A camp of 160.000 “Palestinian refugees” has been reduced to 17.000 Arabs in Damascus.
A Palestinian official said on Thursday he supported a Syrian army offensive to regain control of the war-battered Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus that has fallen into the hands of Daesh.
The radical Islamist group, which rules swathes of Syria and Iraq, seized almost all of Yarmouk in recent days, brushing aside local militia opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“They have tried to used the camp as a launching pad to expand their scope of clashes and their terror activities inside and outside the camp,” said Ahmad Majdalani, a minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority who was sent to Damascus by the PLO leadership to discuss the crisis with the government.
Majdalani said the Syrian army alongside local Palestinian groups had had some success in pushing back Daesh militants and had so far secured 35 per cent of the camp.
The sprawling Yarmouk was home to some 160,000 Palestinians before the Syrian conflict began in 2011 — refugees from the 1948 war of Israel’s creation, and their descendents. Majdalani said there were just 17,500 residents left, with around 2,000 evacuated since the latest round of fighting.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict from Britain, earlier said that Daesh controlled 90 per cent of the camp after defeating fighters mainly from Aknaf Beit Al Maqdis — a Syrian and Palestinian militia opposed to Assad.
Daesh, the most powerful insurgent group in Syria, is now only a few kilometres from Assad’s seat of power.
The Palestinian official echoed the Syrian government line that only way to rid the camp of the ultra radical militants was through force.
Source: Jordan Times
My comment:
One of the gross lies of the United Nations is the explanation behind the “Palestinian” refugee problem. Hundreds of thousands of Arabs have been denied citizenship, and kept as a political tool in the defamation campaign against the state of Israel.
In 1948, some tens of thousand of Arabs fled their villages inside Israel. They were promised a swift return by the Arab leaders after a quick defeat of the “Zionists”. Unfortunately for the Arabs, they lost the war. And all the wars thereafter. But in steed of accepting the defeat, and assimilate these Arabs into nations like Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, they have remained stateless.
When the UN started to brand them as “Palestinian refugees” their numbers quickly increased. LIke in Damascus. When someone offer Arabs money for free, they do not mind being called “Palestinians”.
The Islamic state seems to have punctured this UN made bubble. Of the 160.000 claimed “Palestinians” only about 10 percent of them are left. Lets hope that the Syrian government will give them both protection and citizenship, and end this tragic “refugee” farce. May Jesus the Messiah show mercy to all this deceived souls, and end their hostility towards the state of Israel. Amen.
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Hostility is both ways,war has raged across the middle east before JESUS the Messiah was conceived If GOD is concerned for his chosen then he needs to stop this,because man will not,and if hes waiting for every knee to bow of his chosen ,to come to his glory,then come ,we cannot assume what we are doing will lead us to JESUS,we as flesh and blood are lost.Every face will not turn every heart will not except until he come’s and sees his power and glory,How can a loving merciful GOD allow this to go on Is god that vain how many of us humans are a sacrifice to him.I pray GOD deliver us from this growing inhuman horror that we inflict upon our fellow man,not just your mother Israel but all nations of your world end the suffering of your children
Dear Rommgirl
Shalom, and love in Jesus.
War is a biblical concept. Men is at war with God, as long as they do not surrender to Jesus the Messiah as Lord and God. Mans hostility towards God is an ongoing stupidity. Since truth has been revealed to mankind for the last 3.000 years.
The first war against God was fought in Heaven. Satan wanted to be hailed as God, and was kicked out of the heavenly realm. And together with him, 30 per cent of the angeles who revolted. Since that day the devil has decived the large majority of mankind to become his subjects. To do the will of Satan.
In the days before Jesus returns as the Lion of Judah there will be chaos, hostility and wars everywhere. Till the days the final antichrist emerge, and satisfy all who do not want to make peace with God, but rather promote a shallow, false and wicked “peace deal” between ungodly men.
Let the Kingdom come, let the Lion of Judah return. Let the wrath of God come as a corrct and just punishment strikes the Earth. All men shall be forced to travel to the King and His throne in Jerusalem. The comming jugdment will be just. Therefore repent, and surrernder to the Lordship of the Messiah, the King of Kings. The Lord of Lords. Before it is too late. Amen.
I just goggled war across the middle east and it shows what we humans are,and if we are made in the image of GOD,then that speaks volumes Everyone gives satan so much power and credit why can satan walk among men,he was cast to hell and given that domain to rule over why does GOD seem so unwilling to stop satan Who then does have the upper hand and is mankind just a pawn in this duel between good and evil Why is this all needed to bring about our eternal life what about the life we are given on earth,all seems a bit pointless really,should have squashed the clay started again,he is all knowing so he knew what was going to unfold,sorry but i’m grossed out on the true depravity of so called GOD and humanity right now
Dear Rommgirl.
Shalom, and love in Jesus.
You wrote:
men,he was cast to hell and given that domain to rule over why does GOD seem so unwilling to stop satan…
My reply:
You need to find time to read your Bible. Satan is not cast into hell. Not yet. God did stop Satan. He kicked him out of Heaven. Since men is created with a free will, why should God intervene? We are free to chose both. We are free to reject God, with the horrible consequences that follows.
ROMMGIRL,
You said:
“I just goggled war across the middle east and it shows what we humans are,and if we are made in the image of GOD,then that speaks volumes…”
My reply:
Adam and Eve were made in the likeness of God and we bear the same likeness as our ancestral parents. But, since the fall of mankind, unredeemed mankind has the evil sin nature of their real father, Satan–a murderer and the father of lies. (see John 8:44)
You said:
“Everyone gives satan so much power and credit why can satan walk among men,he was cast to hell and given that domain to rule over why does GOD seem so unwilling to stop satan?…”
My reply:
Satan has a number of roles. One of those roles is to be a tempter–he tempts men to sin and then when men experience the devastating consequences of sin, instead of turning to God who would heal them, they stubbornly insist that they can fix it themselves–somehow. “Professing to be wise, they become fools…” God will deal with Satan one day–count on it. But, for now, he serves God’s purpose in separating the sheep from the goats–those who serve God and those who don’t. (see Malachi 4) In the end, NO ONE will be able to say that God is not just. Every human being, save One, has chosen Satan’s way, and the only hope for any of us is to claim the Blood of Jesus over our pathetic selves.
You said:
“Who then does have the upper hand and is mankind just a pawn in this duel between good and evil?…”
My reply:
No, we are not “pawns” but we are broken–we are utterly incapable of righteous behavior on our own–but we can choose who to follow. One day, Satan will be bound–mankind will no longer be able to say that, “Satan tempted us to do that.” Yet mankind will fail to turn totally against sin even then–the prophet, Isaiah, tells us that there will still be some sin, even though Satan is bound (see Isaiah 65:20). There will be a final test to see who they will follow, when Satan is released from his prison. Sadly, great masses of human beings will choose to follow Satan–one last time. They will have been living in a restored earthly Paradise for 1000 years and yet, under the inspiration of Satan, man will once again seek to dethrone God. Fortunately, the rebellion will be brief and then comes the Judgment.
You said:
“Why is this all needed to bring about our eternal life what about the life we are given on earth,all seems a bit pointless really,should have squashed the clay…”
My reply:
You forget that He already did that in the Flood. But unredeemed humans always seem to abuse their freedom and choose sin and death over the life that God would give them, if only they would humble themselves enough to ask.
You said:.
“…he is all knowing so he knew what was going to unfold,sorry but i’m grossed out on the true depravity of so called GOD and humanity right now…”
My reply:
The Father must have been made unutterably sad by the choices that man has made–but His love mandates man’s freedom. Without freedom, there can be no love. That is the truth and that truth sets us free to love Him and each other–which is all He has ever asked of us. And He is totally able to give us this new loving nature–by His power alone.(see Philppians 2:13) In order to be truly capable of love, we must have His nature within us. And it is by faith in His Son that we receive that nature. Blaming God for the sins of mankind is the same error that Adam made when he attempted to blame Eve (and indirectly, God Himself) by saying, “It was because of the woman you gave me…” when he should have said, like the sinner that he was, “Forgive me Lord, for I am a sinner.” He was there, standing by, when Eve was deceived. Satan no doubt smiles when humans attempt to blame God for the sin that Satan inspires. Make no mistake, we have a deadly enemy in Satan. Because God loves us, Satan hates us and always seeks to destroy us. The choice is ours–God pleads with us, “Choose life!”