Israel, Iran, and the November election (OneNewsNow.com)

Israel, Iran, and the November election (OneNewsNow.com)

A Jerusalem-based journalist says the overwhelming sentiment in Israel right now is that Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States, and that the Jewish state will have to take care of the Iranian nuclear problem on its own.
Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for WorldNetDaily, covered Senator Obama's recent visit to the Holy City. Even before Obama's arrival in Israel, says Klein, the people there had already made up their minds about the inevitability of Obama becoming president. So the clock may already be ticking for a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear program, he says.

"In Israel, there already is an assumption that Obama is going to win," the journalist states. "And then Israel knows that the window to do anything about it [Iran] would have to be before...the November elections or before the next president, which Israel does assume to be Barack Obama, is installed in January."

On the other hand, Klein does not think it would be wise for Israel to attack Iran as long as Ehud Olmert is prime minister there. "[T]he man couldn't handle a war against a few thousand guerrilla troops in Lebanon in 2006 [and] he has bungled every Israeli Defense Force operation since he's been in office," says the Middle East observer.

Klein admits he is concerned about a scenario in which Barack Obama is the U.S. president at the same time Ehud Olmert is prime minister of Israel.

Comments on this article at One News Now:
"Obama to win? This just goes to show how far Israeli intelligence has fallen over the past few years."
"Please study what your're saying-it's called Replacement Theology and we'll pray for you-You said previously, ""Christians wake up!!! We need to be on the side of the true Israel which is the church; it is no longer a biological/geographical distinction. God could make a son of Abraham out of stone--Israel is spiritual distinction. Jews are using Christians for their benefit alone; the Jews are dividing the body of Christ--the true Israel. We should not be fighting their illegal wars as we are doing in Iraq.""
""Christians wake up!!! We need to be on the side of the true Israel which is the church;" Replacement theology is not scriptural. The following is........ Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. BTW, for those that think that Israel is irrelevant, what is an everlasting covenant?"
"Christians wake up!!! We need to be on the side of the true Israel which is the church; it is no longer a biological/geographical distinction. God could make a son of Abraham out of stone--Israel is spiritual distinction. Jews are using Christians for their benefit alone; the Jews are dividing the body of Christ--the true Israel. We should not be fighting their illegal wars as we are doing in Iraq."
"OH ISRAEL Beware of Obama the Liberal: Liberals are elitists who exempt themselves from the oppressive rules they impose on the general population. • Liberals howl if a homosexual transvestite or convicted felon is even slightly offended, but they openly bash Christians. • Liberals claim to be against violence, but make excuses for Liberals like Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Castro who murder and torture political dissidents. Liberals claim to be against violence, but they seek to disarm individuals and render them powerless before the thugs, thieves and murderer's who rule the inner cities. •Liberals have enormous compassion for criminal predators, Terrorists, Islamict Fruitcakes, but little for the victims, Jews and Christians. •In the Liberal world, all problems stem from individualism, and all solutions are collective."
"Yes, I agree as long as we bless Israel and be on her side, we will be blessed but when we decide to cut Israel off, that I believe will be the last straw and we will be doomed for sure. Obama is a Nut case from the word go. God help us all!"
"Originally I was very fearful of Obama until I heard his speech promising to defend Israel. Chuck Baldwin is the best candidate though and I'm voting for him."
"Recently, even George Bush was forced to admit diplomacy is a better choice than war when he sent a U.S. ambassador to negotiate with Iran. Stop trying to persuade everyone to blow up the Middle East, and especially Iran of all places. It has been said that Ahmadinejad's greatest accomplishment is convincing the entire Western world that Iran is a nuclear-capable superpower, when in reality it has nowhere near those kinds of resources."
"Israel needs a strong leader like Benjamin Netanyahu and the United States needs a strong Reagan type of leader. It looks like we both loose. The strongest potential president we have is Chuck Baldwin. I fear for Israel, but in the end times it says that Israel will be on its own, this may just be the fulfilling of prophecy. Israels closest friend may have an anti Israel pro enemy of Israel president by the name of Obama. I fear we will no longer be friends of Israel and that will also doom us as a nation because Scripture says those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse her will be cursed. Obama will NOT bless her."