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 unloading 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 unloaded 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 unloaded into the reactors.
Has Israel really had the opportunity to strike at Iran but missed it? Here are the facts: Since 1991 the US has operated a no-fly zone over Iraq and no one can 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 need the permission of the United States to fly over Iraq to attack Iran. The shortest route for Israel to strike at Iran is to fly over Iraq. At the end of this month the official agreement between the US and Iraq of 2008 that allows for this nofly zone is due to expire and there is speculation that if the nofly zone over Iraq is removed then Israel might strike at Iran. Is it a coincidence that this nofly zone has been in operation until the Iranians have or are about to have a nuclear bomb? Iran has stated that no matter who attacks them they will retaliate against Israel.
During the Gulf War of 1991 Israel was attacked by more than 40 scuds fired by Saddam Hussein from Iraq and not once was Israel able to retaliate because the United States would not supply Israel with "friendly" codes for the US AIWACS so that Israeli planes would not be shot down over the Gulf. Those of us who were here during the Gulf War and spent a lot of time in sealed rooms, putting gas masks on our children, while our country was not allowed to defend itself will never forget this. Israeli planes apparently took off at least 5 times to defend our nation that was under attack by Iraqi SCUD missiles and Moshe Ahrens who was then Minister of Defense revealed that he had to call our planes back, as they would have been shot down by American forces over the Gulf. We were like sitting ducks with no one to defend us except the Lord our G-d, the Creator of the universe, and in fact so many miracles took place at that time that even the most secular and non-believing Israelis began to take notice. Only one person was directly killed by a SCUD. In a Ramat Gan apartment that was totally destroyed was found an infant lying unharmed in a crib - like Daniel in the Lion's Den. There were many more stories of miracles that took place in Israel during the Gulf War.
We in Israel see that with few exceptions the entire world has moved against us and anti-Semitism is as high if not higher than the years preceding the Second World War. Only 66 years after the Holocaust the world is setting us up for another one. In the entire European Union we have only one friend Czechoslovakia. Italy has also been one of our only friends but this may change with the new political realities in Italy.
During the Second World War Hitler's African Corps under his general Rommel were only a few hours away from entering Jerusalem. Rabbis in Jerusalem called on the people en masse to enter the synagogues and pray that Jerusalem and Israel would not fall to the evil Nazis and their prayers were answered. Rommel's forces were defeated by Montgomery November 11, 1942 and in fact it has been recorded that all kinds of weather also helped stop Rommel at the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt.
I do not know what the Rock of Israel is going to do to protect us but Iran is one of the most seismically active regions in the world and has had and can have major earthquakes of mass destruction. Also, punishing weather, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, etc. are being experienced by many of the nations that seek to destroy us. The LORD our G-d also twice created a no-fly zone over European skies with the eruption of the Icelandic volcano. In 2010 Japan agreed to build 5 earthquake proof nuclear reactors in Iran. In March, 2011 Japan was struck by a major earthquake and tsunami that damaged the so called earthquake proof Japanese reactors and there was a meltdown at Fukashima which is still not under control.
Iran has stated more than once that no matter who strikes at them they will retaliate against Israel.
According to our biblical prophesies we have been brought back here by HaShem from the four corners of the world to prepare for the coming of the Kingdom of G-d on the earth and not to be exterminated by those who hate us. As a woman of faith in the Kadosh Baruch Hu I can sleep at night here in Jerusalem putting my trust totally in HaShem. A G-d who parted the Red Sea can do anything. In truth we can depend on no one but our Father in heaven.
