Dear friends:

Miriam Howard kindly notified her list of a profound article at www.debka.com. I will excerpt from the article, which says that if Hamas wins the upcoming Palestinian elections:

"The Palestinian Authority stands to become the first national entity in the Middle East to be dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is the Palestinian branch. Its dominance will extend beyond civilian government and the legislature. Desertions from the Palestinian security forces at Abu Mazen’s disposal to Hamas are now estimated at 65%. Hamas already controls the only coherent Palestinian military force organized in military units with command structures. It is made up of an amalgam of terrorist groups: Hamas’s own combat arm Ezz-a-Din al Qassam Brigades, sections of the Popular Resistance Committees and defectors from the Fatah-al Aqsa Brigades. So when Hamas comes to power in less than two weeks, the Israeli armed forces will have to contend with the largest combat-terrorist structure in the Middle East operating under a Palestinian 'party' that was democratically elected with the unacknowledged endorsement of Washington and Jerusalem."   See http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1135%3Eclick

Miriam then quotes Psalm 83:1-5, from Young's Literal Translation:

"A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God.  For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head,  Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.  They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.'  For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make..."

Hark!  Can you hear the hoof beats getting closer?

Jim