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| ''Conflict between Israel and the Palestinians dates back in modern times to the early twentieth century—but actually much farther than that when the karmic origins are understood. A major turning point in that conflict was the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon on June 6, 1982, attacking Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) forces there. The following article is based on lectures given by Elizabeth Clare Prophet in July 1982, and thus does not address more recent developments in the conflict.''
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| == Origins of conflict in the Middle East ==
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| On April 23, 1969, the [[Dark Cycle]] of returning world karma began because the [[Karmic Board]] determined that the hate and hate creation, the fighting in the Middle East was such—and both sides were relentless—that the only way to stop planetary war was to unleash the returning action of mankind’s individual karma.
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| When karma is returned at an accelerated rate—that karma which had been held back out of the mercy and grace of the dispensation of the Lord [[Jesus Christ]]—it is like pouring a barrel of molasses over the planet. It puts sticky stuff in everyone’s gears and makes everyone slow down. It reduces the ability of every single person on the planet to act, because when the karma descends, it descends like the sun that shines on the just and the unjust.
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| And so, due to the [[laggard evolutions]] in the Middle East, those evolutions who have fought these same wars to the very death of their planet—as you all know the planet which is called [[Maldek]], the asteroid belt between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]], is the remnant of the fighting of the very same forces that are fighting today in the Middle East—we can see in their fighting and in their manifestation that they have no regard for the United States or for the innocent people of Lebanon. They only have the regard of their own power and their own superstate which they desire to build.
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| Therefore, the more the years progress, the more that we see that there is a ruthlessness and a disregard for the principles of Christ in the behavior of Israel, in the behavior of the Arabs and in the behavior of the PLO. We see nests, therefore, of [[fallen one]]s. And in their midst here and there we also see lightbearers and a new generation of children of the light who are the victims of this needless slaughter.
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| And therefore, we come together because we realize that this thing is going to roll along in a state of compromise and betrayal by the fallen ones in every nation, until it so expands and so increases that it will result in planetary war or it will result in the destruction of economies or cataclysm itself.
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| The Karmic Board has considered for many years that the laggard lifewaves who have settled in that Middle East area are the biggest single threat to world peace and the incoming [[golden age]]. And therefore, unless we put our attention on it and understand it thoroughly, the history of it, the causes and cores of this situation in the making, nothing will happen.
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| We have seen in our experience in tackling world situations, that unless we go in with full force, examination, and our manifestos on the subject, nothing changes. When every dedicated [[Keeper of the Flame]] on the planet gets the message, studies it, makes it his cause, and gives the [[decree]]s, then we have our victories.
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| == History of Palestine ==
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| The current conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians revolves around claims to the territory that each group calls its homeland—Palestine. Known to the ancient Hebrews as the “Land of Canaan,” Palestine derives its name from the Philistines, a people who occupied the southern coastal part of the country in the twelfth century <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. In approximately 1250 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., under [[Joshua]], the Israelites conquered and inhabited Canaan. It was the fulfillment of the promise of God to [[Abraham]]. A Hebrew kingdom—established in 1000 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.—was divided into the kingdoms of Israel (to the north) and Judah (to the south) after the reign of Solomon. | | The current conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians revolves around claims to the territory that each group calls its homeland—Palestine. Known to the ancient Hebrews as the “Land of Canaan,” Palestine derives its name from the Philistines, a people who occupied the southern coastal part of the country in the twelfth century <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. In approximately 1250 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., under [[Joshua]], the Israelites conquered and inhabited Canaan. It was the fulfillment of the promise of God to [[Abraham]]. A Hebrew kingdom—established in 1000 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.—was divided into the kingdoms of Israel (to the north) and Judah (to the south) after the reign of Solomon. |
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