Bill Clinton
Clinton actively pursued Middle East peace. In the 1993 Oslo Accord, Israel agreed to withdraw from Gaza and Jericho and the Palestinian Authority gained limited self-government. In 1994, Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty. In the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Palestinians rule eight major cities in Judea. A month later, Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. In 1998 after terrorist attacks, the peace process stopped and Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu halted implication. At the 2000 Camp David Summit, Clinton came closest to final peace. Israel PM Ehud Barak offered ninety-five percent of Judea and Samaria but Yasser Arafat refused. The Second Intifada began and lasted five years.
George W. Bush
During Bush, various wars overcame peace. During the Second Intifada, Israel built a security barrier to protect Israeli settlements. To get Arabic countries to support Iraq War II, Daniel's Quartet on the Middle East (European Union-Germany leopard, Russia bear, United Nations-United Kingdom lion, United States eagle), proposed the Roadmap for Peace. After Saddam Hussein and the Sunni minority were overthrown, Shites ruled Iraq. In 2004, Yasser Arafat died and Mahmoud Abbas became leader. In 2005, Israel evacuated settlements in Gaza and Samaria. In 2006 Palestinian elections, radical Fatah (Islamic Expansion/PLO) lost to more radical Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement). Hamas ruled Gaza and Fatah ruled Judea. In 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah and Israel fought. In 2008, the Gaza War started with Hamas firing rockets into Israel.
There is a direct correlation between "land for peace" and judgment from God. In August 2005, the Quartet pressured Israel to evacuate twenty-one settlements from Gaza and four settlements in Samaria. On August 13, 2005 or the 9th of
Av (Kadesh Barnea), Tropical Depression Ten formed and dissipated. On August 23, remnants developed into Tropical Depression Twelve. Hurricane Katrina crossed south Florida and devastated the upper gulf coast states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Later that year, PM Sharon suffered a severe stroke. In 2006, Bush lost majorities in the House and Senate. The consequences of Middle East peace are the fall of America, the Tribulation and Armageddon. See
Jewish Calendar.
I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat [in Jerusalem]. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. (
Joel 3:2 NIV).
Barack Obama
In 2009, Obama became more sympathetic to Muslims over Jews and Christians. This and expanding settlements in Judea strained relations with Israeli PM Netanyahu. In 2011 Arab Spring, protests and riots throughout the region led to rulers overthrown in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia while civil wars started in Syria and Yemen. After Obama's withdraw from Iraq, the Islamic State filled the void and took control of eastern Iraq and western Syria. In 2012 and 2014 Israel-Gaza conflicts, Hamas fired rockets into Israel. In 2015, Netanyahu spoke to the US Congress against Obama's Iranian policy. The
Iran Nuclear Agreement. Trump Agreement empowered our Shite enemies (Iran, Iraq, Syria) but harmed our Sunni allies (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia). In 2016, Obama allowed UN Resolution 2334, making Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria illegal.