ISRAEL WANT BIBI BACK

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Quake strikes under sea near N. Zealand. 3-Undersea volcano may have caused quakes. 4-More lake effect snow; icy South tomorrow? 5-Netanyahu Draws Likud Towards National Religious Party. 6-Europeans Fear US Attack On Iran. 7-Interfaith Sages Council Established for Jerusalem. 8-Prague faces head-on clash with pro-EU constitution camp. 9-PRAY THESE VERSES. 10-Israel wants Bibi back.

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 = Thu Feb 1 12:00 AM EDT

FEB 01,07 NO QUAKES YET

JAN 31,07
MAP 2.9 WESTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 3.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.8 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 3.5 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.4 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 EASTERN KENTUCKY
MAP 5.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.1 NEAR THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 4.4 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 KYRGYZSTAN
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.9 SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.6 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 6.5 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP 5.2 VANUATU
MAP 3.1 PUERTO RICO REGION

JAN 30,07
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 6.6 MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
MAP 2.6 ALABAMA
MAP 4.4 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 FIJI REGION
MAP 4.6 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.4 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.8 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
MAP 3.7 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 6.8 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
MAP 2.9 ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA

Quake strikes under sea near N. Zealand Tue Jan 30, 11:24 PM ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful earthquake struck under the Pacific Ocean near a remote and uninhabited New Zealand island on Wednesday, seismologists said. Officials said there was no threat of an ocean-wide tsunami. A magnitude -6.5 temblor hit about 25 miles south of Raoul Island in the Kermadec group that lies within a marine park far north of New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.

Undersea volcano may have caused quakes By EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 30, 6:04 PM ET

SANTIAGO, Chile - A wave of small earthquakes that has caused alarm in southern Chile may be related to the birth of an undersea volcano, officials said Tuesday. More than 1,700 tremors have been recorded recently in the rugged, sparsely
populated area dotted with volcanos and cut with fjords. Dozens of people slept outside or in tents on recent nights, fearing a larger quake might follow and topple their houses.

Most of the quakes have been too small to be felt, but some registered up to magnitude 4, according to the government's Emergency Bureau.

Volcano expert Juan Cayupi, part of a team that has been investigating the quakes, said scientists believe the quakes have been caused by a magma force that is pressing up toward the surface, and is fracturing the rock some 6 miles below the surface.Cayupi said in a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press from the area that the movement will probably result in a small submarine volcano.But he said the reduced area affected means that if a volcanic eruption occurs, it should be relatively small.We can safely say that there is no danger for the population of some 35,000 people who live in Puerto Aysen and Puerto Chacabuco, the two towns closest to the Aysen Fjord.Cayupi said the epicenter has been estimated to be 12 miles north-west of Puerto Chacabuco.Aysen provincial Gov. Viviana Betancourt also said Tuesday that there is no danger to the population, which has remained mostly calm. She said authorities will continue to constantly monitor the situation.Chile is an earthquake-prone nation with some 2,900 volcanoes. About 500 of them considered active though only about 60 have erupted in historic times.

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.

More lake effect snow; icy South tomorrow? Mark Avery, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Wed Jan 31, 9:25 AM ET

Northeast

More lake effect snows are possible today in western New York today.

The heaviest snows are possible at the eastern end of Lake Ontario between Watertown and Utica. Temperatures will remain chilly for this time of the year today, before returning close to seasonal averages for Thursday and Friday. Snow returns to the interior Northeast on Friday, with rain and snow possible in the Megalopolis from a coastal low riding up the coast, and just off-shore. Temperatures fall back to well below seasonal averages by the weekend and into early next week.

South

Texas has the precipitation in the South today, with rain in East Texas and rain/snow mix in the Red River Valley to the Texas Panhandle. Snow will be possible over much of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The precipitation will spread eastward tonight into the Tennessee Valley and increase in intensity. By Thursday, ice, sleet, and snow will be possible from eastern Virginia through the Carolinas into northern Georgia, and across much of Tennessee. Farther south, heavy rain will be possible from the Carolina coast to East Texas. Some lingering rain will be possible across the Southeast Coast southward to Florida on Friday, with more rain possible in Florida for Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be cool across most of the region, with Friday being the only day with a chance of near normal temperatures. Another reinforcing shot of cold air moves into the South by the weekend.

Midwest

The Midwest is still shivering with chilly temperatures in place. Some lake effect snows are possible in Upper Michigan today, and a few snow showers are possible over the lower Missouri Valley and Central Plains. By Thursday and Friday, snow showers will be possible in the Ohio Valley and Northern Plains/Upper Midwest with the arrival of much colder temperatures moving in from Canada. By Saturday and Sunday, snow should be confined to areas near the Great Lakes.

West

Showers continue to threaten portions of the Southwest, with snow possible in the higher elevations (above 4500 feet).

Snow will also be possible over northern New Mexico into southern Colorado in the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan Mountains, with the San Juans picking up the greatest snow. Snow and wind will move into the High Plains and Front Range on Thursday, with dry and sunny conditions along the West Coast. Snow will continue in the central and northern Rockies through Saturday before a storm system moves into the Pacific Northwest on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures in the West will rise, and by the weekend the West will be the only part of the country with above average temperatures.

Netanyahu Draws Likud Towards National Religious Party
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz JAN 31,07

Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he sees the national-religious community as a natural political and ideological partner in the struggle for the Land, People and Torah of Israel. Speaking before a gathering of National Religious Party (NRP)
activists, the Likud chairman and former prime minister ratcheted up the relations between his party and the religious Zionist party. His speech lent some credence to earlier rumors of political contacts made regarding potential unification of the Likud and the NRP-National Union Knesset factions. There is a natural partnership between the national-religious public and the nationalist public, Netanyahu declared, adding: This partnership has been through many tests over the course of a generation. It is natural and it is not an accident that we find ourselves together in the opposition. We must strengthen our mutual partnership...

We firmly believe in the triangle [connecting] the Land of Israel, the People of Israel and the Torah of Israel...

That is a clear point of agreement; that must be the platform of the nextgovernment, so that it will form the basis for the value system of every boy and girl in Israel, which will withstand great storms.Netanyahu further emphasized that those values will also be promoted in the Hareidi Orthodox school system. Turning to the political import of his address to the NRP delegates, Netanyahu concluded, An authentic, brave partnership must be given expression in very concrete plans. You must be a part of any government that arises; we are brothers and fellow-travelers. Knesset Member Eli Gabbai (NRP-National Union), who initiated the gathering on Tuesday, criticized the appointment of Arab MK Ghaleb Majadle as a minister in the Olmert administration. Defense Minister and Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz who chose Majadle for the position of minister of science, technology, sports and culture [though currently he is only a Minister Without Portfolio] did not bother to check if the new minister was appropriate to represent the culture and science of the nation of Israel, Gabbai said. At the same time, MK Gabbai intimated praise for the controversial economic policies of MK Netanyahu from his period as finance minister in the Sharon administration.

In spite of the security situation, Gabbai said, we see billions in surplus income, there is an [economic] growth rate of five percent, unemployment is down, there is no inflation and it is thanks to the economic policies implemented several years ago.In his speech, Netanyahu also addressed the Iranian threat to Israel: We must protect the state. And it is not protected by hiding our heads [and saying] it hasn't happened or it won't happen. He said that 60 members of the British parliament signed a document drafted by the former prime minister calling for the trial of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before an international tribunal.

Europeans Fear US Attack On Iran - Newspaper JAN 31,07

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Senior European policy-makers are increasingly worried that the U.S. administration will resort to air strikes against Iran to try to destroy its suspected nuclear program, The Guardian reports Wednesday.

As transatlantic friction over how to deal with the Iranian impasse intensifies, there are fears in European capitals that the nuclear crisis could come to a head this year because of U.S. frustration with Russian stalling tactics at the U.N. Security Council.The clock is ticking, said one European official. Military action has come back on to the table more seriously than before. The language in the U.S. has changed.Newspaper Web site: http://www.guardian.co.uk-London Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20 7842 9330

Interfaith Sages Council Established for Jerusalem
By Nissan Ratzlav-Katz JAN 31,07

Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski declared that a local Sages Council will soon be established, comprised of religious and secular leaders representing the three predominant monotheistic faiths.Making the announcement during a municipality
reception this week marking the new year of 2007, Mayor Lupolianski explained that the council's role will be to improve and enhance the lives of the people of Jerusalem, to create dialogue and understanding between Jews, Muslims and Christians, and to overcome boundaries for all those living in the city.The council will ignore the so-called large, international politics, which often works in the name of anonymous interests, with no regard for the people living in Jerusalem, Lupolianski said. The council will set an example for peaceful co-existence and will enable us all to overcome difficulties, solve disputes, get to know each other better and share the vast knowledge we've all accumulated, all for one common goal - the [welfare of the] city of Jerusalem and its residents.Sages Councils such as that announced by the mayor were common in several cities long ago. Their role was to consolidate ideas for the improvement of their respective cities.

Mayor Lupolianski came up with the idea to create such a council in Jerusalem following meetings he held with Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders from various denominations.

One of the topics raised in those meetings was the lack of direct dialogue between the various communities populating the city, which is one of the most diverse in the world. Sometimes, people who live just a few feet from one another needed a mediator in order to communicate, municipality spokesman Gideon Schmerling said. This lack of dialogue is one of the reasons Schmerling noted for tensions flaring occasionally between the various religious and ethnic denominations, with Mayor Lupolianski often called in to mediate. In light of this reality, Lupolianski believes that regular meetings of the council, several times a year, will promote inter-cultural dialogue and improve the quality of life for all the people of Jerusalem.

Prague faces head-on clash with pro-EU constitution camp
30.01.2007 - 17:33 CET | By Mark Beunderman

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The Czech Republic has emerged as a key opponent of the German EU presidency's plan to revive the European constitution, with its newly appointed negotiator Jan Zahradil telling EUobserver that Prague seeks to curb EU powers and re-open core parts of the charter. Mr Zahradil, who was recently picked as the personal negotiator on the constitution of the new Czech centre-right prime minister Mirek Topolanek, said that a new text is necessary after French and Dutch voters in 2005 vetoed the EU constitution. The Czech PM's appointee who also serves as a centre-right member of the European Parliament is known as an opponent of far-reaching EU integration, promoting an alternative Europe of Democracies as the constitution was being drafted in 2003. I am here to find a constructive outcome but at the same time I am not ready to agree to everything that the German presidency is proposing, Mr Zahradil stated, referring to German chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to salvage the bulk of the constitution. That would not be any good, not for my country, nor for the EU. What is now desirable is critical reflection on the current state of the EU.All EU leaders were asked by Berlin to appoint so-called sherpas appointees for confidential talks on the constitution with Mr Zahradil so far being the only sherpa combining his job with that of an MEP.

The Czech sherpa directly challenged calls by Berlin to preserve the substance of the existing text meaning the constitution's key institutional reforms and the inclusion into the text of the EU's charter of fundamental rights.

Curb on EU court

Asked what should be done with major institutional innovations proposed by the constitution such as an EU foreign minister, a permanent EU president, and the removal of vetoes in justice matters Mr Zahradil signalled that Prague would seek
modifications.

I think they [the reforms] should be discussed but right now it is too early to say which one of them should be deleted. This will be a question in the negotiations.Mr Zahradil sees particular problems in the EU's charter of fundamental rights, which would get legal status as part of the EU constitution (currently it is a non-binding document.) He said a legally binding charter would open the door to a further expansion of EU powers through jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice
in areas touching on citizens' rights such as social security, health care and pension rights. If you make this charter legally binding, you open the possibility of European law to penetrate into national social and pension systems, Mr Zahradil stated.

Clear arrangements should be made to ensure that nothing like this is going to happen, he said, adding that this is a good example of how it remains completely unclear in the constitution how the division of powers is organised.A new text should be simpler, more transparent, more understandable for citizens and contain a clear definition of jurisdictions and competencies at the European level, he noted, summarizing Prague's starting position.

Challenge to the constitution's friends

The strong Czech stance against the constitution comes just after a Madrid conference of 18 pro-constitution states last weekend issued a clear message in defence of the treaty's fundamental content.

Mr Zahradil's comments reflect the mood in important parts of his own ODS party which took office in the government earlier this month and which includes eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus as its most prominent member. But the Czech Greens, the junior coalition partner of the ODS, are already unhappy with the anti-constitution noise coming from Prague, according to Czech press reports. In the actual re-negotiations in the constitution, Prague is unlikely to go so far as to push for the radical ideas of president Klaus who champions a new decentralised Organisation of European States replacing the EU.

Seventy percent of what is included in the constitution is also part of the [EU's] Nice and Amsterdam treaties, said Mr Zahradil. I do not expect we will deconstruct the current treaties.The Czech resistance against a full-blown EU constitution is expected to be echoed by Poland, which has seen its conservative government voicing similar ideas with both countries' presidents discussing positions over the issue last week. Some of the Czech thinking also bears resemblance to the debate in the Netherlands, where politicans are discussing how to curb EU powers amid ongoing talks on a new centre-left government.

KEY PROPHECY VERSES THAT GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISED COVENANT WITH ISRAEL. PRAY THESE VERSES BACK TO GOD.

PRAY THESE VERSES
By Stan Goodenough. JAN 31,07

Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah: (Jeremiah 33:14)

Then the LORD said to me, You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it. (Jeremiah 1:12)

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. For You are my lamp, O LORD;
The LORD shall enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. (2 Samuel 22:2,3, 29-31)

Aliyah – Bringing them home

Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you, and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you. If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. (Deut 30:1-5)

Whose Promised Land?

Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get out of your country, From your family. And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.

I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, To your descendants I will give this land. And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. (Gen 12: 1-3; 7-8)

God’s Mercy & Faithfulness to Israel

For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

but because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; (Deut 7:6-9)

Israel wants Bibi back
By Stan Goodenough - January 31, 2007

The nation of Israel, reeling from the one-two punch of its famed IDF losing the battle against Hizb’allah last July, and of political leader after political leader being accused of corruption and immoral conduct in recent months, is ready to sweep
Likud Party leader and former prime minister, Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu, back into power.

This is according to a new poll whose results were published by the most widely-read Israeli newspaper, Yedi’ot Ahronot, Tuesday.The survey found that, were elections held today, the Likud would win a whopping 32 mandates while as candidate for prime minister, Netanyahu would thrash his closest rival with more than double the number of percentage points, taking 34.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s ruling Kadima Party, which less than a year ago took the country by storm with a 29-seat victory, would plummet to 12 seats today.Olmert himself, who has been roundly criticized by Israelis for apparently achieving nothing during his first year in the chair, would not even feature as a serious contender for office, as just three percent of the voting public would want him to lead.

His Kadima colleague and foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, would win 16 percent as would Labor Party member Ami Ayalon. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a contender for the party leadership, would garner eight percent.

Netanyahu served as premier from June 1996 to July 1999. While in office he introduced and sought to insist on reciprocity from the Arab side in the often-stalled Israeli Palestinian diplomatic process. He was not able to stick to his guns, however. Stymied by a gridlocked coalition government he buckled a number of times under US pressure, surrendering most of Hebron to the PLO.He did earn the distinction of being the only leader since the 1993 Oslo Accords were signed during whose tenure not a single successful suicide bombing was carried out.Tuesday’s poll results reflect just how much the country feels let down by the Olmert government, and may indicate a waking-up on the part of the electorate to the political and security bankruptcy of unilateral withdrawal, disengagement and/or realignment policies embraced by Barak, former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Olmert. Traditionally, however, Israeli voters are extremely fickle, swinging left when things are quiet and right when violence increases and danger looms.