ISRAEL MISSLE DEFENCE

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Weak earthquake hits Greek-Albanian border region. 3-Tornado tears through Florida, kills 19. 4-Floods paralyse Indonesian. 5-Bitter cold for Plains; snow moving Northeast 6-Day of Prayer Highlights. 7-Ten years left to avert catastrophe. 8-EU: Quartet must decide on Gaza role. 9-EU divisions on constitution grow. 10-Iran president vows to push nuke program. 11-Condoleezza Rice Urges Mideast Peace Talks to Continue. 12-Jewish Holiday. 13-Peretz Chooses Israeli Anti-Missile Defense System.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Sat Feb 3 12:00 AM EDT

SAT FEB 03,07 NO QUAKES YET

FEB 02,07
MAP 4.8 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.5 NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP 5.2 TAJIKISTAN
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA
MAP 4.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.8 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.3 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.8 GREECE
MAP 2.7 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 2.6 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 OREGON
MAP 2.8 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

FEB 01,07
MAP 3.4 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 2.8 WASATCH FRONT URBAN CORRIDOR, UTAH
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.5 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 4.6 OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA
MAP 4.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.7 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 3.0 MAUI REGION, HAWAII
MAP 4.8 KURIL ISLANDS

Weak earthquake hits Greek-Albanian border region Fri Feb 2, 10:09 AM ET

ATHENS (AFP) - A weak earthquake measuring 4.8 points on the open-ended Richter scale has been recorded in the northwestern Greek region of Thesprotia, near the border with Albania, the Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute said. The tremor was recorded Friday at 2:08 pm (1208 GMT) near the town of Paramythia with an epicentre 315 kilometres (195 miles) northwest of Athens, the institute said.There were no immediate reports of damage in surrounding towns from the tremor, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported from the area.Greece is more affected by seismic activity than any other European country, registering half of all earthquakes on the continent.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Tornado tears through Florida, kills 19 By Barbara Liston FEB 02,06

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Severe thunderstorms and at least one tornado killed 19 people on Friday when they ripped through Florida in the dead of night, tearing homes to shreds, toppling heavy trucks and leaving a trail of rubble. More than 1,500 homes, buildings and churches were damaged or destroyed across a wide area of central Florida north of the tourism region around Orlando. But two of the area's biggest attractions, Walt Disney Co.'s Disney World and Universal Studios Florida, were not affected.Rescue teams fanned out to search for people who might still be trapped under flattened homes.Crunched cars were flung onto porches, and battered sofas and fridges stood in piles of debris scattered over the exposed concrete foundations of houses. Dusk till dawn curfews were put into effect in two areas to deter looters.

The storm hit at 3:15 a.m. (0815 GMT) and a spokesman for the Lake County sheriff's office said at least one and perhaps two tornadoes touched down in a state that ranks only behind the infamous Tornado Alley in the U.S. Midwest for the number of tornado strikes. Most, such as a twister near Orlando on Christmas Day last year, cause no fatalities.The death toll is up to 19 now, said Kevin Lenhart, spokesman for the Lake County emergency operations center. Another 19 people were in hospital.The emergency center said six were killed in Lady Lake, about 40 miles northwest of Orlando, and 13 in nearby Paisley, on the edge of the Ocala National Forest.Pastor Howard Roszak of the First Baptist Church in Paisley said two teenage boys who belonged to his church were killed. One of the boys died along with his father, while both parents of the other teen were killed.

NOTHING LEFT

I know all these kids real good. I love these kids. I hear there is nothing left ... just absolutely nothing, Roszak said, referring to the home of one of the boys.Sen. Bill Nelson (news, bio, voting record), a Florida Democrat, compared the devastation to a total war zone about 300 yards wide, about three football fields.The last thing we saw before lifting off was a little fawn whose rear leg was just dangling, limping off on three legs into the woods, he said after a helicopter tour.About 1,000 tornadoes hit the United States annually, killing on average 80 people a year, and winter tornadoes appear to be more prevalent during El Nino years, when the waters of the eastern Pacific become unusually warm.This is something that we've seen here in the past in our state when we've had El Nino conditions in place, said state meteorologist Ben Nelson (news, bio, voting record).In February 1998, another El Nino year, a swarm of tornadoes killed more than 40 people in central Florida and injured scores more. One narrowly missed the crowded tourist area that includes Disney, Universal Studios and Sea World.

The National Weather Service said it believed more than one tornado touched down on Friday but had yet to ascertain that.Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Kim Miller said the tornado blew over five tractor-trailer rigs at about 3:45 a.m.We saw tractor-trailers littered all over the interstate, she told CNN. We had a few cars mixed into that.The storm knocked out power to more than 42,000 customers but only 7,800 were still without electricity by mid-afternoon, an official with the local utility, Progress Energy, said. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency in four affected counties and the Red Cross opened shelters for people left homeless. (Additional reporting by Michael Christie, Jim Loney and Tom Brown in Miami, Ed Stoddard in Dallas and Michael Peltier in Tallahassee)

Floods paralyse Indonesian capital FEB 02,07

JAKARTA (AFP) - Floods blocked roads and railways in Jakarta and thousands of people abandoned their homes in low-lying areas as torrential downpours virtually paralysed the Indonesian capital. Streets normally jammed with traffic were quiet as floods brought public transport to a near-standstill, preventing many people from getting to work or school.I have been waiting for my bus for almost an hour. They are very few and far between and, when it comes, it is packed, said Hana, waiting in Kampung Melayu bus terminal for a bus to her office in central Jakarta.President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was also reportedly working from home.Floods more than a metre (three feet) deep have forced thousands of people to flee homes in lower-lying areas and districts along river banks, following heavy rains that have lashed the capital since Wednesday.Indonesian Red Cross volunteers were cooking and delivering food to people stranded in their flooded homes or sheltering on the side of streets.

We opened a public kitchen on Wednesday in East Jakarta for 2,300 people and in South Jakarta for 4,500 people, Indra from the Red Cross crisis centre told AFP.Teams in inflatable boats rescued women clutching their babies from flooded houses in the worst-hit districts, television pictures showed.In other areas people waded through waist-deep floods trying to get to work while children played in the muddy brown waters, making the most of a day off school.The key M. H. Thamrin highway, which runs north to south through the city, was flooded up to half a metre, causing traffic jams.The Meteorology and Geophysics office said Jakarta could expect still more rain over the next few days.There is the potential for more heavy rains this month such as what we are experiencing these past few days in Jakarta, Bekasi and Tangerang, meteorologist Puguh told AFP.

He said the rainy season had arrived late and was expected to end in March.The situation is not as bad as during 2002 because there is only moderate rain in Bogor and Depok, Puguh said.Nearby Bogor and Depok are at a higher elevation and rain falling on there could exacerbate the floods in Jakarta.In 2002, floods killed as many as 40 Jakartans and some 300,000 were forced to seek refuge in mosques, schools and even cemeteries.State news agency Antara reported the main toll road connecting the capital with Bogor was blocked, with Jakarta-bound traffic forced to turn back 13 kilometres (eight miles) from the capital.The main toll road connecting Jakarta and Tangerang was also closed and most train services were cancelled or running very infrequently. Batavia, the former Dutch colonial port from which Jakarta grew, was built on marshland and some areas of the capital remain below sea level.

Bitter cold for Plains; snow moving Northeast Meteorologist, The Weather Channel FEB 02,07

A cold front and wave of low pressure with a very strong jet stream ahead focused severe thunderstorms across central Florida early Friday. These storms produced damaging wind gusts and tornadoes, causing severe damage to homes and buildings and killing at least 19 people across parts of central Florida. A survey team has rated the tornado that struck at 3:15 a.m. from Wildwood to The Villages an EF3 with winds of 150 mph. The EF scale is the new enhanced Fujita Scale put online on February 1, 2007. An EF3 is a very powerful tornado that did tremendous damage from Wildwood to The Villages. Meanwhile, a weather disturbance in combination with an arctic front produced light-to-moderate, 1-to-3-inch snow from the eastern Ohio Valley and Appalachians and is expected to swirl through the Northeast later tonight. As for the big cities look for a mix of mainly light rain and snow will occur from Washington, DC, into the Philadelphia, New York and Boston areas with little accumulation. Lake effect snow is on the increase off of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, affecting the Marquette and Traverse City areas while spreading into the Grand Rapids area. Lake effect snow will develop over the eastern Great Lakes Saturday, with areas from Cleveland, through Erie, into the Buffalo, Watertown, and Syracuse areas being affected. Heavy Lake Snow Warnings have been posted across the favored Lake-Effect snow belts. Into the weekend, snow accumulations will locally reach 2 feet in northwest Upper Michigan, as much as 12 to 15 inches over western Lower Michigan, locally near 1 foot across northwest Pennsylvania and westernmost New York and up to 18 inches in the Tug Hill Plateau. Bitter cold temperatures and gusty winds are targeting the northern and central Rockies and the north-central states, and will expand across the Great Lakes, mid-Mississippi/Ohio Valleys and Northeast through the weekend. High temperatures below zero will be common across a large part of the Upper Midwest with single digits spreading across the Great Lakes into the Northeast by Sunday. Windy conditions will produce wind chills in the 20-to-40-below-zero range across the upper Midwest.

Day of Prayer Highlights FEB 02,07

Dear Friend of Israel,

This past Sunday, on the fifth annual International Day of Prayer and Solidarity with Israel, I was privileged to be a guest of Pastor Lamarr Mooneyham and The Tabernacle in Danville, Virginia, one of our faithful supporting churches. It was an inspirational time of prayer and fellowship. I was deeply moved to see that a congregation of 2,000 had come to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. As I told them, this show of support could not have come at a better time.Threats are pressing in on Israel from all sides. In Lebanon, Hezbollah continues its grab for power. Terrorists continue to fire rockets from Gaza at Israel’s cities. The looming threat from Iran grows graver with each passing day.The seriousness of the threat to Israel hit home Monday morning in the city of Eilat, at Israel’s southern tip, where a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a bakery, killing 3 innocent people. It was the first time such an attack has occurred in this resort town on the Red Sea--a terrible reminder that the battle against terrorism is with us daily.

Given the current situation, what a blessing it is to know that millions of people around the world spent time on Sunday focusing on prayers for Israel! Now, I ask you to help us share your blessing with others by telling us your story of how you and your church marked The Fellowship’s Day of Prayer.http://www.ifcj.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=4480&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&JServ
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We’ll publish as many of these comments as we can on our website, so that Israel and the world will know that Bible-believing Christians like you around the world stand for her right to exist in peace and security.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

OZONE DEPLETION

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Ten years left to avert catastrophe
By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 02 February 2007

For the past six years, more than 2,000 scientists from around the world have been writing the most definitive and up-to-date assessment of climate change. It is the fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since it was set up by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organisation in 1988. The first volume of this assessment - called Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - will be published today at a meeting in Paris. It will be followed later in the year by two more volumes concerned with what we can expect this century in terms of climate change effects, and what we can do to minimise the impact that those effects will have on our way of life.It is clear from the draft version of the IPCC's fourth assessment report on the science of climate change there is little doubt that global warming is a reality, and increases in the man-made emissions of carbon dioxide over the past 250 years are largely responsible.

There are still many uncertainties surrounding the issue of climate change, but these uncertainties should not be allowed to cloud the facts. The first is that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and increases in average global temperatures are higher than at any time over the past 650,000 years - and we know one can exacerbate the other.It is also virtually certain that the burning of fossil fuels such as coal is responsible for the observed rise in carbon dioxide, the most important greenhouse gas in terms of global warming.The IPCC has therefore concluded that the global warming we have observed in recent decades is the likely result of human activity.The IPCC will point out that 11 of the 12 warmest years since 1850 have occurred since 1995. It expects global temperatures to rise by a further 3C by 2100.Today's report is also expected to warn that sea levels will continue to rise this century, and the century after that, whatever we do to curb carbon dioxide levels. This is because of the inherent inertia of the climate system - the oceans contain about 1,000 times more heat than the atmosphere and so they respond more slowly to changes in global temperature.

If we want to avoid catastrophic increases in sea levels we must attempt to limit the melting of the giant ice sheets off Greenland and west Antarctica.If one or both of the ice sheets disintegrate, sea levels would rise disastrously to inundate most of the major cities of the world as well as low-lying and densely populated countries such as Bangladesh.Many scientists believe that we have about 10 years left to enact policies that will curb dangerous climate change.

Feb. 2, 2007 4:13 EU: Quartet must decide on Gaza role
By HERB KEINON

The Quartet will need to discuss the role it should play in the internal Palestinian strife, in addition to dealing with the standard road map issues, senior European officials said prior to Friday's much-anticipated Quartet meeting in Washington. The Quartet, according to the officials, would have to decide whether it thought Hamas-Fatah strife was something that in the long term would be beneficial to moving the diplomatic process forward, or whether it would be better to back Saudi and Egyptian efforts to mediate in the crisis. One official said that there were some in the US administration who favored a clash in the hope that this would lead to an end to Hamas's PA rule. US President George W. Bush announced this week that the US would provide some $86 million to strengthen Fatah-affiliated security forces. The US has stressed, however, that this money would go for the purchase of non-lethal equipment. As to those who think the Quartet should do what it can to assist the mediation efforts, the group will have to decide how far it is willing to go to facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian unity government.

In other words, the Quartet will have to decide whether it should be flexible regarding the international community's three conditions for granting Hamas legitimacy: recognition of Israel, forswearing terrorism, and accepting previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements. Greater international flexibility on this issue would make it easier for the Palestinians to set up a unity government. The US will be represented at the meeting by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Russia by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov; the UN by new Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and the EU by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the UN, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and European Commissioner for External relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner. The last Quartet meeting took place in September, and this one is taking place amid expectations that the US will take a more active role in trying to move the diplomatic process forward. Rice, who was here last month, is expected during the second half of the month to hold trilateral talks with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Neither a date nor a venue has yet been established.

Israeli officials said that they expected that the Quartet would issue a statement that would discuss the need for a political horizon to be folded into the road map. The idea behind the political horizon is to start Palestinian-Israel discussions about the final-status issues - the contours of a Palestinian state, Jerusalem and the refugee issue - in order to empower the moderates by showing the Palestinians what they had to gain were the PA-government to accept the international community's three criteria and crack down on terrorism. Despite calls for the international community to stop boycotting Hamas, a call that Russia has made clear it would bring up at the meeting, Israeli officials said there were no indications that this position would be accepted, or that the three criteria would be watered down.
It was also unlikely, diplomatic officials said, that the Quartet would place much pressure on Israel at this point because of Olmert's weak political situation, and the desire not to do anything that could make his domestic political situation any more difficult than it already was.

EU divisions on constitution grow
01.02.2007 - 09:23 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Despite Germany's efforts to conduct negotiations on the EU constitution discreetly, the rifts between member states are spilling out into the open.The UK Times reported on Thursday that London will refuse to sign up to any institutional changes if it does not secure a pledge that there will be no revival of the EU constitution.According to the newspaper, prime minister Tony Blair only wants a mini-treaty that would include changes to the voting system and introducing a more permanent president of the bloc instead of the current rotating system.Gordon Brown, the chancellor and prime-minister-in-waiting, is reportedly wanting to pursue a tougher line still, insisting that any changes that require a referendum should be taken off the negotiating table.

The UK's comments on the constitution are not isolated. The Czech Republic has also laid out its red lines indicating that it wants to re-open core parts of the text and curb the powers of the EU.On the other side of the fence, Spain, having ratified the text by referendum, wants to extend its powers in areas such as immigration and the fight against climate change, a plea that has not been met with much enthusiasm by the other 17 countries that have ratified the text.Meanwhile in France, the two main contenders for the presidential elections have set out their stalls on the constitution with socialist Segolene Royal calling for more social Europe to be put into the text and centre-right Nicolas Sarkozy arguing that it should be slimmed down.In the Netherlands, the other country that rejected the constitution in 2005, there is also strong talk of putting the lid on the EU's powers.

The obvious differences between the 27 member states have emerged early in Germany's EU presidency although the real period of negotiation is only likely to be in four months time, when it is clear who is in the driving seat in France and who is negotiating for the UK.German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier acknowledged the small window of opportunity during a visit to Warsaw yesterday indicating that a compromise package will only be on the table shortly before the end of Berlin's presidency on 30 June.It is clear to us that the corridor for finding a solution is relatively narrow, he said after meeting his Polish counterpart Anna Fotyga.In the meantime, though, Germany is to continue its bilateral meetings with governments on the constitution, with chancellor Angela Merkel recently saying that the bloc would have an historic failure on its hands if it failed to secure a deal on the treaty.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Iran president vows to push nuke program By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer FEB 02,07

TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched anniversary celebrations Thursday for Iran's Islamic Revolution with a defiant promise to push ahead with the country's controversial nuclear program. Ahmadinejad suggested Tehran would announce next week that it is beginning to install a new assembly of 3,000 centrifuges in an underground portion of its uranium enrichment facility at Natanz that the U.S. has warned could bring further sanctions against the country.The Iranian leader said his government is determined to continue with its nuclear program, despite U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can produce fuel to generate electricity or for the fissile core of an atomic bomb.

Kicking off 10 days of celebrations to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution that brought hard-line clerics to power, Ahmadinejad said Iran will celebrate next week the stabilization and the establishment of its full right to enrich uranium at the facility.The chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said last week that he expected Iran to announce they are going to build up their 3,000 centrifuge facility in February. There had been speculation the announcement could come during the revolution anniversary.U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said Iran would face universal international opposition over the step. If they think they can get away with 3,000 centrifuges without another Security Council resolution and additional international pressure, then they are very badly mistaken, Burns said last week

The installation would be a major jump in Iran's uranium enrichment program, though it could take months to set up the 3,000 centrifuges and get them working. In the process, uranium gas is spun at supersonic speeds in a connected array of centrifuges to purify it. Uranium enriched to around 5 percent is used for fuel for a nuclear reactor; enriched to 95 percent, it can be used to build a warhead.Iran now has two cascades of 164 centrifuges each. Tens of thousands are needed for a continuous program. The status of the new centrifuges has been unclear as Iranian officials gave contradictory statements over the past month. Tehran originally said last year that the installation would begin by the end of 2006, but January came and there was no word the work had started.

On Sunday, an Iranian lawmaker said installation had begun, but he was quickly contradicted by officials from the country's Atomic Energy Organization. Mohammad Saeedi, the agency's deputy head, said, If we begin to install centrifuges, we will publicly announce it.

Ahmadinejad's remarks Thursday signaled that Iran would begin the installation before Feb. 11 — the final day of nationwide celebrations in memory of the Islamic revolution. He has also called people to the streets that day to show support for the nuclear program.Enemies of the Iranian nation ... must know that their wrongful beliefs will be revealed once again during Feb. 11 rallies by the great Iranian nation, he said, according to the state-run news agency.The United States and many Western countries accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies. The Security Council has threatened to impose further sanctions on Iran if it continues to refuse to roll back its program.Iran insists its program is peaceful. It ultimately plans to expand it to 54,000 centrifuges, a large operation enriching more uranium within a shorter period of time.So far, its two linked chains of 164 machines have been operating sporadically at the above-ground portion of the Natanz facility, producing small quantities of non-weapons grade enriched uranium, International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors say.

Two smaller assemblies underground have been dry testing without gas since November, they say.

Iranian officials have turned down a request from IAEA inspectors to install cameras in the underground Natanz facility, a U.N. official familiar with Iran's nuclear dossier said in Vienna.

Ahmadinejad, whose hard-line tactics have faced criticism from both reformists and conservatives at home, also hinted Thursday that key decisions in Iran are made by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, not him.The general policies of the system are made by the Exalted Supreme Leader, and the government is required to carry them out, the state news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. The president, as the head of the country's executive body, pursues and announces the nuclear position.

Condoleezza Rice Urges Mideast Peace Talks to Continue
Friday, February 02, 2007

WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia clashed on Friday over Moscow's suggestion that Syria should be included in efforts to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement.Syria could play a constructive role, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting of world powers to discuss Mideast strategy.However, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed little enthusiasm for such a prospect. I hope that it (Syria) will in fact try and play a positive role rather than a negative one, she told reporters.The Bush administration has resisted expanding diplomatic ties with Syria, which it blames for lending support to radical Islamic groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Palestinian territories.The U.S. has also expressed reluctance to reach out to Syria and Iran in a regional effort to reduce violence in Iraq, arguing that both countries' actions show they have little interest in stabilizing the area.Still, said Lavrov, It is counterproductive to isolate anybody.

Bush Administration to Freeze Assets of 3 Syrian Entities Linked to Weapons of Mass Destruction Rice said that dormant Mideast peace talks should resume despite an outbreak of violence among Palestinian factions.It doesn't help to talk about a timetable, but it does help to talk about a commitment, Rice said after her meeting at the State Department with foreign ministers from the United Nations, the European Union and Russia.The gathering of would-be peacemakers came amid renewed fighting between Hamas militants and security forces loyal to the former ruling Fatah Party that has raised new alarm about a possible Palestinian civil war.More than 100 Palestinians have been killed in internal violence since Hamas won parliamentary elections last year and formed a Cabinet.

Despite that violence, there's simply no reason to avoid the subject of how we get to a Palestinian state, Rice said.The international leaders reiterated the conditions they set for the Hamas-led Palestinian government to receive vital overseas financial aid and international political recognition.

Those include recognition of Israel, renouncing violence and embracing prior agreements between Israel and the Palestinians to work toward peace.That statement was signed a year ago, days after Hamas won a surprise victory in Palestinian elections.Hamas has refused to meet the terms, however, leading to a cutoff of direct international aid and a breakdown of services and order in the Palestinian territories.

World powers have largely abandoned hope that Hamas radicals will drop the anti-Israel positions and are looking for a new approach.Rice was asked about the violence in Gaza and other Palestinian areas.We expressed our concern about events on the ground in the Palestinian territories. Obviously innocent people are being caught up in this violence and it needs to stop, she said.But, she said, The Palestinian people have waited a long time for a state and the Israeli people have waited a long time for the peace and security that would come from having a democratic neighbor.The four-way meeting, convened by Rice, risked appearing irrelevant in light of the internal Palestinian disarray.Any eventual political accommodation with Israel would require a Palestinian government unified and capable enough to negotiate lasting terms.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the internal divisions are issues for the Palestinians alone to resolve.The United States is looking for ways to revive peace efforts partly as a way to reassure Arab allies that it wants to improve the Palestinians' plight and solidify those allies against Iran.Shiite Iran has close ties to Hamas, which the West considers a terrorist organization.One goal of the session was to demonstrate tangible support for secular Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The international community is going to do everything it can to settle the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said before the meeting. He attended the session because Germany currently holds the European Union's rotating presidency.

Cease-fires between the two sides in recent weeks and months have quickly fallen apart the most recent was announced early Tuesday.In the latest fighting, gunmen waged battles in the streets with mortar shells, rockets and heavy machine guns.Abbas appealed Friday for calm.I call on all parties in Gaza to stop these actions that harm the Palestinian people, he said.

Jewish Holiday
International Fellowship of Christians and jews. FEB 02,07

Tu B'Shvat, the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shvat, is a holiday also known as the New Year of the Trees. (The word Tu is not really a word; it is the number 15 in Hebrew.) Judaism has several different new years. Tu B'Shvat is the new year for the purpose of calculating the age of trees for tithing. (Leviticus 19:23-25 states that fruit from trees may not be eaten during the first three years; the fourth year's fruit is for God and the fruit can be eaten after that.) Tu B'Shvat is not mentioned in the Torah, and there are few observances related to this holiday. One custom is to eat a new fruit on this day. Some people plant trees on this day, and many Jewish children collect money for planting trees for Israel at this time of year.

One reason for the festive mood of the New Year of the Trees is that it recalls the praise of the Land of Israel, for on this day the strength of the soil of the land is renewed. With reference to the fruits of the trees and the produce of the soil, the Torah praises the Land of Israel: A land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey (Deuteronomy 8:8).Another reason for the special observance of the 15th of Shvat is that the time of Rosh Hashanah for the trees is also a time of prayer and judgment concerning the trees. Whenever any of His creatures begins to grow, God surveys its entire future. So it is proper, at such a time, to pray that the new creature or being might prosper. The Torah has compared Man to a tree of the field; hence this day also recalls the Divine judgment upon man.

Tu B'Shvat will be celebrated on the following dates:

February 3, 2007 (Jewish Year 5767)
January 22, 2008 (Jewish Year 5768)
February 9, 2009 (Jewish Year 5769)
January 30, 2010 (Jewish Year 5770)
January 20, 2011 (Jewish Year 5771)

Peretz Chooses Israeli Anti-Missile Defense System
By Hana Levi Julian (INN) FEB 02,07

Defense Minister Amir Peretz has chosen Israel’s next anti-rocket defense system. The decision will go to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for final approval on Sunday. Peretz has reportedly settled on the Rafael Armament Development Authority’s Iron Dome interception system, which intercepts short-range rockets such as Kassams and short-range Katyushas.Defense Ministry officials said the project will cost approximately NIS1 billion and will require separate, external funding. Following some tension over whether Peretz had made a unilateral decision without consulting Olmert, it has been agreed that Olmert and Peretz will meet with defense officials on Sunday to discuss the decision.
The government considered or tested at least four different anti-missile systems over the past several months. Three of the four are produced in Israel and all are expensive.The government has been searching for ways to protect western Negev communities against the constant barrage of Kassam rockets fired by Gaza terrorists that will not require deployment of ground troops.

Both Kassam and Katyusha short-range rockets were fired last summer during the double-front war fought with Hizbullah and Hamas terrorists in Lebanon and Gaza. Kassams fired from Gaza have continued to threaten Israeli communities in the western Negev, and their ranges have gradually expanded. The front-line community of Sderot has suffered constant barrages over the past year. Hundreds of residents have been injured as a result of the deadly attacks and at least three were killed during that time. Damage to the industrial zone has cost millions of dollars in lost business revenue and many manufacturers are considering leaving the area.Anti-missile defense on Israeli airliners has also become a top priority. Prime Minister Olmert ordered the Finance Ministry last December to transfer some $5 million to equip El Al planes with defense systems against shoulder-fired missiles.
Gaza terrorists have claimed they have rockets capable of downing Israeli aircraft, and reports indicated they smuggled in a propellant used for surface-to-air missiles.