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RUSSIAN-TURKISH-SYRIAN ALLIANCE GROWING

* David Cameron becomes PM of Great Britain. Is he pro-Israel?
* 2010 Epicenter Conference to examine whether we are seeing events consistent with Ezekiel 38-39

By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., May 14, 2010) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev just completed an historic three-day tour through Syria and Turkey. It was the first visit by a Russian leader to Damascus since the end of the Cold War. His top agenda items arms sales and helping both countries build nuclear power facilities. Ominously, Medvedev in Damascus called for Israel to give up its nuclear arsensal and help create a "nuclear free zone" in the Middle East.

The visits come at a time when Russia is steadily building diplomatic, economic and military alliances in the region that are consistent with the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecies about the coming "War of Gog and Magog" against Israel. At the 2010 Epicenter Conference in Philly this summer, we'll examine the latest trends in light of these key End Times prophecies.

Meanwhile, David Cameron, leader of the UK's center-right Tory Party, this week became the new Prime Minister of Great Britain.

The good news: he understands the severity of Iran's nuclear threat; has likened Islamic extremism to Naziism; supported the war in Iraq and opposed calls to cut and run; supported the war in Afghanistan and resisted calls to cut the number of British troops there; refuses to unilaterally surrender the UK's nuclear deterrence; he's part Jewish; he has publicly declared himself a Zionist; and he has taken pro-Israel positions in the past, including Israel's right to defend herself in the war against Hamas in 2009.

The not-so-good news: Cameron supports a two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians, which by definition requires dividing Israel and carving up pieces of Jerusalem; he has described East Jerusalem as "occupied" territory; he has been sharply critical of Israeli settlements; he leads a weak political party, holding only 306 seats, well short of a majority (total seats in the British parliament: 650), and is thus dependent on left-of-center political parties; and to gain power, Cameron built a political coalition with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg (whose party won just 57 seats). Clegg has been so severely hostile to Israel that he actually called for an arms embargo against the Jewish State in 2009.

Will David Cameron be a friend to Israel as the rest of the world -- and nearly all of Europe, and now the White House -- isolates Israel? I pray the answer is yes, but it remains to be seen. Given the coalition he has just built, I must say I'm concerned.

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(Photo: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Turkish PM Erdogan; Reuters, Umit Bektas)