Israel Warns World War III May be Biblical War of Gog
and Magog
7 Cheshvan 5768, 19 October 07 04:58
by Ezra HaLevi
(IsraelNN.com) US President George W. Bush said a nuclear Iran
would mean World War III. Israeli newscasts featured Gog &
Magog maps of the likely alignment of nations in that potential
conflict.
Channel 2 and Channel 10 TV showed the world map, sketching the
basic alignment of the two opposing axes in a coming world war, in
a manner evoking associations of the Gog and Magog prophecy for
many viewers. The prophecy of Gog and Magog refers to a great world
war centered on the Holy Land and Jerusalem and first appears in
the book of Yechezkel (Ezekiel).
On one side were Israel, the United States, Britain, France and
Germany. On the other were Iran, Russia, China, Syria and North
Korea.
US President Bush said Wednesday during a press conference that
Iran attaining nuclear weapons raises the risk of "World War
III."
"If Iran had a nuclear weapon, it'd be a dangerous threat to world
peace," Bush said. "So I told people that if you're interested in
avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested
[in preventing a nuclear Iran]
I take the threat of Iran with a
nuclear weapon very seriously.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iran Tuesday and slammed
the USs refusal to rule out the use of force against Irans
nuclear project. "Not only should we reject the use of force, but
also the mention of force as a possibility," he said.
Russia has blocked tougher UN sanctions in the UN Security Council,
where it has veto power. The Russian president asserts that there
is no evidence Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons rather than a
peaceful nuclear power program.
Israels Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called for a new Security
Council resolution against Iran at a press conference following her
meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday. "I
do believe there is a need for another Security Council
resolution, she told reporters. In the past, the need to get
everybody on board - including Russia and China - led to some
compromises on the nature of the sanctions. I hope this will not be
the case this time."
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday a sudden trip to
Moscow Thursday morning, where he will meet with Putin about Iran.
Other topics of discussion will reportedly be Russias continued
supply of weapons to Syria, which have then made their way into the
hands of various terrorist groups based there as well.
