Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

The Balfour Declaration November 1917

In PalestineA national home

Civil and religious rights of Arab inhabitants

A Fudge

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

How long has Middle East Conflict been running?

Since UN inception in 1947India / Pakistan

Actually even longer than that!

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

What solutions have been suggested?

From 1932 -2012

Partition The Land

Balfour Declaration Implicit – Land to be divided

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

1937 the Peel Commission1938 St James Conference May 1939 The MacDonald White Paper

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

April 1946 Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry7 February 1947 British Mandate to be terminated3 September 1947 Partition with Economic Union

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

1978 September Camp David Accords 1988 PLO published Palestinian Declaration of Independence 1991 October 30th Madrid Conference

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

1993 Oslo Accord – Partition the land1995 Oslo 2 Accord 2002 June The Road Map

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

Drive Israel Into The Sea 1947 (and often thereafter) Arab warnings and threats of massacre

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

Does this history engender confidence?

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some History

2007 Tony Blair – Middle East Peace Envoy 2011 September - Tony Blair's job in jeopardy as Palestinians accuse him of bias

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some Recent News

12-Dec-12 Prime Minister David Cameron “I am a passionate friend of Israel ”12-Dec-12 Israel Today - Israeli Foreign Minister “This one-sided position taken by the EU …”Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority was not pleased with Europe's tone

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Let’s Consider Some Recent News

2-3 Year Old “Arab Spring”

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

August 13 2013

“Arab Spring Countries Find Peace Is Harder Than Revolution”

“In many ways, the Arab Spring has revealed and exacerbated deep societal splits, between secularists and Islamists and between different religious sects.”

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

The Bible Speaks Of Peace In The Middle East

Isaiah 52:9Isaiah 65:18

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?The “Christmas Message”

Luke 1:32-33

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

But Orchestrated By God – Not Man

Daniel 4:17

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

But Conflict First

Zechariah 12:2-3 Zechariah 12:9

Is Peace In The Middle East Politically Possible?

Are You Ready?

Matthew 4:17