The Daily Chizuk (strengthening) of our teacher, the holy Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a (may he live long and good days) – The rule of Ishmael in the Holy Land of Israel was only because it was empty

Wednesday, 3rd of Kislev 5785, these are his holy words:

"And I will bless her and also give you a son from her, and I will bless her and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her" (Genesis 17:16). Abraham laughs and says, "What? Suddenly at age 100 a child? At age 90 a child?"

Hashem says to him, "Don't worry, it will be fine." In the end, Abraham says, "You know what? A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush!"

You tell me that Isaac will be born to me, but in another year You will tell me "just one more year" and "one more year," and in the meantime time will pass. "By what shall I know that I will inherit it?" (Genesis 15:8), because at every moment a person sins (and the Divine judgment regarding him changes), every second a person blemishes his eyes—so Abraham says, "I want what I already have, 'O that Ishmael might live before You!'" (Genesis 17:18).

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai cries and cries, "Woe to that time when Ishmael was born into the world" (Zohar Part II, 87a)—because of four words, "O that Ishmael might live before You," we suffer until today. Four words—Abraham says four words and as a result, all the oil belongs to Ishmael. Kuwait is all oil wells, Doha (the capital of Qatar) is all oil wells, in Iran it's all oil wells. They didn't bomb them because prices would rise; everyone would come here to eliminate us. Biden doesn't allow bombing, but Trump said, "Bomb whatever you want, just leave me alone, give me some peace already."

In the Zohar Part II, Parshas Va'era page 32, it is written that Rabbi Shimon cries; one must cry here. How could Abraham our forefather say, "I want what is certain, I want Ishmael to be the Mashiach (Messiah)?"

Rabbi Shimon cried, "Woe, woe, woe for this time that Ishmael was born." For this we cry—Master of the Universe, what is happening here? What is happening here? What do You have to do with Ishmael?! Who is Ishmael?!

"And he shall be a wild man; his hand shall be against everyone, and everyone's hand against him" (Genesis 16:12). He will slaughter the People of Israel; he has already slaughtered us a million times. Regarding Esau (the Western nations), we know there were riots in Israel, but it is not as well known that under Ishmael there were pogroms (massacres) every day, every moment—in Morocco, in every country, in Babylon, in Iraq, in every place, terrible pogroms.

Hashem gives Abraham the good news about Isaac, that you will have Isaac, but Abraham says, "I want Ishmael." Hashem says to him, "Don't worry, Hashem performs miracles (Isaac will be born)." Ishmael only kills Jews all day, that's what they do; what they did on Simchas Torah was what happened every day.

Furthermore, Abraham circumcised Ishmael; therefore, Ishmael ruled in the Land of Israel for 400 years, exactly 400 years—the Turks ruled for 400 years in Israel. Because today the true Ishmael is the Turks, and they ruled for four hundred years in the Land from 1517 to 1917. Anyone who studies history sees it is exactly 400. Suleiman the Magnificent built the wall of Jerusalem, because before him there was no wall.

Abraham asks, "What? Who? What, doesn't Ishmael deserve a portion in the Land?"

(Hashem calms him that he will have rule for 400 years in the Land). Abraham answers: "Fine, let him have 400 years," and indeed they ruled here for 400 years. Until Allenby arrived in Israel on Chanukah; it was a Sunday night. He entered Jerusalem on Sunday, and before he entered, he dismounted from his horse. He said, "I am not entering with the horse, by no means with the horse." There were cameras that filmed Allenby dismounting from his horse and entering Jerusalem through the Jaffa Gate on foot—and then Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld zt"l (of blessed memory) welcomed him.

Many delegations came to welcome Allenby, such as the Circassians, the Armenians, the Arabs; they came from all the sects that were here in Jerusalem—there were 100 sects here. Delegations from all of them came to him, but what found favor in his eyes was only Rav Chaim Sonnenfeld and the Jewish Rabbis, who were dressed in garments of honor, magnificent clothes. The radiance of the Shechinah (Divine Presence) was seen upon them; they all possessed a royal majesty.

Exactly 400 years to the moment, to the second, as it is written in the Zohar, that after this the Holy One, Blessed be He, says that Ishmael will come and rule in the Eretz HaKodesh (Holy Land) while it is empty.

It is written in the Gemara (Talmud) Sanhedrin 98a, "But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit." The moment Israel arrived, when the Jews arrived, orchards blossomed here, the Land bloomed, they made the wilderness bloom—the Arabs are all total desolation.

And when he rules over Jerusalem, this is Gog and Magog, and this will be in another 200 years. Then the children of Edom (the West) will come, another nation will come, several will come. There will be three terrible wars here—one in Jerusalem, one in Rome, they will conquer Rome. "A sacrifice for Hashem in Bozrah," then there will be a war in Bozrah; President Bush said this when they conquered Iraq south of Baghdad. Before the Americans conquered it, Bush said these verses; the Israeli government was afraid to say them, but they said them—the gentiles believe in the Tanakh (Bible).

"To take hold of the corners of the earth," all this will only be in another 200 or 300 years, because Ishmael prays, therefore he succeeds—Yishma-El (G-d will hear).

But not even one man will remain of them, only the People of Israel.