JD: Ken what’s going on as it relates to Syria? Very high ranking political leader made the statement this week they are ready to attack Israel unless Israel withdraws from the Golan Heights meanwhile the United States wants to endorse the fact Israel has sovereignty over the Golan Heights. What’s happening?
KT: Frankly a bit of a surprise because the Syrians have generally refrained from this kind outrageous rhetoric forever. They just don’t tend to engage in it because they know the Israeli’s have a very long arm and are capable of reaching deep into Syria with airstrikes to punish them or punish people who are threatening Israel. So it was very surprising to see Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad submit an official warning to the head of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization warning that if the US recognized Israel sovereignty or to start with Israel asserted its sovereignty over the Golan that Syria would respond militarily against Israel. I think this is frankly a dangerous ploy on the part of the Syrians.
I believe the Israeli’s have clearly got the upper hand militarily. They’ve been installed on the Golan ever since the 73 war. They need the Golan Heights strategically because they saw in 73 exactly what happens when they don’t have the Golan Heights, when an enemy force is on the Golan above Israel looking down onto the Galilee very very dangerous for them. So I don’t see the Israeli’s giving up the Golan and the US has in fact suggested that they would support Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
JD: Ken Timmerman with the details behind the Syrian threat to attack Israel unless the Jewish State withdraws from the Golan Heights.
We report this information because it is setting the stage
for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
The threat on Israel to attack the Jewish State if they
don’t withdraw all Israeli’s from the Golan Heights is the most dangerous
statement that Syria has made in the Israeli-Syrian conflict. Syria lost the
Golan Heights to Israel in the Six-Day War in 1967 in 1973 they lost again. Now
President Bashar al-Assad wants to avenge his father’s military failures and
will militarily move to bring the Golan Heights once again under Syrian sovereignty.
Assad’s desires are not smart either politically or militarily. However, this
warning to Israel and the impending attack fits the prophetic scenario that is
found in Daniel chapter 11 and Isaiah chapter 17. These are two prophecies that
could be fulfilled in the very near future.
