December 2001 Vol.4, No. 10 Contents Breaking the Spell of Harry Potter by Darris McNeely Restoration...The Coming "Utopia" by Darris McNeely Europe's New Money by Paul Kieffer Keep Your Eye on Gibraltar! by John Ross Schroeder Next on the Agenda-Mideast Peace by Melvin Rhodes Making Sense of the Cloning Claims by Cecil E. Maranville Excerpts From Good News Radio: God's Wake-Up Call by Gary Petty This Is the Way...When "The Great Game" Is Over by Robin Webber Next on the Agenda: Mideast Peace Wars change the world-often in unexpected ways. Their consequences can be far reaching, even "to the third and fourth generations" (Exodus 20:5) and beyond. by Melvin Rhodes A recent article in World News and Prophecy showed that all the major geopolitical problems that plague the world today can be traced back to one single event-the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914. This led directly to World War I, which, in turn, has led us to the continual upheavals that dominate today's headlines. World War I saw the demise of the great European empires and the Turkish Ottoman Empire. This led, in turn, to the creation of the modern Middle East-the Ottoman Empire being divided up into individual nation-states that complicated the region irreversibly. Some of those nations came under temporary British or French control between the two world wars. The British gave up their mandate of Palestine and the new nation of Israel was established in May 1948. Nothing in the region has been the same since. The presence of a non-Islamic, Western-style democracy has been a major source of contention for over 50 years. Israel is seen as a Western presence in a region that has been Islamic for centuries. From the moment that Israel was established as an independent nation, neighboring countries have wanted to destroy her. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0112/peace.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Next on the Agenda: Mideast Peace" Other Articles by Melvin Rhodes Jerusalem, modern: _World News Review November 1999 _World News Review August 2000 _A Modern Tale of Two Cities _The Future of Jerusalem (7/2001) _The Coming Intervention in the Middle East _Getting Underneath the Skin _Is Peace in Palestine Possible? _Abbas and Sharon: Showdown Over Jerusalem _Return to Jerusalem _Open Roads for Open Hearts _The Middle East: Worlds in Collision _Jerusalem 3000: An Uncertain Celebration _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jan/Feb 1999 _Papal Visit Highlights Middle East Problems _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2000 _Jerusalem: Focus of Biblical Prophecy _The Coming Age of Grace _Coming: International Control of Jerusalem? _Jerusalem: Center of Conflict, Center of Peace _Searching for the Peace of Jerusalem _Jerusalem's Temple Mount: Center of Conflict Today _World News and Trends - May/Jun 2005 _The Middle East in Conflict: How Will It End? _The Six-Day War--40 Years Later _Israel -- Hope Beyond Today Middle East: _King Hussein's Uncertain Legacy _World News Review January 2000 _What Lies Ahead for U.S. Leasership? _World News Review February 2001 _When Is Enough...Enough? _Restoration: Will One Good Man Stand Up? _Iran: Why Part of the "Axis of Evil"? _Islamic Extremists Attack the West in Many Countries _A Moment of Decision _Democracy Is More Than a Word _Understanding Al Jazeera _Thousand-Year-Old Lessons From the Crusades for Today _Introduction (ME) _The Creation of the Modern Middle East _A Rising Tide of Arab Nationalism _When Will Peace Come to the Middle East? _U.S. Election-Year Challenges Beyond President's Control _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Nov/Dec 1996 _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 1998 _When Will the Middle East Find Peace _What Prevents Peace in the Middle East? _Searching for a Mideast Peace _Seeing the World Scene Realistically _Spiritual Warfare Behind the Scenes _The North-South Struggle for the Middle East _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002 _Behind the Headlines ... America vs. Iraq or America vs. the World? _From the Editor - Good News Magazine Mar/Apr 2003 _After Iraq, What Next? _2003: The Storm Clouds Gather _Iraq and the Middle East: A Century of Turmoil Continues _World News and Trends - Sep/Oct 2003 _The 'Road Map' to Peace: Doomed From the Start? _2004: The World's Superpower Faces Powerful Challenges _Major International Challenges Confront President Bush's Second Term _Some Things Don't Change _World News and Trends - January/February 2007 _World News and Trends - January/February 2008 _When Will the Middle East Find Peace? Israel, modern: _World News Review November 1998 _World News Review Nov 2000 _World News Review January 2001 _Dancing With Death _A Covenant of Life _The Rising Specter of Anti-Semitism _Palestine/Israel -- Whose Land Is It, Really? _When The Walls Come Tumbling Down _Palestine/Israel -- Whose Land Is It, Really? Part 2 _Middle East Amnesty Produces Chaos _"Cold" Peace or Real Peace? _World News Review Nov 2004 _Retreat From Gaza _Will Iran Provoke Nuclear War in 2006? _An Incendiary Arc of Instability _Five Significant Trends of 2006 _Will Iran Be Stopped by Diplomacy? _Demographic Trends: A Warning to the Western World _Who Will Restore Israel? _God Save Jerusalem! _Intifada of the Crossings _Will Israel Attack Iran? _Will New Leadership at Home and Abroad Bring Israel Unacceptable Security Risks? _The Jews: From the Dispersion to the Modern Israeli State _What Is the Church? _Israel: Small but Significant _Israel at 50: A Saga of War and Peace _A Different World _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 2002 _The New (Anti-Semitic) World Order _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 2004 _Israel's Amazing Story: Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2004 _Has World War III Already Begun? (1/2006) _Media Blitz Against Israel _World News and Trends - September/October 2006 _World News and Trends - November/December 2006 _Can Israel Survive? _World News & Trends Jan 2009 _Golda Meir and Deborah the Judge _Springtime in Israel Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site