[Oman-l] Understanding the current Israeli-Palestinian fighting

[Franklin Wayne Poley]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 WeAlsoWalk@aol.com wrote:

> Many thanks to BaaboodA for sharing with us Gershon Baskin's ideas in 
> Negotiating the Settlements  The Success of Right-Wing Political Entrapment 
> Against Peace.  This is a very enlightening thesis.  He tells us about the 
> "settlement clusters:"
> "The new concept is: settlement clusters.  As opposed to “settlement blocs”  
> concentrated Israeli settlements alongside the Green Line which could be 
> annexed to the pre-1967 borders, the concept of  “settlement clusters” 
> refers to groups of more isolated settlements in the heart of the Palestinian 
> territories becoming islands of Israeli sovereignty once annexed by Israel."
> I wonder if anyone might agree with me that these clusters might be likened 
> to a fig tree putting forth its branches.  Young tender shoots?   Isreal is 
> often referred to as a fig tree in parable.  Yes, yes, I am reading my bible 
> and looking at eschatalogical themes.

Tele-evangelist Jack Van Impe draws heavily on the "fig tree" quote from
the NT. As far as eschatology is concerned there are those who see the
present Israel-Palestine "mini-war" as a prelude to the Apocalypse. Do you
agree?
FWP

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