalbek in northern Lebanon on Saturday evening in retaliation for Hezbollah shooting down an Israeli drone earlier that day.
Hezbollah Shoots Down Large Israeli Drone In Expanded Fighting
From article:”Hezbollah described this fresh operation as retaliation for an Israeli drone attack which wounded two Hezbollah members the day prior. Israel’s military had previously announced “two Hezbollah terrorists operating in the region of Majdal Selm were struck by an aircraft” on Friday. But later in the day Saturday Hezbollah claimed a big win, having “shot down a Hermes 900 drone which was attacking our people and villages.”
Can Israel resolve the Hezbollah front without war?
From article:”And yet, even if a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas does not go into effect imminently, the chances of a major war between the Jewish state and Nasrallah may be much further off than how things look because of a major disagreement between the defense establishment and the government. For several months, many Israelis have been predicting an imminent mega war in the North which would put the Gaza War to shame in terms of the harm Nasrallah could cause to the Israeli home front.”
IDF Exposes Secret Egypt-Gaza Bridge in Rafah Operation
From article:”[Egypt] enables an entire industry of smuggling tunnels from its territory to the territory of the Gaza Strip and, in practice, constitutes the organization’s “oxygen pipe” and a main source of illegal weapons, ammunition, and prohibited materials that enabled the establishment of “Deep Gaza.”
Iranian state media eagerly published photos of Gen. Salami and other IRGC officers meeting with representatives from Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis on the sidelines of Raisi’s funeral to plot their expanded war against Israel. Two other Palestinian terrorist gangs, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the LIberation of Palestine, also reportedly attended the meeting. Iranian media said the council of terrorists discussed “the latest political, social, and military situation and the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation.” The latter is Hamas’ name for the orgy of rape, kidnapping, murder, and infanticide it unleashed against Israeli civilians on October 7.”
Biden Regime Issues Condolence for Terrorist Iranian Leader Ebrahim Raisi Killed in Helicopter Crash Please read the statement from the US State Department and remember Iran is leading terrorist state in the world and is at war with Israel! The US Government is all a joke and a fraud. It is like Alice-in-Wonderland with Biden as the Mad Hatter!
From article:”The U.S. State Department, in a press release, wrote, “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation in a helicopter crash in northwest Iran.”The condolence continued, “As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support for the Iranian people and their struggle for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
Iran’s president, foreign minister, other officials confirmed dead in helicopter crash He has reward which is the same as Mohammad!
From article:”Iran’s controversial President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials were confirmed dead on Monday after their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country’s northwest, Iranian state media reported. The death of Raisi, nicknamed the “Butcher of Tehran” for his oversight of mass executions of political prisoners in 1988, forced Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to install interim leadership for Iran’s executive branch. An Israeli official denied to Reuters the country had any involvement in the deadly crash, saying, bluntly, “it wasn’t us.”
Major Israeli leader threatens to quit over conduct of war
From article:”Gantz – currently also a “minister without portfolio,” a party leader in his own right, a former alternate Israeli prime minister from 2020-2021, and a retired Army general – sharply criticized the conduct of the war, accusing Netanyahu of failing to provide clear leadership. As a result, he said, the war has been allowed to drift off course. “Essential decisions were not made. Essential leadership decisions to ensure victory were not done. A small minority has taken over the command bridge of the Israeli ship of state and is steering her toward the rocks,” Gantz said in a broadside against Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition members, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.”
Top Israel official urges final ultimatum for Hezbollah in Lebanon
From article:”Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for Israel to give Hezbollah a final ultimatum to vacate the border area in southern Lebanon – or face the prospect of IDF invasion to remove them by force. Smotrich, who is also chairman of the Religious Zionism party, made his statement while visiting party colleagues in the country’s north. At the meeting, he also called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a clear announcement on Israel’s long-term security policy – including a plan to deal with Hezbollah, arguing that, if necessary, military action would have to be taken to drive the terrorists deeper into Lebanon.”
Historian: White House ‘Actively Promoting’ Iran’s Noose Around Israel (Video)
From article:”During the seven months since the October 7th Hamas massacre and kidnappings, the Israeli perception of the Biden administration’s relationship with their nation and especially with their prime minister has, for many, been transformed from warm and welcoming to bewildering and hostile. That has been more evident since the early weeks of 2024 when the White House made it clear they would prefer to see Benjamin Netanyahu replaced as prime minister. Later they would even summon coalition member and National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz to Washington to conduct business with Israel without consultation from either party with Netanyahu. In a recent Tablet Magazine article, historian and author Gadi Taub penned a provocative opening paragraph: “In the eyes of the Biden administration, Hamas is the smaller problem (in the Middle East). The bigger problem is Benjamin Netanyahu. The U.S. is willing to live with Iran’s proxies everywhere, as part of its ‘regional integration’ policy – i.e., appeasing Iran. But they are unwilling to live with Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.”
With the fate of Raisi in question, his denial and hatred for Jews and Israel takes the spotlight
From article:”On resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Raisi has been clear in his intentions, stating, “The only solution is a Palestinian state from the river to the sea.'”He has also remarked that the “Zionist regime’s crimes have crossed the redlines, which may force everyone to take action,” in reference to Israeli military actions in Gaza as of October 29.”
Iran’s New Proxy: American Universities The Democrats are sending billions of dollars to Iran who then launder the money back to America to takeover the universities. The dems, FBI, CIA all know this, so this is all part of destroying America! It is right in our faces.
From article:””The deep-pocketed Alavi Foundation has aggressively given away hundreds of thousands of dollars to Columbia University and Rutgers University for Middle Eastern and Persian studies programs that employ professors sympathetic to the Iranian dictatorship…
“In one of the biggest handouts, the controversial charity donated $100,000 to Columbia University after the Ivy League school agreed to host Iranian leader and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the foundation’s 2007 tax filings obtained by The Post.” “We found evidence that the government of Iran really controlled everything about the foundation,” Adam Kaufmann, investigations chief at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told the Post at the time. The Alavi Foundation, according to its website, has indeed funded many of the universities where protests were taking place. The universities include those of the Ivy league, such as Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Rutgers, as well as UCLA and many others. “This is all about Iran laundering their policies through academe,” said Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “And the ivory tower is prostituting itself for money.”
CUNY prof. threatened after waving US flag: ‘They want to destroy America’
From article:”Lax said that the demands aspired toward undermining American institutions in the campus, city, and country. The reason that the protests often blocked bridges and arteries was to destroy American infrastructure and way of life.“They want America destroyed,” said the professor. Lax recalled the anti-Americanism that had been present at the campus encampments in NYC, including chants for “death to America” and the burning of American flags. While counterprotesters (Pro-Israeli) would often wave both Israeli and American flags, he said that the stars and stripes were always absent from the protests and campus occupations. “These people flew the Palestinian flag above City College of New York,” said Lax, having torn down the American flag.”
‘Muslim Terrorists Are in Our Midst’: Florida Imam Calls for Annihilation of All Jews
From article:”Jews — who are “tyrannical” and the “brothers of apes and pigs” — should be “annihilate[d],” according to a Florida Islamic cleric, who also accused Israel’s army of being “worse than the Nazis.” During a sermon at the North Miami Islamic Center in Florida in late April, Imam Dr. Fadi Kablawi called for Allah to support “our oppressed brothers” in Palestine, as well as for the total annihilation of Jews, whom he referred to as “apes and pigs” — a phrase that radical Islamists have historically used to describe Jews. “Oh Allah, annihilate the tyrannical Jews… for they are no match for You,” he said. “Oh Allah, annihilate the brothers of apes and pigs… [and] cut off their seed.”
Jews Are Becoming More, Not Less, Zionist
From article:”Today’s Jewish exodus toward Zionism, however, is not just defensive, even with all the horrors unleashed. As the movement of Jewish national liberation, Zionism remains a construction project, a dream machine. Zionists understand that Jews are a people not just a religion, with millennia-old ties to one particular homeland, and the right to build a state on that homeland.Since establishing that Jewish democratic state in 1948, Zionists defend that state when necessary, but build it, are rebuilt by it, and use their story, those values, to dream about a better tomorrow, always.”
***Israel Declares Independence from Biden This article has to be one of the most shocking and enlightening ones I’ve ever read! It reveals the truth about President Harry Truman and the creation of Israel in 1948. While reading this is article, I was both sad and sickened. Politicians are disgusting, loathsome, revolting creatures of the dark.
From article:”After nearly half a year of pressure campaigns to end the war, the Biden administration followed through by announcing an embargo on offensive weapons to Israel. It’s not the first time. In 1947, the Truman administration had imposed an arms embargo on Israel. Truman, like the current Democrat in the White House, had played a familiar double game, offering diplomatic recognition to Israel and enthusiastic speeches to Jewish voters, even while privately promising Muslims the opposite and making sure that Israel would not have the weapons to defend itself.”
American imam claims that right now, fall of Israel is ‘imminent’ This article is typical Muslim rhetoric about destroying Israel and the Jews. If you notice after 
reading it, there is no mention of any prophetic verses from the Koran quoted about Jerusalem and Israel, while the Bible loaded many prophetic verses and what is going to happen when nations try to destroy Jerusalem and Israel! Please see my brochure titled: The Final Battle Over Jerusalem and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
From article:””So we can begin to change our perspective and not analyze things from a worldly perspective alone, but also drawing in a way of analyzing politics from the lessons of the Quran and the Sunna of the Prophet Muhammad. … The only way we can do this is if we analyze and go back to the raids of the Prophet Muhammad, a genre of the biography of the Prophet Muhammad, which has been largely forgotten by American Muslims in a post 9/11 world. This makes us incapable of addressing war, assessing conflict, when we no longer have knowledge of how the Prophet Muhammad was a warrior.”
The Hadith Of The Stones And The Trees – About The Muslims Killing The Jews Ahead Of The End of Days – In The Hamas Charter And In A Publication Of The Hamas-Affiliated Palestine Scholars AssociationI want you to realize that what is being used my Muslims to justify killing Jews in not the Koran but secondary writing called the Hadithes which were written 250 years after the death of Muhammad. There is virtually no prophecy in the Koran including the rebirth of Israel and Jerusalem. The Bible has the prophecy which is being fulfilled before our eyes and proves it is the Word of God!
From article:”There is currently much discussion of the murderous methods used by Hamas in its October 7, 2023 attack on localities in southern Israel, methods that resemble those of the Islamic State (ISIS) organization in their cruelty and brutality. This article questions whether the religious philosophy of ISIS, especially its perception of its struggle against the infidels as a war that heralds the End of Days, helped radicalize the religious outlook of the Palestine Scholars Association, whose heads are members of Hamas.[1]
The connection between the current jihad against the Jews and the war at the End of Days is mentioned already in Hamas’ 1988 founding Charter. This document presents the war against the Jews as part of ongoing jihad that will not stop until the End of Days, when the Muslims finally kill all the Jews. But today it is pertinent to ask whether there are some who encourage Palestinians to regard their struggle against the Jews as part of an eschatological war that has already begun, and in which the Jews will ultimately be annihilated.
Such influence is perhaps reflected in a document posted on April 16, 2023 on the website of the Palestine Scholars Association that describes the war at the End of Days. Titled “The End of the Jews and the Future of Jerusalem According to the Hadith of the Prophet,” this lengthy document (of about 3,000 words) describes the imminent and complete annihilation of the Jews, first in Palestine and then in the rest of the world. The document is based on several Prophetic hadiths, and thereby presents its message as unassailable truth and as a religious source that must be obeyed. Among the hadiths cited are the abovementioned Hadith of the Stones and the Trees, which is presented as the most important of the traditions mentioned. The document stresses that the Jews know their end is near, and therefore plant many gharqad trees in the places where they live (a claim that is frequently repeated today in educational materials, in propaganda and in the media).[13]
“[Before the founding of the State of Israel,] the hadith [that says that] ‘the hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews’ often gave rise to the following question: How can the Jews even be fought, when they are riff-raff, scattered in groups all over the world, in accordance with what Allah the Almighty said [in Quran 7:168]: ‘ We dispersed them through the land in groups’? They do not form a collective, or have a center where they all congregate together. Nor do they have a state. So how can war be waged against them? But today, the matter has become clear to all: The Jews came from all over the world and congregated in this blessed land [of Palestine]. And that is what the Messenger of Allah, peace and prayers be upon him, meant when he said that ‘the hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews… and the stone and the tree will say, Oh Muslim…’ These words of the Prophet indicate that the Jews will be massacred all together and the land will be purged of their filth – and even those who try to flee for their lives will be pursued. And the fighting will not be only against those who live in the land where the war will take place [i.e., in Palestine]. On the contrary, the Jews will be pursued in every corner of the world, and those who try to hide, the very stones and trees will open their mouths [and reveal their presence].”
