Thunderian
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I'm starting a new thread because this topic has become very broad.
Today, Bahrain became the second Arab nation, after United Arab Emirates, to establish open relations with Israel, and, for a lot of reasons, this is a very big deal. There are a few other Islamic countries said to be near making peace with the object of their age-old hatred, Israel, including Oman, Sudan and Morocco. Saudi Arabia will most likely be on the list of those who publicly bury the hatchet with Israel very soon, as they have already opened their airspace to Israeli aircraft.
One of the biggest reasons why these peace deals are such an enormous deal is that the Palestinian issue, long a hindrance to peace between Israel and her neighbours, has apparently been sidestepped for the sake of peace elsewhere. And while a permanent settling of Palestinian grievances against Israel isn't a condition of these peace deals, this will mean, at least, that Israelis and Arabs are sitting down and building real relationships with each other. I'm of the mind that peace will lead to peace, and friendship will lead to friendship, but I'm sure others disagree.
My view of Bible prophecy told me that peace would come to the Middle East soon. But it's one thing to believe something by faith, and very much another to watch it happen in front of my own eyes. I'm interested in the view of those who don't have any eschatological influences, or perhaps Islamic ones. What do you make of all this? What's going to happen next?
Today, Bahrain became the second Arab nation, after United Arab Emirates, to establish open relations with Israel, and, for a lot of reasons, this is a very big deal. There are a few other Islamic countries said to be near making peace with the object of their age-old hatred, Israel, including Oman, Sudan and Morocco. Saudi Arabia will most likely be on the list of those who publicly bury the hatchet with Israel very soon, as they have already opened their airspace to Israeli aircraft.
One of the biggest reasons why these peace deals are such an enormous deal is that the Palestinian issue, long a hindrance to peace between Israel and her neighbours, has apparently been sidestepped for the sake of peace elsewhere. And while a permanent settling of Palestinian grievances against Israel isn't a condition of these peace deals, this will mean, at least, that Israelis and Arabs are sitting down and building real relationships with each other. I'm of the mind that peace will lead to peace, and friendship will lead to friendship, but I'm sure others disagree.
My view of Bible prophecy told me that peace would come to the Middle East soon. But it's one thing to believe something by faith, and very much another to watch it happen in front of my own eyes. I'm interested in the view of those who don't have any eschatological influences, or perhaps Islamic ones. What do you make of all this? What's going to happen next?