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<p><img class="caption" src="images/stories/mikeevans.jpg" border="0" alt="Dr. Michael Evans" title="Dr. Michael Evans" align="left" /><strong>Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed the radical head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Rostam Ghasemi, as the country's oil minister</strong>, which means he will also be the head of OPEC. This year is Iran's turn to take the rotating presidential office of the oil exporting group. The rising price of gasoline and oil has played a critical role in the struggling economies of the West, and having a leader who hates the entire Western world in charge of OPEC is a bad sign for the future.</p>
<p>Ghasemi is under international sanctions because of his and the Revolutionary Guard's connections to the sponsorship of terrorist groups around the world. All of his assets in Western banks have been frozen, and he is not permitted to travel to the United States or most of the countries of Europe. His appointment is seen by many analysts as an indication that Iran intends to wage economic warfare on Israel and the West.</p>
<p>Yet rather than responding to this growing threat, the Obama Administration and the United Nations continue to pressure Israel to make concessions to create a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital in the false hope of bringing peace to the Middle East. As long as enemies like Iran have the means, they will work for Israel's destruction; they are fully committed to this evil cause.</p>
<p>Understand this clearly--every nation and individual that supports this plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. Your gift today to bless Israel is urgently needed.</p>
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<p>America is on a prophetic countdown to the gravest days in our history. In a few weeks, a vote will be taken at the United Nations that will force America to choose between standing with Israel and standing with her enemies. Israeli leaders have asked the Jerusalem Prayer Team for its support at the United Nations and a week later as the nations of the world gather for the demonic Durban III conference to continue accusing Zionists of being racists. The first Durban Conference happened in 2001. At that conference, the Palestinians distributed copies of the anti-Semitic The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion to all delegates. It was the most evil, anti-Semitic UN assembly ever against Israel.</p>
<p>The conference ended on September 8, 2001...and 72 hours later, the US was attacked by Radical Islam. I can assure you that in the spirit realm, this was no coincidence. God's Word promises a curse on any nation that touches Jerusalem. Once before, an American President attempted to divide Jerusalem and surrender the Temple Mount to radical Islam. That president was Bill Clinton. Now President Obama plans to do the same--this time by formally recognizing a Palestine State at the UN in September within days of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.</p>
<p>I do not believe for a second that all the economic and political turmoil America is going through is coincidental. America needs Divine intervention that can only come from God's people standing in the gap like Esther.</p>
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