BELGIUM - Global Battle Against Radical Islam
Foreign Minister Israel Katz addressed the European Union Foreign Ministers Council in Brussels to discuss two main issues; return of hostages and Israeli security.
Katz is the first Israeli foreign minister to address the EU’s foreign affairs council since Yair Lapid traveled to Brussels in July 2021. Former foreign minister Eli Cohen met with senior EU officials and with EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell last May to mend ties but did not address the council.
Katz said, “We are in a global battle against radical Islam, led by Iran and its proxies, targeting Israel, our Arab allies, and the broader free world, including Europe. Israel stands at the forefront of this fight.”
Addressing the ‘day after,’ Katz told the European ministers, “Our goal is clear: the demilitarization and stabilization of Gaza, with Israel maintaining security control to protect our people. Achieving this will open doors to new regional opportunities, allowing us to foster economic and humanitarian initiatives that benefit everyone, including the people of Gaza.”
Katz stressed that rehabilitating Gaza can only come after Hamas is eliminated and Israeli hostages held in Gaza are freed.
-www.jpost.com, 22 January 2024
Arno's Commentary
Rehabilitating Gaza seems all but impossible because of the radicalization of Islamic fundamentalists, who have no intention to cease fighting against Israel at any cost. If they get killed, they are told they have guaranteed reservations in heaven.
Mr. Borrell, the European commissioner, stated: “We have to stop talking about peace and start talking more concretely about the two-state solution. Because peace could take many forms.” That is quite revealing. Peace is ceasing from violence in any shape, way, or form. The two-state solution theory has been proven disastrous over and over again.
We have to look facts straight in the eyes. Before Israel’s withdrawal on 22 September 2005, over 9,000 Israeli citizens were living in subdivisions within Gaza. Instead of developing Gaza, Hamas did everything in their power to indoctrinate the people that better times will only come when the Jews are dead; thus, the tragedy of 7 October 2023.
Will there be peace? The prophet Jeremiah declares: “In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness” (Jeremiah 33:16).
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
