RAMALLAH, ISRAEL - In a larger than expected turnout, 1.5 million eligible Palestinian voters, went to the polls for the first time in ten years to vote on the new Palestinian parliament in what many world leaders are calling an historic vote for the Palestinian people.
The two big winners in the election of 132 Palestinian parliament members were the Fatah party and the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas, who participated in national elections for leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the very first time. Unofficial results show that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party survived the challenge by Hamas to take control of the Palestinian legislative body, a result that was being watched very closely by the United Nations, the US, and the European Union.
World leaders, who are not comfortable with this terrorist group leading a group of people, immediately exerted pressure on the group to recognize Israel and renounce violence as a precondition for support.
"You cannot have one foot in politics and another in terror," said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding that for the United States, Hamas is still a terrorist organization.
"The whole of the international community has the responsibility to accept the outcome of any fair and democratic election," said British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. "But in this case Hamas has a clear responsibility to understand that with democracy goes a rejection of violence."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman stated, "We can only do business with people who renounce terrorism."
"It is a very, very, very bad result," Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said.
In the Muslim world, some were jubilant. Hamas' win topped the news on state-run radio in Iran.
"Hamas' victory heralds a change in the entire region. This symbolizes that Islamic groups are getting successful," said Pakistani official Liaqat Baluch.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas responded to the election results with a veiled warning to Hamas. "The Palestinian Authority is a signatory to several international agreements, and any government established in the future will be required to implement them," he said. "This is the only way to end the occupation and to gain the support of the international community."
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
The historic election of a Palestinian parliament to lead the Palestinian Authority (PA) into the future is evidence that the prophetic scenario for the Palestinian people that is found in Bible prophecy is closer to fulfillment than ever before.
The last election held by the PA in Israel was in 1996, some ten years ago, and at a time when the present Palestinian parliament was elected along with Yasser Arafat and his election to be chairman of the PA. Arafat is gone, and Mahmoud Abbas, his right-hand man for over 40 years, is the head of the PA and has watched his own political party, Fatah, lose ground to the rival Hamas political party in the newly elected Palestinian parliament. This report is tangible evidence that the ancient Jewish prophets could predict the End Times.
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Malachi, and Obadiah all spoke of the descendants of Esau, the Palestinian people of today, that these descendants would come back to power after almost 2,000 years and become a major world player; that's found in Jeremiah 49, Ezekiel 35, Malachi 1, and the book of Obadiah. These historic Palestinian elections which have placed Hamas in control of the Palestinian Authority do indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.
The two big winners in the election of 132 Palestinian parliament members were the Fatah party and the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas, who participated in national elections for leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the very first time. Unofficial results show that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party survived the challenge by Hamas to take control of the Palestinian legislative body, a result that was being watched very closely by the United Nations, the US, and the European Union.
World leaders, who are not comfortable with this terrorist group leading a group of people, immediately exerted pressure on the group to recognize Israel and renounce violence as a precondition for support.
"You cannot have one foot in politics and another in terror," said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, adding that for the United States, Hamas is still a terrorist organization.
"The whole of the international community has the responsibility to accept the outcome of any fair and democratic election," said British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. "But in this case Hamas has a clear responsibility to understand that with democracy goes a rejection of violence."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman stated, "We can only do business with people who renounce terrorism."
"It is a very, very, very bad result," Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said.
In the Muslim world, some were jubilant. Hamas' win topped the news on state-run radio in Iran.
"Hamas' victory heralds a change in the entire region. This symbolizes that Islamic groups are getting successful," said Pakistani official Liaqat Baluch.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas responded to the election results with a veiled warning to Hamas. "The Palestinian Authority is a signatory to several international agreements, and any government established in the future will be required to implement them," he said. "This is the only way to end the occupation and to gain the support of the international community."
Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News
The historic election of a Palestinian parliament to lead the Palestinian Authority (PA) into the future is evidence that the prophetic scenario for the Palestinian people that is found in Bible prophecy is closer to fulfillment than ever before.
The last election held by the PA in Israel was in 1996, some ten years ago, and at a time when the present Palestinian parliament was elected along with Yasser Arafat and his election to be chairman of the PA. Arafat is gone, and Mahmoud Abbas, his right-hand man for over 40 years, is the head of the PA and has watched his own political party, Fatah, lose ground to the rival Hamas political party in the newly elected Palestinian parliament. This report is tangible evidence that the ancient Jewish prophets could predict the End Times.
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Malachi, and Obadiah all spoke of the descendants of Esau, the Palestinian people of today, that these descendants would come back to power after almost 2,000 years and become a major world player; that's found in Jeremiah 49, Ezekiel 35, Malachi 1, and the book of Obadiah. These historic Palestinian elections which have placed Hamas in control of the Palestinian Authority do indeed set the stage for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.