Prophetic Foreshadows
Ayatollah Kharrazi, head of Hizbullah's Iranian branch and a potential candidate in Iran's next presidential elections, called for the creation of a "Greater Iran," stretching from Afghanistan to Israel, as a precursor of the coming of Islam's messiah. He said Iran would have to destroy Israel, all Sunni Muslim kingdoms in that area, such as Saudi Arabia, any secular parties like the Ba'athists in Iraq and Syria, and all Christian Arab populations. ("Iranian cleric calls for creating 'Greater Iran'," ICEJ News, 17 May 2010)
The bond between Iran, Syria and Turkey is growing stronger in what could be a prophetic alignment. In May, Turkish and Syrian troops held joint military drills, and Iran and Syria want to form a regional economic bloc, with Turkey and Iraq...
Iran's Ahmadinejad boasted that protecting regional security and efforts aimed at influencing the new world order are the most important duties
of Iran and Turkey. ("Iran, Syria, Turkey Cementing Ties," Arutz 7, 3 May 2010)
Ahmadinejad the Arrogant said that Jews only appear to be human.
He sees his regime as acting to change the world order and spelled out his government's new mission - to liberate the American nation from the 'undemocratic and bullying' regime that oppresses it.
("Ahmadinejad: Jews Only Seem Human...We Will Act to Deliver American People...," MEMRI, 18 June 2010)
In June Bibi told a meeting of his Likud party to prepare for difficult days...We find ourselves in the midst of a difficult, continuous battle [for] the State of Israel.
("Netanyahu Warns: Dark Days Ahead," Ynetnews, 14 June 2010)