Zep 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
August 14th 2005 – 9th of AV However, in recent days the Israeli government changed its position, and there is now a real possibility that the disengagement will be delayed to August 15, 2005 (the period between the 17th of Tamuz – July 24 – and the 9th of Av – August 14 – is a religiously sensitive time, hence the government’s desire to avoid its coinciding with the pullout.
So on Sunday August 14th 2005 (9th of AV) the Jews in the Gaza Strip did mourn the 9th of Av with even greater appreciation; it was their last full day in their homes. As they fast history repeats itself.
In 587 B.C., Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians on the 9th of AV
In A.D. 70, the 2nd Temple was destroyed by the Romans on the 9th of AV
Emperor Hadrian flattened and plowed Jerusalem on Av 9 (fulfilling Micah 3:12) one year after the last Jewish stronghold in the Bar Kokhba revolt fell to the Romans on Av 9.
Edicts were signed to kick Jews out of England and Spain, in 1290 and 1492 respectively, all on the 9th of Av.
In 2005, however, it is the Israeli government itself, that is forcing Jews from their homes on the 9th of AV in failed land for peace deal.
Katrina got her name over the Bahamas – as the evacuations began the week of August 15th. Exactly one week after Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon completed the forcible eviction of Jewish settlers on the 22nd of August from the Gaza Strip hurricane Katrina struck the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with a destructive and catastrophic force on August 29th.
Eighty percent (80%) of the entire city of New Orleans was left under water. Six – Hundred thousand were left homeless. Many weather experts called this the worse hurricane and natural disaster that has ever hit the the country. President Bush supported Sharon’s evacuation from Gaza. In April 2005 Bush and Sharon met in Crawford, Texas where Bush praised Sharon for his “strong visionary leadership” in initiating the Gaza withdrawal, known as the disengagement plan. “I strongly support his courageous initiative to disengage from Gaza and part of the West Bank,” he said, referring to the withdrawal of more than 8,000 Jewish settlers from Gaza and four isolated West Bank settlements. We reaped the fruits of our interference as a country.
A study shows the 8 major “Acts of God” to come on America were all co-incidental to a major agreements and political efforts in the Middle East, as we traded Gods land, for our peace, or for cheaper oil.