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[[File:Middle east pol-1.jpg|thumb|Political map of the Middle East]] | |||
The conflict in the Middle East is a complex situation that seems to defy solution. This paper provides a spiritual background to inspire illumined prayer and spiritual work for divine solutions to come forth in the Middle East conflict. The information is from the teachings of [[Mark L. Prophet]] and [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]], [[messenger]]s for the [[ascended master]]s. The masters have been speaking about the spiritual equation in the Middle East through their messengers since the 1960s. Their teachings embody universal truths, but they were also delivered in the context of events occurring in the world at that time. We can each ponder their application to the events of today. | The conflict in the Middle East is a complex situation that seems to defy solution. This paper provides a spiritual background to inspire illumined prayer and spiritual work for divine solutions to come forth in the Middle East conflict. The information is from the teachings of [[Mark L. Prophet]] and [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]], [[messenger]]s for the [[ascended master]]s. The masters have been speaking about the spiritual equation in the Middle East through their messengers since the 1960s. Their teachings embody universal truths, but they were also delivered in the context of events occurring in the world at that time. We can each ponder their application to the events of today. | ||
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This strife augmented by so many divisions and so many individuals seeking power within the Middle East has long been considered the trump card of the fallen ones. If all else fails, they intend to explode that condition in the Middle East.... | This strife augmented by so many divisions and so many individuals seeking power within the Middle East has long been considered the trump card of the fallen ones. If all else fails, they intend to explode that condition in the Middle East.... | ||
Beloved ones, the entire Middle East is a setup. It is a setup of the fallen ones and the conspiracy of the fallen ones. Precious hearts of light, America is the Promised Land. It is the place prepared for the sons and daughters of God. Who are, then, the usurpers who would attempt to manipulate real estate, land, wealth, oil, and all of the resources? Those among both Arabs and Jews and those who are the impostors of both moving among them, for the fallen ones have also embodied among the Arabs and the Jews to take advantage of that karma that has existed between them.<ref>Lord Shiva, March 12, 1978, {{POWref|21|38}}</ref> | Beloved ones, the entire Middle East is a setup. It is a setup of the fallen ones and the conspiracy of the fallen ones. Precious hearts of light, America is the Promised Land. It is the place prepared for the [[sons and daughters of God]]. Who are, then, the usurpers who would attempt to manipulate real estate, land, wealth, oil, and all of the resources? Those among both Arabs and Jews and those who are the impostors of both moving among them, for the fallen ones have also embodied among the Arabs and the Jews to take advantage of that karma that has existed between them.<ref>Lord Shiva, March 12, 1978, {{POWref|21|38}}</ref> | ||
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There is right and wrong on all sides of the Middle East conflict. There are people of light on all sides and in all nations, just as there are fallen ones in every nation involved in the conflict.<ref>Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “Teachings of the Mother of the World,” June 14, 1982.</ref> The situation is worsened by the intensity of the emotions that arise in this part of the world. Hatred and anger become blinding and eventually produce insanity that outpictures on the world scene. | There is right and wrong on all sides of the Middle East conflict. There are people of light on all sides and in all nations, just as there are fallen ones in every nation involved in the conflict.<ref>Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “Teachings of the Mother of the World,” June 14, 1982.</ref> The situation is worsened by the intensity of the emotions that arise in this part of the world. Hatred and anger become blinding and eventually produce insanity that outpictures on the world scene. | ||
On April 8, 1982, [[Archangel Uriel]] explained that the Middle East is where “the laggard generations have gathered for their final war of Gog and Magog | On April 8, 1982, [[Archangel Uriel]] explained that the Middle East is where “the laggard generations have gathered for their final war of Gog and Magog.” He said: | ||
<blockquote>Let those forces gather—but gather ye not and support neither the Right nor the Left but walk in the way of the Branch. Walk in the way of the righteous Branch and do not allow yourself to be drawn into the conflict of these fallen ones as they rival with one another in their blindness for the conquest of the world!<ref>Archangel Uriel, April 8, 1982, {{POWref|25|23}} At the time this dictation was delivered, confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians were escalating on the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. A major Palestinian arms buildup sighted in southern Lebanon threatened to break the 9-month-old cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon. Thirty-two days later it was broken, and on June 6 Israel launched a full-scale invasion of southern Lebanon.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Let those forces gather—but gather ye not and support neither the Right nor the Left but walk in the way of the Branch. Walk in the way of the righteous Branch and do not allow yourself to be drawn into the conflict of these fallen ones as they rival with one another in their blindness for the conquest of the world!<ref>Archangel Uriel, April 8, 1982, {{POWref|25|23}} At the time this dictation was delivered, confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians were escalating on the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. A major Palestinian arms buildup sighted in southern Lebanon threatened to break the 9-month-old cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon. Thirty-two days later it was broken, and on June 6 Israel launched a full-scale invasion of southern Lebanon.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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The Palestinians are displaced persons. And so they were living in Syria, in Jordan. They have been kicked out of these areas and they have made their home in Lebanon, where they have built their stronghold in defense of their cause, which is a just cause. And this is the problem of the entire situation. | The Palestinians are displaced persons. And so they were living in Syria, in Jordan. They have been kicked out of these areas and they have made their home in Lebanon, where they have built their stronghold in defense of their cause, which is a just cause. And this is the problem of the entire situation. | ||
The Palestinians need a homeland. Their homeland has been stripped from them by the people of Israel.<ref>In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a plan that divided the former British mandate of Palestine into two states: one majority Arab and one majority Jewish. The Palestinian Arabs rejected the plan and attacked Jewish civilian areas and paramilitary targets. Following Israel’s declaration of independence in May 1948, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Transjordan attacked the new state of Israel, but Israeli forces soundly defeated the Arab armies, and Israel took control of much of the territory that would have been allocated to the Arab state. During the war, 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled from their homes or were expelled by Zionist militias. Many refugees from the war expected to return once the fighting had ceased, but Israel made it illegal for them to return and brought in Jewish settlers to occupy the abandoned houses. | The Palestinians need a homeland. Their homeland has been stripped from them by the people of Israel.<ref>In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a plan that divided the former British mandate of Palestine into two states: one majority Arab and one majority Jewish. The Palestinian Arabs rejected the plan and attacked Jewish civilian areas and paramilitary targets. Following Israel’s declaration of independence in May 1948, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Transjordan attacked the new state of Israel, but Israeli forces soundly defeated the Arab armies, and Israel took control of much of the territory that would have been allocated to the Arab state. During the war, 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled from their homes or were expelled by Zionist militias. Many refugees from the war expected to return once the fighting had ceased, but Israel made it illegal for them to return and brought in Jewish settlers to occupy the abandoned houses. An event that accelerated the Palestinian exodus was the April 14, 1948, attack on Deir Yassin, an Arab village near Jerusalem, carried out by Irgun, a Jewish terrorist organization. The attackers “killed most of its inhabitants—240 men, women, and children—and kept a few of them alive to parade as captives through the streets of Jerusalem” (Isidore Abramowitz et al., letter to the ''New York Times'', published December 4, 1948, quoted by the messenger, July 18, 1982). Irgun also carried out attacks on the British administration in Palestine, including bombing the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, resulting in 91 deaths. Another wave of Palestinians fled as refugees during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In the decades following the war, taking of Palestinian lands to build Jewish settlements accelerated, and by the late 1980s, the Israeli government had taken about 40% of the land that had been occupied by Palestinians on the West Bank. For a comprehensive legal analysis of the taking of Palestinian land, see Stacy Howett, “Palestinian Private Property Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories,” '''Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law''', 34:1, November 2000. [https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol34/iss1/3/ https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol34/iss1/3/]. This taking of Palestinian land continues today. For contemporary accounts, see: Norwegian Refugee Council, “[https://www.nrc.no/news/2023/august/west-bank-entire-palestinian-communities-disappeared-due-to-israeli-settler-violence/ West Bank: Entire Palestinian communities disappeared due to Israeli settler violence]”; Al Jazeera, “[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/20/silent-annexation-settlers-dispossess-west-bank-bedouins-amid-israel-war ‘Silent annexation’: Settlers dispossess West Bank Bedouins amid Israel war]”; Wikipedia, “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_demolition_of_Palestinian_property Israeli demolition of Palestinian property]”; UN OCHA, “[https://www.ochaopt.org/data/demolition Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank]”; and Isabel DeBre, “[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-ramps-up-demolition-of-palestinian-homes-in-jerusalem Israel ramps up demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem],” AP/PBS.</ref> And therefore, because the whole world has neglected to hear their cause or give a just and lasting answer, they have taken it upon themselves to form their Palestine Liberation Organization with Yasser Arafat at the head, which has become militant. You always get fallen ones in the midst who will then ruin the very cause and image of the just cause of the people. And therefore, on all sides there is right and wrong—human relativity.<ref>Elizabeth Clare Prophet, lecture on Israel, July 1, 1982.</ref> | ||
An event that accelerated the Palestinian exodus was the April 14, 1948, attack on Deir Yassin, an Arab village near Jerusalem, carried out by Irgun, a Jewish terrorist organization. The attackers “killed most of its inhabitants—240 men, women, and children—and kept a few of them alive to parade as captives through the streets of Jerusalem” (Isidore Abramowitz et al., letter to the ''New York Times'', published December 4, 1948, quoted by the messenger, July 18, 1982). Irgun also carried out attacks on the British administration in Palestine, including bombing the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, resulting in 91 deaths. Another wave of Palestinians fled as refugees during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In the decades following the war, taking of Palestinian lands to build Jewish settlements accelerated, and by the late 1980s, the Israeli government had taken about 40% of the land that had been occupied by Palestinians on the West Bank. | |||
For a comprehensive legal analysis of the taking of Palestinian land, see Stacy Howett, “Palestinian Private Property Rights in Israel and the Occupied Territories,” '''Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law''', 34:1, November 2000. [https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol34/iss1/3/ https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol34/iss1/3/]. | |||
This taking of Palestinian land continues today. For contemporary accounts, see: Norwegian Refugee Council, “[https://www.nrc.no/news/2023/august/west-bank-entire-palestinian-communities-disappeared-due-to-israeli-settler-violence/ West Bank: Entire Palestinian communities disappeared due to Israeli settler violence]”; Al Jazeera, “[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/20/silent-annexation-settlers-dispossess-west-bank-bedouins-amid-israel-war ‘Silent annexation’: Settlers dispossess West Bank Bedouins amid Israel war]”; Wikipedia, “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_demolition_of_Palestinian_property Israeli demolition of Palestinian property]”; UN OCHA, “[https://www.ochaopt.org/data/demolition Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank]”; and Isabel DeBre, “[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-ramps-up-demolition-of-palestinian-homes-in-jerusalem Israel ramps up demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem],” AP/PBS.</ref> And therefore, because the whole world has neglected to hear their cause or give a just and lasting answer, they have taken it upon themselves to form their Palestine Liberation Organization with Yasser Arafat at the head, which has become militant. You always get fallen ones in the midst who will then ruin the very cause and image of the just cause of the people. And therefore, on all sides there is right and wrong—human relativity.<ref>Elizabeth Clare Prophet, lecture on Israel, July 1, 1982.</ref> | |||
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