CHLORINE USED IN IRAQ

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Two earthquakes rock east Indonesia, no casualties. 3-Late winter storm hits Atlantic Canada, U.S. East Coast. 4-N.Y. storm strands passengers in planes. 5-Earth has warmest December-February on record. 6-Italian volcano off Sicily erupts. 7-Olmert pans Palestinian peace talks. 8-Bird flu spreads in northern Nigeria's main city 9-Feiglin Highlights Israel's Jewish Identity Problem. 10-This Week with Rabbi Eckstein. 11-EU Working Towards RFID Standards. 12-EU mulls Berlin Declaration. 13-This WEEK in the European Union. 14-Chlorine bombs poison hundreds in Iraq.

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 = Mon Mar 19 12:01 AM EDT

MAR 18,07
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.2 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.1 ATACAMA, CHILE
MAP 5.0 TIMOR REGION
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.9 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 6.3 SOUTH OF PANAMA
MAP 5.6 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.9 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

MAR 17,07
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.9 SOUTH OF PANAMA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 6.1 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 4.0 MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP 3.7 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.0 SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
MAP 3.1 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

MAR 16,07
MAP 4.9 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.3 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.8 SOUTHERN PERU
MAP 2.5 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.4 GUATEMALA
MAP 2.8 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.1 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 4.7 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.5 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 3.2 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.4 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

MAR 15,07
MAP 2.7 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.7 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.0 POLAND
MAP 4.6 MID-INDIAN RIDGE
MAP 4.5 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP 4.8 BURU, INDONESIA
MAP 2.5 PUERTO RICO
MAP 3.2 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.6 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.5 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.6 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.1 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.3 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 5.7 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
MAP 4.6 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.8 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.5 PUERTO RICO
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.4 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

Two earthquakes rock east Indonesia, no casualties Sun Mar 18, 2:03 AM ET

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two earthquakes hit eastern Indonesian regions on Sunday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, a meteorological official said. A moderate earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale struck Papua province at 11:24 a.m. (0224 GMT), said an official at the National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.It was centered 147 km (91 miles) northwest of the provincial capital, Jayapura, at a depth of 78 km, the official said.Earlier, a 5.9 magnitude quake jolted Ternate on the Moluccas islands, at 02.42 a.m. (1742 GMT). The undersea quake had a depth of 57 km and was centered some 126 km northwest of Ternate.Earthquakes are frequent in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country. Its 17,000 islands sprawl along a belt of intense volcanic and seismic activity, part of what is called the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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.

Late winter storm hits Atlantic Canada, U.S. East Coast
Saturday, March 17, 2007 | 8:05 PM ET CBC News

A late winter storm swept in from New England across parts of Quebec and Eastern Canada on Saturday, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain.Heavy snow was making roads in Montreal treacherous.Up to 25 centimetres of snow was expected in Fredericton, N.B., and the forecast was for about 15 centimetres in Halifax and Yarmouth, N.S.The snow will turn into rain later in the day, forecasters say. Fredericton could receive up to 50 millimetres of rain over a 24-hour period, while Halifax could get up to 30 millimetres.The storm system has forced hundreds of flight cancellations in the northeastern United States, from Washington, D.C., to Boston.

New York City has received 15 centimetres of snow and sleet.Parts of Pennsylvania were expecting up to 30 centimetres and New Jersey and upstate New York were to receive at least that much.The weather is blamed in at least eight traffic deaths — five in New Jersey and three in Pennsylvania.North of the border, Trudeau International Airport in Montreal has cancelled some of its flights to the northeastern U.S., and some regional flights.There are similar delays at Toronto's Pearson and Halifax's Stanfield international airports.

N.Y. storm strands passengers in planes By DAVID B. CARUSO and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writers Sun Mar 18.

NEW YORK - Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours overnight on airliners that couldn't take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport because of the ice and snow storm that pummeled the Northeast. The exact number of planes stuck on the tarmac was unclear, but irate passengers reported that the problems affected several airlines. Pilots and officials blamed some of the problems on a shortage of deicing fluid and a new federal regulation giving pilots a narrow window to get their planes in the air once the chemicals are applied. The change has meant some jets need to get doused repeatedly if their takeoffs are delayed.Rahul Chandran said he was trapped aboard a Cathay Pacific Airways jet from midnight until nearly 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when the flight to Vancouver was finally canceled.

Throughout the night, the pilot repeatedly described problems with deicing equipment, including a lack of fluid, that kept the plane waiting endlessly to have its wings sprayed. When the airline finally gave up and tried to return the plane to its terminal, it took at least another hour to arrange a gate, he said.You can't keep your passengers on the plane for 9 1/2 hours, said Chandran, 30, of New York City. They kept saying 'half an hour more, 45 minutes more. But by the time it got to hour six, we were pretty much accepting that we weren't going to go ... At least in the terminal, you can get up and walk around.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the metropolitan area's airports, said airlines not the airport are responsible for supplying and maintaining terminal deicing equipment.

Port Authority aviation director Bill DeCota said airport operators and the carriers need to collectively work out a solution quickly to what is evolving as a major problem with deicing.Just last month, JetBlue stranded passengers on several planes for up to 10 1/2 hours during a similar storm. At the time, the airline said its inability to get planes deiced in accordance with the new FAA rules was a factor.We and the carriers need to sit down and find out whether there is anything we can do, DeCota said. I know there are a lot of irate passengers, and they have a right to be.Other airlines that reported problems included South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines, the charter company Miami Air and Royal Air Maroc, the national airline of Morocco. Royal Air Maroc kept one plane full of passengers on the tarmac for nearly 14 hours, DeCota said. Two Virgin Atlantic flights — one diverted from Boston — also were kept at a standstill for hours, spokeswoman Brooke Lawer said.One flight sat from 9:45 p.m. until 4 a.m., when it was canceled.I know that deicing was a significant factor, Lawer said.From Friday to Saturday morning, more than 3,600 commuter and mainline flights were canceled nationwide because of the effects of the storm. JetBlue, US Airways, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines all reported cancellations.

For this storm, JetBlue took no chances of a repeat of last month's problems. It canceled about 400 of 550 of all scheduled flights across the country Friday because of the weather, rather than risk leaving more people stuck aboard idle planes. JetBlue expected mostly normal operations Saturday, said spokeswoman Jenny Dervin.Friday's snow, ice and rain storm closed schools in parts of the Northeast and made highways treacherous. The weather was blamed for nearly a dozen traffic deaths in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.(A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled the last name of Port Authority aviation director. It is DeCota, not DeCosta.)

Earth has warmest December-February on record by Veronica Smith
Fri Mar 16, 9:41 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Earth has experienced its warmest December-February since records began 128 years ago, a US agency said in a report which has added fire to global warming concerns.

A record warm January worldwide pushed average temperatures to 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit (0.72 degrees Celsius) above normal for the 20th century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.It was the highest average temperature for the period since records began in 1880, the NOAA, said in its report released on Thursday.A UN panel said last month that global warming was almost certainly caused by human activity and several governments and international bodies have sounded the alarm over the need to cut carbon emissions.

Europe has had its hottest winter on record and European experts say the spring and summer are also likely to be the warmest ever.The El Nino phenomenon, a periodic warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern Pacific, contributed to the chart-busting combined global land and ocean surface temperature, the NOAA said.But in February ocean temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific cooled more than 0.5 degrees F/0.3 degrees C and were near average for the month.Nevertheless, the ocean-surface temperature in the period tied for second warmest on record, the agency said, just 0.1 degree Fahrenheit (0.06 degrees Celsius) cooler than the record established during the very strong El Nino episode of 1997-1998.The NOAA scientists pointed to a steady rise in temperatures in recent decades.

During the past century, global surface temperatures have increased at a rate near 0.11 degrees F (0.06 degrees C) per decade.But the rate of increase has been three times larger since 1976, or 0.32 degrees F (0.18 degrees C) per decade, with some of the largest temperature increases occurring in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, they said.For the United States alone, the December 2006-February 2007 winter season had an overall temperature that was close to average, while December was the 11th warmest on record.The UN's Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change said last month that human activity was almost certain to blame for global warming and warned that the Earth's average surface temperature could rise between 1.1 and 6.4 degrees C by 2100.Fossil fuel pollution will raise temperatures this century, worsen floods, droughts and hurricanes, melt polar ice and damage the climate system for a thousand years to come, the UN's top panel on climate change said.

Experts say that if global warming trends continue, up to a third of the world's highest glaciers could melt away by 2050 and half will disappear by 2090.The new sense of urgency comes with the Kyoto treaty, the world's first serious attempt to combat the problem, set to expire in 2012.US President George W. Bush refused to adopt Kyoto, which excluded China, India and other big emerging economies.The NOAA, an agency of the US Commerce Department, said it was working with its federal partners, more than 60 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.Climatologists and weather forecasters across Europe have warned that record warm weather is likely to continue through the spring. The average temperature for the three months of spring (March, April, May) will be above normal, said French climatologist Michel Schneider, though he did not rule out the possibility of a cold snap or two.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Italian volcano off Sicily erupts Fri Mar 16, 9:22 AM ET

ROME - The volcano on the tiny Sicilian island of Stromboli erupted in a shower of small stones and ash, but it posed no danger to the few hundred people living nearby, authorities said Friday. The eruption late Thursday was the latest activity from Stromboli, located 40 miles north of Sicily.The volcano is noted for its frequent, minor eruptions and attracts tourists eager to see the flow of lava inching down its side. It is the northernmost of seven islands in the Aeolian archipelago north of Sicily.Last month, the volcano spewed a substantial amount of lava into the sea, prompting authorities to warn islanders about the risk of a small tsunami.

In spring 2003, Stromboli sent hardened lava raining down on some of the settlements nestled in the folds of the island's green slopes. A few chunks crashed into houses.In 2002, Stromboli experienced a rare effusive eruption an outpouring of lava without an explosion, its first in 17 years. A few days later, landslides tumbled down an uninhabited slope, crashing into the sea and setting off a tsunami.
Stromboli is not the only active volcano in southern Italy, with Mount Etna in Sicily coming to life every few months.

Olmert pans Palestinian peace talks By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer MAR 18,07

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out peace talks with the Palestinians, saying contacts will be limited to humanitarian issues until the new coalition government explicitly renounces violence and recognizes Israel's right to exist. Speaking at the weekly meeting of his Cabinet, Olmert said he would boycott the new government and urged the international community to follow suit. The Cabinet overwhelmingly endorsed Olmert's position.The rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah installed their new unity government on Saturday, hoping the alliance will end months of infighting and persuade the international community to lift a year of economic sanctions.

Israeli officials fear the new government will cause the tough international stance against the Palestinians to crumble. Israel and the U.S. on Sunday ruled out a resumption of financial transfers to the Palestinians. But Norway announced it would lift sanctions, and Britain and the U.N. also signaled flexibility.

While the coalition's platform is more moderate than that of the previous Hamas-led government, Olmert said it fell short of international demands to renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept past peace deals. He also noted its affirmation of the right to resistance.This is a government that does not accept the conditions of the international community and sees terror as a legitimate goal, Olmert told his Cabinet.Olmert said he would maintain contact with the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who was elected separately and is not a member of the coalition government. But Olmert said the discussions would be limited to quality of life issues for Palestinians.The Cabinet endorsed Olmert's position 19-2, Israeli radio stations reported.The new Palestinian administration replaced a year-old government led by Hamas, the Islamic militant group that has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings. It capped months of negotiations — interrupted by bursts of violence that killed more than 140 Palestinians — between Hamas and Fatah.

Hamas' rise to power last year provoked Western donor nations to cut off aid to the Palestinians. Israel also has withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes it collects for the Palestinians. The sanctions have devastated the Palestinian economy.Finance Minister Salam Fayyad warned Saturday that the new government would not be able to function for long unless the boycott is lifted and financial aid is increased.At Saturday's parliamentary swearing-in ceremony, Palestinian leaders sent mixed messages about their dealings with Israel. But in sum, they appeared to show a softening of Hamas' stance.Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, spokeswoman for the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, said Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas had missed an opportunity to accept the international conditions and make the Palestinians a partner for peace.But in a break from the Israelis, she said the U.S. would likely maintain contact with non-Hamas members of the government.

The new Palestinian alliance appears to implicitly recognize Israel by calling for a Palestinian state on lands the Israelis captured in 1967, in contrast with Hamas' past calls to eliminate Israel altogether.

It also pledges to respect previous agreements with Israel and authorizes Abbas to conduct future peace talks. Any future deal would be submitted to a national referendum, suggesting Hamas would not hold veto power.Abbas, who has repeatedly condemned violence and called for peace talks with Israel, has said the deal is the best he can get from Hamas and was needed to avert Palestinian civil war.We hope the world community, especially the U.S. and Israel, will deal with this government, Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a top aide to Abbas, said Sunday. This is the only opportunity for peace and stability so far.Presenting the government's program to parliament Saturday, Haniyeh said the alliance would work first and foremost to establish an independent Palestinian state, with disputed Jerusalem as its capital, on lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War.

He said the Palestinians maintained the right to resist occupation, but would also seek to widen a truce with Israel, now limited to the Gaza Strip. On Sunday, however, Hamas issued a statement saying the government platform "is totally different than the program of the Hamas movement.We call on the national unity government to support the choice of resistance against the occupation, the statement said. In addition to the struggle for international legitimacy, the Palestinian alliance also is in danger of crumbling quickly over ideological differences, and long-standing enmities between the two factions and their legions of gunmen. Abbas on Sunday named a Gaza strongman known for leading a crackdown on Hamas militants a decade ago as his national security adviser, presidential aides said.
The appointment puts Mohammed Dahlan, a top official in Abbas' Fatah party, in a sensitive position as Palestinian leaders try to reform their myriad and competing security services. Hamas still has rocky relations with Dahlan.

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

Bird flu spreads in northern Nigeria's main city MAR 18,07

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading among poultry farms around northern Nigeria's largest city, Kano, despite control measures, a senior veterinary official said on Sunday. The avian influenza virus is still spreading among poultry farms and it has so far affected 33 farms in seven districts, Shehu Bawa, head of Kano State's Committee on Avian Flu, told AFP.
More than 80,000 birds have been culled in Kano, Bawa added.Further measures taken to check the outbreak include controls on movement of poultry and people, disinfecting farm workers and visitors, fencing off farms, and a ban on borrowing of farm implements from them.Nigeria, the continent's most populous nation with some 140 million people, early this year reported west Africa's first human bird flu death.A 22-year-old woman died in Lagos on January 17 weeks after plucking and disembowelling a chicken.Bird flu was first detected on a farm in Jaji town outside the northern city of Kano in February last year from where it spread to other parts of Nigeria.Kano, northern Nigeria's most populous city, was worst affected by the flu outbreak which ravaged 97 farms in the city resulting in the death or culling of at least 300,000 birds, officials said.Three more northern states -- Katsina, Sokoto and Bauchi -- have recorded a resurgence of bird flu since it resurfaced in Kano.

Feiglin Highlights Israel's Jewish Identity Problem
This article originally appeared in The Jewish Press on March 18, 2007
by Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter

When he becomes prime minister, says Moshe Feiglin, he will destroy the terrorist regimes in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza; annex those areas to Israel; demolish the security fence; ensure that every Israeli child receives one hour of Jewish education every day; and demand that the United States release Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.Speaking to friends and supporters of Manhigut Yehudit at the Sands in Atlantic Beach last Monday, Feiglin, the organization’s founder and a Jewish Press columnist, highlighted what he called Israel’s Jewish identity problem.He told the audience that 60 percent of IDF inductees have never visited Jerusalem and that a majority of Israeli schoolchildren cannot finish the sentence Shema Yisrael.Manhigut Yehudit’s fifth annual dinner drew some 300 friends and supporters. The evening’s theme, as in past years, was: Turning the State of the Jews into the Jewish State, the organization’s motto.Manhigut Yehudit, as a faction within the Likud party in Israel, hopes to take over the party (and through it, the whole country) by convincing like-minded individuals to become members of Likud and vote (alongside old-time Likud members) for Manhigut Yehudit leaders in the party’s various internal elections.

Formed in 1998, Manhigut Yehudit (the name means "Jewish Leadership") has recruited 13,000 people to Likud so far. In the 2005 primaries for the leadership of Likud, Feiglin finished in third place behind Benjamin Netanyahu and Silvan Shalom, with 13 percent of the vote.In a power point presentation at the dinner, Manhigut Yehudit international director and co-founder Shmuel Sackett demonstrated that a mere 13,000 votes separated Feiglin from Netanyahu in the last Likud primary. Sackett said that polls predict Likud would receive 29 seats, as opposed to 12 for Kadima, if an election were held today. Manhigut Yehudit provides a great amount of hope, Rabbi David Algaze of Cong. Havurat Yisroel in Forset Hills told The Jewish Press. Rabbi Algaze recited a prayer for the three recently captured Israeli soldiers at the dinner.

Asked why he likes Feiglin, Jewish singer Ira Heller, who sang The Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah at the dinner, said, It’s a long list, but the bottom line is emunah [faith in God], because what is missing in every politician, no matter how talented, is emunah.Rob and Laurence Muchnick were the guests of honor at the dinner; Yishai and Malka Fleisher received a Lev Yehudi Award; Esther Weber received an Eishet Chayil Awrad; Jack and Ana Berger received an Eretz Yisroel Award; and ZOA president Morton Klein was suprised with an award for his outspoken support of the Jewish people.

A Chat With Moshe Feiglin.The Jewish Press: How many years will it be until Manhigut Yehudit is running the state of Israel? Feiglin: I’m not a prophet. But I believe we’re talking about months or years, not decades. If you were prime minister, how would you have responded to the murder of Erez Levanon [who was killed by Arab terrorists last week]? The killer did not act on his own. He was a soldier who acted out of nationalistic reasons and is a hero among his people. It is not a question of crime; it’s a question of war. The village where he came from should be punished. War is collective.

How would you handle Iran? There’s a very simple rule in the Gemara: One who comes to kill you, arise and kill him first. I think that every individual who declares that he wishes to destroy Israel and is preparing for it, should be killed.What are you hoping Manhigut Yehudit will accomplish in the next election? Anything above 20 percent in the primaries for head of Likud will be very nice. I also think we will be able to get two members of Manhigut Yehudit in the Knesset. However, this is not the target. The target is to win.What will you do if Manhigut Yehudit is banned? Manhigut Yehudit is about an idea. They cannot do what they did to Kahane, ban the whole party, because there isn’t any party. However, it’s important to understand that the Likud is only a tool. So if it will not be through Likud, it will be in a different way.I don’t think that G-d brought us back to the land of Israel for the third time as some sort of bad joke, and if Israel does not become a Jewish state, it will no longer be a state at all. So if the door will be closed, we’ll get in through the window, and if both will be closed, we’ll break a hole in the wall or break the whole wall. God will not give us a challenge that we cannot deal with.Manhigut Yehudit is the largest faction inside the Likud party, and strives to Turn the State of the Jews into The Jewish State.

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein March 18, 2007

Dear Friend of The Fellowship,

Things seem relatively calm in Israel at the moment—especially in comparison to last summer's Hezbollah-Israel war and the horrors of the second Palestinian intifada. But as I walk around Jerusalem, or travel around Israel to visit Fellowship-sponsored projects, I notice a feeling of uneasiness among people in the Holy Land. And, unfortunately, news reports show that there is good reason for this feeling.Since the ceasefire with Hezbollah was declared last August, this terrorist group has wasted no time in rearming and regrouping. Recent reports have shown an increased presence of Hezbollah fighters and missile installations in southern Lebanon, suggesting that Hezbollah is positioning itself to again attack Israel. In fact, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has admitted publicly, we openly declare that we have weapons, that we are completing our preparedness for a greater and more dangerous stage.

Meanwhile, despite their failure to live up to any previous ceasefire agreements, Hamas has extended yet another offer to Israel. This time the terrorist group claims it will end attacks on Israel if Israel recognizes the Hamas-Fatah government called for by last month's Mecca Agreement. But clearly, Hamas' offers are hollow. At the same time it is talking ceasefire, Hamas is working to turn Gaza into a fortified camp capable of launching even deadlier rocket attacks against Israel, and of resisting any further attempts by the Israel Defense Forces to enter the area to root out terrorists. Hamas leaders, too, continue their harsh, hateful anti-Israel rhetoric, vowing this week, "We will not betray promises we made to God to continue the path of Jihad and resistance until the liberation of Palestine, all of Palestine"—meaning, of course, the destruction of Israel.Indeed, hudna, the Arab word commonly translated as ceasefire, refers to a temporary halt to hostilities—a measure taken in the hope of winning a decisive victory over one's enemies in the future. There is every reason to believe that these ceasefires are merely opportunities for Hezbollah and Hamas to gather their strength to strike at Israel again in the future.

We are committed to keeping you informed of the seriousness of the situation Israel faces. And we hope today you will help spread the word by forwarding this message to a friend and encouraging them to sign up for our e-newsletter. In this way we can widen Israel's circle of friends, and let more and more people know the truth about Israel's struggle for peace and security.I thank you, my friend, for your continued support of Israel. Now, more than ever, I ask you to continue your prayers for the peace of Jerusalem.

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

Here we GO the EU is getting heavily into RFID IMPLANTABLE CHIPS, They will be the ones that Impliment the MARK OF THE BEAST SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE On the WORLD.

EU Working Towards RFID Standards John Blau, IDG News Service
Sun Mar 18, 12:00 PM ET

The European Commission has formed a group to provide it with advice about RFID (radio frequency identification), which it aims to avoid regulating, according to the commissioner in charge of that area.The potential growth of the RFID market is huge, Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding told reporters Thursday at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany. She estimated that the European RFID market will grow from €500 million (US$660 million) in 2006 to €7 billion by 2016. We're strong in wireless, mobility and chip manufacturing, and we must develop this for RFID, she said. But the commissioner also warned that industry must pay greater attention to security and privacy issues. We must make industry aware that the Internet of things must be an Internet for people.To that end, Reding announced the creation of an RFID stakeholder group, including representatives from industry and consumer groups. The group will provide advice to the Commission, which plans by the middle of this year to propose amendments to the e-Piracy Directive taking account of RFID applications. Also, later in the year, the Commission intends to publish recommendations for member states on how to handle data security and privacy issues affected by the use of RFID.

Reding stressed her intention to avoid a top-down approach, or overregulation, which could stymie RFID development. She pointed to many benefits of smart-tag technology, including billions of euros that companies can save through greater efficiency.The Commissioner is working closely with government officials in the U.S., China, Japan and Korea to promote RFID international standards.

We totally support the efforts of the Commission to bring all the various stakeholders together and, in particular, to help push for global RFID standards, said Antonia Voerste, a spokeswoman for German retailer Metro AG, one of the largest users of smart-tag technology in the country. "RFID is very much a global issue.

EU mulls Berlin Declaration
Time for Brussels to come out of arrogance and become transparent Commission TURKEY
Author: (Tito) Tejinder Singh - 17 March 2007 - Issue : 721

Jose Manuel Durao Barroso (L), Chairman of the European Commission, flanked by Jacques Delors, delivers a speech in front of portraits of their predecessors during the inauguration of a pictures gallery at the entrance of the EU Commission Headquarters, June 14, 2005* The Berlin Declaration, the much-talked about ambitious statement to commemorate the Rome Treaty will be a litmus test for not only the German Presidency under the able leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel but also other European institutions. Today’s Europe is a citizens’ Europe, as was evident when the non to the European Constitutional Treaty by the French people was followed three days later by the Dutch nee consolidating the idea that democracy is alive and kicking in Europe. Interesting to note that initially the notion of churning out a European constitution by the old “wise men” of Europe and the talk of a United States of Europe did not stir any kind of anti-EU feelings in the countries which are supposed to be the driving forces behind the European integration process. Europeans have been striving for a united Europe but it is clear they believe in unity in diversity and want to keep the democratic principles underlying the unification process. The Treaty of Rome (1957) declared a common European market as a European objective with the aim of increasing economic prosperity and contributing to an ever-closer union among peoples of Europe. Later, the Single European Act (1986) and the Treaty on European Union (1992) introduced the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and laid the foundations for the single currency which was given the name Euro by the European Council in Madrid in December 1995. From the time the Maastricht Treaty launched Europe on the road to a unified currency, till the colourful bank notes with their landscapes and monuments finally came into peoples’ pockets, there was always a school of thought coming out with overly overt and oracular statements about the doomsday of Euro.

With the successful launch of Euro, cheerful acceptance of the common currency by millions of Europeans and now the settling down of Euro on the international markets did prove all these negate predictions were nothing but an otiose exercise. And then came another historic moment as 10 new member states (Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia , Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) joined the European Union at a European summit on June 20-21, 2003 at Athens, Greece. The founding fathers of the concept had not acknowledged explicitly but the ultimate purpose of a unified currency was to move Europe towards a long-run goal of political union and EMU has proven a potent political symbol of uniting a continent ravaged by sanguinary schisms over the centuries. The present day politicians got overenthusiastic and the result is for all to see.Moreover, transparency and authenticity of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has been nose-diving for quite some years. When the Delors Commission resigned en masse instead of facing the music in the European Parliament, the Prodi Commission took over declaring to bring transparency and root out corruption and nepotism.But, at the end of its term, the Prodi Commission never could look into the eyes of the European citizens and declare a successful end to the campaign to bring some sort of transparency in the modus operandi of the Commission. Instead, the Prodi Commission left behind terms like Eurostat scandal, Athens International Airport … where did millions go? and How safe are Whistleblowers?

Then came the Barroso Commission, which got dogged down from the start with fallout from statements from its members even before they took office, was aptly grilled by the European Parliament. After the inauspicious beginning, the Commission had to readjust, replace and reshuffle its members to get the nod from the Parliament which happens to be the only democratically-elected European institution. Without foresight and with arrogance, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso bragged about not bowing down to public pressure and kept defending the Union’s determination to liberalise Europe’s services sector, thus slashing the French support for the European constitution from more than 60 percent until mid-March of the year to a negative verdict at the end of May. The non campaigners fanned the fears of the French workers that they could be competing for domestic jobs with “new” member state citizens. Adding fuel to the fire was the media coverage of a small French company’s decision to lay off nine of its workers but saying they could keep their jobs if they worked for the firm’s subsidiary in Romania, at 110 Euro a month, or one-tenth of their French salaries. On the other hand, the Dutch used the referendum to protest what they view as Euro-triggered inflation and the Netherlands’ status as a key contributor to the EU budget. The vote was seen in the Netherlands not only as a rejection of a European superstate, but also as a protest against discussions over Turkish membership in the union.

One of the six founding members of the European Union, the Netherlands had always been seen as staunchly in favour of the Union but the increasing Muslim population and the murder of a famous filmmaker for his views on the treatment of Muslim women in Islamic society made the Dutch reject the treaty by 62 to 38 percent following that of the French, who voted against the EU constitution by a margin of 55 to 45 percent. While Turkey can sit back and mull its own future, there is no doubt that Europeans will continue to integrate with the Western Balkans if they can keep on track with economic reforms, refining of social structures and strengthening of democratic institutions. Europe needs depth in integration and not a superficial opaque powerhouse superstate based in the cloudy environs of Brussels. The architects of Berlin Declaration and the new wise men and women contemplating the launch of refined Constitution Treaty will do well to observe the warning signs that Europe must listen to its Vox Populi.

This WEEK in the European Union
16.03.2007 - 17:29 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBERVER / WEEKLY AGENDA (19 - 25 March) - The EU's 50th birthday falls on Sunday 25 March this week with preparations on how to celebrate it, and minute speculation about what exactly will be in the official birthday declaration to mark the occasion, set to dominate the coming days.The date marks the signing of the Treaty of Rome the precursor to the modern-day European Union.The day itself is to be marked by celebrations across the 27-nation bloc with Berlin - due to the German EU presidency - to be the centre-point of the festivities.EU leaders will arrive in Berlin on Saturday evening for a dinner and concert. Sunday morning will see the official ceremony marking the anniversary of the Rome Treaty and according to the provisional time plan, Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to have the whole thing wrapped up by 2pm CET when the final press point conference is scheduled.

However, the run-up to it is unlikely to be entirely without controversy. A state-of-the-union declaration being drawn up by Berlin to mark the occasion is the focus of some keen interest with governments lining up over the past months to say what should or should not be in it. For its part, Berlin has been playing its cards close to its chest, giving only an indication of the general layout of the document. A gathering of 200 young people will meet in Rome for a youth summit mirroring its older - and perhaps less idealistic - counterpart in the German capital. It begins on Friday and is set to produce its own declaration summing up the EU as they see it. In Brussels on Wednesday, the EU's transparency commissioner Siim Kallas is to publish a long-awaited paper on making lobbyist activities around the EU less opaque.He is set to propose a register for lobbyists which would get them to lay out who they are presenting and how they are funded. But according to previous statements by Mr Kallas, lobbyists - running to several thousand in Brussels - will not be required to register.The central issue of interest will be the funding question. Mr Kallas has said he would like more funding transparency but pro-transparency organisations such as Corporate Europe Observatory say this will require obligations with either strong incentives for compliance or sanctions for non-compliance.

Meanwhile, commissioners will also have a general discussion on the European economy.In the European Parliament the German presidency will on Tuesday outline to members of the civil liberties committee how it expects the so-called Prum Treaty to work with DNA-sharing and cross-border police hot pursuits, some of its biggest elements. The EU's plans for setting up a global satellite navigation system - known as a Galileo - will come under scrutiny on Thursday when the bloc's transport ministers meet in Brussels. Germany has promised to raise the issue, with the commission last week raising concerns about the long delays in setting the system up.

The Bible clearly says Pestilences would occur,which is Chemical and Biological weapons being used in these last days.

PESTILENCES (CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS USED)

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.

Chlorine bombs poison hundreds in Iraq By Waleed Ibrahim
Sat Mar 17, 11:43 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents in western Iraq set off three chlorine gas car bombs, U.S. forces said on Saturday, weeks after two similar attacks sparked fears of a new campaign to use unconventional weapons in Iraq. The Friday attacks came a month into a major U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown in Baghdad aimed at stemming sectarian violence that threatens to pitch Iraq into outright civil war.Australia's Prime Minister John Howard, one of Washington's most loyal allies in the war, visited Baghdad on Saturday and told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that Australia would keep its troops in Iraq as long as they were needed.Chlorine gas was widely used in World War One but its use in insurgent attacks in Iraq has particular resonance there. Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on Kurdish areas in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war.The U.S. military said two suicide bombers driving dump trucks carrying chlorine made 350 people ill near the town of Falluja on Friday, and another smaller car bomb near Ramadi also released chlorine, though there were few casualties.

The U.S. statement reported two deaths in one of the attacks but hospital sources said earlier eight people were killed and dozens became ill after the two bombings in the Falluja area.Two bombs with chlorine killed eight people earlier this year. It causes severe burns when inhaled and can cause death.

The U.S. military said they discovered an al Qaeda car bomb factory last month near Falluja with chlorine tanks.Anbar, a mainly Sunni Arab province in which Falluja lies, has long been among the most troublesome areas of Iraq for U.S. forces.

HOUSING HIT

Friday's two bombs near Falluja occurred within the space of 40 minutes.In the first, near the town of Amiriya, two Iraqi police were killed and up to 100 Iraqis showed signs of chlorine exposure, with symptoms ranging from minor skin and lung irritation to vomiting, the U.S. statement said.Soon afterwards, a suicide bomber detonated a dump truck carrying a 200-gallon (900-liter) chlorine tank rigged with explosives south of Falluja. Around 250 civilians became ill.Earlier on Friday, another smaller bomb using chlorine detonated at a checkpoint northeast of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, wounding one U.S. soldier and one Iraqi civilian.Hospital sources said one of the Falluja attacks targeted a large housing complex, killing six people including policemen, while the second targeted a tribal leader opposed to al Qaeda.U.S. commanders say a growing number of tribes in Anbar have joined forces to take on al Qaeda, which has hit back with major bombs targeting civilians.Baghdad was relatively quiet on Saturday, but a suicide car bomb in the west of the city killed two people, including one policeman, and wounded five.

There were no reports of further trouble in Sadr City, a Shi'ite militia stronghold where about 2,000 supporters of radical anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered on Friday to demand U.S. forces withdraw. Sadr City, a stronghold of Sadr's Mehdi Army militia, is seen as a crucial test of Maliki's plan to crack down on violence by both Shi'ite militias and Sunni Arab insurgents. (Additional reporting by Mussab Al-Khairalla, Claudia Parsons, Ibon Villelabeitia)