I would suggest reading Psalms 83 in relation to this article
Jerusalem Post
Apr. 2, 2009
Despite indications that indirect talks between Syria and Israel are soon to be back on track, Syrian President Bashar Assad struck a militant tone on Thursday, regarding one of the more contentious issues in negotiations, saying that either through war or through peace, Israel would eventually withdraw from the Golan Heights.
"There is no escape from the liberation of the Golan," Assad said in an interview published by the Qatari newspaper A-Sharq. "Either through peace or through war."
"When a citizen loses hope, he turns towards resistance in one form or another," Assad added.
The Syrian president also defiantly defended his country's relationship with Hizbullah, and said that although Israel insists the ties must be severed for peace to materialize, Damascus would continue supporting the group.
"Hizbullah has an issue with Israel and we have the same issue," Assad said in an interview published on Thursday by the Kuwait newspaper a-Sharq. "We therefore support the organization."
"We are speaking about a national organization with a religious agenda that acts in the framework of the Lebanese homeland," he said. "We see here a national party. It is therefore natural that we have a relationship with it."
Under the premiership of Ehud Olmert, Israel and Syria were engaged in Turkish-mediated indirect peace talks. The talks were suspended in December after Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, but recent statements by various officials suggest that the negotiations may soon be restarted.
Assad has at once voiced optimism about the prospects for peace and pessimism about reaching an understanding with any Israeli leader. In the interview, he reiterated his position, stating again that he sees no difference between the current Israeli cabinet and those that came before it.
"The government which was in charge before this one started a war and committed massacres in Lebanon," he said. "I think that they're all the same - [former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon] committed massacres in Palestine and [Defense Minister Ehud Barak] supported the work in Gaza," the Syrian president continued. "There is no difference between Left and Right. We have our demands and those who are able to satisfy them will not constitute a problem for us."
Psalms
83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Jerusalem Post
Apr. 2, 2009
Despite indications that indirect talks between Syria and Israel are soon to be back on track, Syrian President Bashar Assad struck a militant tone on Thursday, regarding one of the more contentious issues in negotiations, saying that either through war or through peace, Israel would eventually withdraw from the Golan Heights.
"There is no escape from the liberation of the Golan," Assad said in an interview published by the Qatari newspaper A-Sharq. "Either through peace or through war."
"When a citizen loses hope, he turns towards resistance in one form or another," Assad added.
The Syrian president also defiantly defended his country's relationship with Hizbullah, and said that although Israel insists the ties must be severed for peace to materialize, Damascus would continue supporting the group.
"Hizbullah has an issue with Israel and we have the same issue," Assad said in an interview published on Thursday by the Kuwait newspaper a-Sharq. "We therefore support the organization."
"We are speaking about a national organization with a religious agenda that acts in the framework of the Lebanese homeland," he said. "We see here a national party. It is therefore natural that we have a relationship with it."
Under the premiership of Ehud Olmert, Israel and Syria were engaged in Turkish-mediated indirect peace talks. The talks were suspended in December after Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, but recent statements by various officials suggest that the negotiations may soon be restarted.
Assad has at once voiced optimism about the prospects for peace and pessimism about reaching an understanding with any Israeli leader. In the interview, he reiterated his position, stating again that he sees no difference between the current Israeli cabinet and those that came before it.
"The government which was in charge before this one started a war and committed massacres in Lebanon," he said. "I think that they're all the same - [former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon] committed massacres in Palestine and [Defense Minister Ehud Barak] supported the work in Gaza," the Syrian president continued. "There is no difference between Left and Right. We have our demands and those who are able to satisfy them will not constitute a problem for us."
Psalms
83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
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