Josephine Levin: ISRAEL CAN ONLY DEPEND ON OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN

Sun shining through the clouds over Jerusalem - photo by Josephine Levin

           

        Daily Israel is bombarded with two messages. One message is that Iran that has publicly called for the total destruction of Israel and the Jewish people has or will soon have nuclear weapons of mass destruction. In fact, according to a recent Jerusalem Post article, the Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for the destruction of Israel to take place before the year 2014! The second message is that whatever Israel decides to do–just do not strike at Iran!

            Last year John Bolton, the former Bush administration ambassador to the UN, said Israel had only until August 21, 2010 to stop Iran. This was the date that Russia would begin loading nuclear fuel rods into the Iranian reactor. After that Mr. Bolton claimed the situation would be at the point of no return because any attack that would occur after the rods were loaded into the reactor would cause radiation to escape into the atmosphere and possibly into the waters of the Persian Gulf. Mr. Bolton claimed that Israel's prior strikes on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak 1981and the attack on the Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 took place before the nuclear fuel rods were loaded into the reactors.

            Has Israel really had the opportunity to strike at Iran but missed it? Here are some facts: The shortest route for Israeli planes to strike at Iran is to fly over Jordan and Iraq to Iran. Since 1991 the US operated a no-fly zone over Iraq and no one could enter these skies without the express permission of the United States, So If Israel missed the opportunity to strike at Iran before it would be too late, then who in fact is to blame for this? Surely Mr. Bolton must have known that Israel would have needed the permission of the United States to fly over Iraq to attack Iran. At the end of 2011 the official agreement between the US and Iraq that allowed for this no‑fly zone was due to expire and so there is speculation that now Israel may strike at Iran. Iran has stated that no matter who attacks them they will retaliate against Israel. They are now also threatening a pre-emptive strike if they determine their enemies are planning to harm them.  

            An Israeli strike today that might result in environmental radiation contamination or other damage to the Persian Gulf would not only stop the flow of oil out of Iran, but also could hamper the flow of oil from Iraq, Saudi Arabia and all the other oil rich countries on the Persian Gulf. This might bring about an apocalyptical scenario where all the nations of the world will not only condemn Israel at the UN, but might send foreign troops here and/or even attack Israel. It might be that Israel will have no choice and will go this route to destroy Iran's nuclear program and be willing to face the consequences.

            Israel today has to try first of all to figure out a way to strike at the Iranian nuclear infrastructure without harming any of the surrounding oil rich Gulf nations. In other words the world could survive without Iranian oil, but not without the oil from Iraq, Saudi Arabia and all the other oil rich Gulf countries. There have been some mysterious explosions and assassinations and plane crashes that killed Russian and Iranian nuclear scientists who were working on the Iranian bomb. Also there have been attacks by a Stuxnet virus that crippled Iranian computer systems connected to their nuclear program. Perhaps a technical way will be found to permanently shut down Iran's nuclear program.

            The only other real hope Israel has is that G-d might do something to stop Iran by some kind of natural disaster. Iran is one of the most earthquake prone countries on the face of the earth. Iran could experience massive earthquakes and tsunamis that could destroy their reactors. Ironically, Japan had promised to build earthquake proof nuclear reactors in Iran (Teheran Times July 2, 1010; NewsOnJapan.com), but in March, 2011, Japan was struck with a massive earthquake and tsunami that crippled its own nuclear reactor at Fukashima. Japan is still battling to save its crippled reactor and so far has not built the promised nuclear reactors in Iran.

            Iran also has several dormant volcanoes that could erupt. Mt. Damavand,

located 50 kilometers northeast of Teheran, is cone shaped and is the highest mountain in Iran and in the Middle East. Even though it is silent, steamy gasses still pour out of its crater and there are hot springs in the area.

Also, G-d could judge and punish Russia and all the other nations aiding Iran by sending earthquakes, bad weather, flooding, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, etc. Volcanic eruptions that darken the skies can also make no-fly zones like those that happened with the eruptions of the Icelandic volcano in 2010. A massive solar eruption could shut down electrical grids and/or the Internet. Last, but not least, our great G-d could do something else known only to Himself to save Israel and all of mankind from a war with weapons of mass destruction.

In truth Israel can depend on no one but our Father in heaven.