"Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it." Isaiah 36:6

The Egyptian government declared a state of emergency early Saturday, Sept. 10 as thousands of demonstrators using sledgehammers smashed through the wall outside the Israeli embassy, broke into the building and dumped the flag and hundreds of documents through the windows.

Egyptian security forces failed to contain the howling mob led by Muslim Brotherhood adherents, the organization Obama endorsed in a new, post-Mubarak government in Egypt.

"...Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them." Isaiah 19:1

"United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reaffirmed his support for an independent Palestinian state:

"The Palestinian people are "long overdue" in their quest for an independent state."

Israeli officials are preparing for widespread violence emanating from PA and Hamas enclaves after the vote irrespective of the outcome.

"I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle." Zechariah 14:2