JERUSALEM TALK HEATS UP IN ISRAEL

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATION CAME TO LIFE ON TUES OCT 2,07

By Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer, Mark Leonard and Mabel van Oranje.

November 9 will be a seminal date for the European Union – 18 years since east Berliners tore down the wall and began Europe’s unification. Though the EU is often presented as suffering from a mid-life crisis, this anniversary will be a chance to celebrate Europe’s coming of age. Over the last two decades the EU has shown more of the energy of youth than listless decline. Having built up the world’s biggest single market, most generous aid budget and largest army of peacekeepers, the Union has accumulated the wherewithal to become a transformative power: it has the means to tilt the world towards its formula of democracy, human rights, multilateralism and the principles of open society.

Unlike other great powers in history, it does not project itself by threatening to invade other countries. Instead, it dangles benefits – from the common market to the possibility of EU membership – that are withheld until these countries adopt European norms. European leadership has led to global legal regimes such as the World Trade Organisation. It has persuaded others to sign up to the Kyoto agreement and the International Criminal Court. European troop deployments in Macedonia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as the Aceh monitoring mission, have safeguarded peace processes. But, despite these successes, the EU continues to underperform on the world stage. Since the Iraq war and the French and Dutch No votes on the constitutional treaty, the EU has shown the faltering confidence of adolescence. European leaders, who struggle to adapt to a new global environment characterised by a weakened US, a resurgent Russia and a rising China, have too often turned inwards.

The most dramatic signal has been the foot-dragging over Europe’s most stunning foreign policy success: enlargement. Political leaders and journalists tally up the potential costs of enlargement and the havoc that new member states could wreak in EU institutions. But there is little thought about the costs of non-enlargement: the damage that our wavering commitment is doing to the momentum for reform in Turkey and the Balkans. This nervousness can also be seen in the EU’s attitude towards a newly belligerent Russia. While Russia makes visible use of the threat of a few big sticks (such as control over energy supplies or vetoes at the United Nations), the EU fails to leverage the hundreds of smaller sticks and carrots that it potentially wields – the fact that it accounts for 60 per cent of Russia’s trade, 50 per cent of its investment and that European countries provide a second home to many wealthy Russians. In conflicts of the greater Middle East – from Israel-Palestine to Afghanistan – Europeans are held back by the lack of an effective common strategy. During the Lebanon crisis in August 2005, no fewer than 25 European ministers – each from a different country – travelled to Beirut, delivering mixed messages. In bodies such as the UN, the EU is better at talking about effective multilateralism than at mobilising incentives of trade and aid behind common European positions. Currently, the EU spends more on cleaners for Brussels buildings than it does on supporting the foreign policy team of Javier Solana, EU high representative.

Eurobarometer opinion polls show the public supports an ­outward-looking EU: more than two-thirds favour a common European foreign policy. With Angela Merkel’s leadership on climate change, Romano Prodi’s efforts to stabilise Lebanon, Gordon Brown’s debt cancellation initiatives and Nicolas Sarkozy’s robust noises on Iran, there are early signs of political leaders who could support a more assertive EU. As part of a group of 50 Europeans from around the Union we are launching a new, independent institution designed to counter EU introversion: the European Council on Foreign Relations. It will promote a more muscular and united European approach to the world. It will encourage European co-operation at the UN, stand by the commitment to eventual EU membership for Turkey and propose increased incentives – from visa regimes to trade – that will draw the EU’s immediate neighbours into its sphere of influence. We believe a common foreign policy will allow individual countries to increase their global influence. A strong European voice in favour of human rights, democracy and inter­national law will not just benefit Europeans; it will be good for the world. Financial Times, 2 October 2007.

EU paper suggests protecting common market
09.10.2007 - 09:23 CET | By Renata Goldirova

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Just weeks after the European Commission revealed its plans to prevent foreign companies from uncontrolled access to the EU's energy sector, Brussels is set to reiterate that in a global economy openness is not a one-way street.The EU has a key stake in using its clout in global negotiations to ensure that openness is not a one-way street: the political case for openness can only be sustained if others reciprocate in a positive manner, a paper on globalisation drafted by the EU's executive body says. The paper argues that the 27-nation bloc needs to ensure that third countries offer comparable levels of openness to EU exporters and investors. At the same time, it underlines that foreign companies wishing to do business in EU territory will not be allowed to by-pass the rules applied in the [union's] internal market. The 9-page document is the commission's contribution to an EU leader's informal summit on 18-19 October - a meeting primarily designed to put a full stop behind the union's years-long journey towards a new treaty.

Energy – just the beginning?

Non-Europeans got a first taste of Brussels' tougher line on foreign trade and investment in September, when it unveiled a sweeping reform of the EU energy sector, including a series of restrictive measures to be imposed on foreign energy bidders. The proposed rules say, among other things, that third countries and their companies should not be able to acquire control over an EU transmission network unless there is an agreement between the EU bloc and the third country. But Brussels has refused to label its call for reciprocity as protectionism. Protectionism cannot make Europe wealthier. Protectionism would impoverish, not protect our citizens, commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said after the Brussels executive adopted the globalisation paper last week (3 October). But he added that we [the EU] are not naïve. We are not soft touch. We can and will require a level playing field. We want others to open more. The globalisation paper does not specify whether the approach suggested for the energy sector will be expanded to other areas. It only suggests that the way in which the EU applies its rules also needs to reflect the changes brought by globalisation in the patterns of ownership and interest in all sectors.According to a commission official, speaking to EUobserver, it is not clear whether the energy sector will remain alone in this regard.

He said that the current discussion centres around the concern that a third country could exercise power in the political sphere via different investments. On the other hand, some EU capitals are not in the mood for such a debate and argue the Union is in need of investors and cash inflow. The energy sector is more vulnerable to monopolisation and external dependency and runs a bigger risk of price-setting, one EU diplomat added, also underlining the somewhat unique position of the energy sector compared to others.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

EU Calls on China to Let Yuan Appreciate Against Euro (Update3) By John Fraher

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- European finance ministers, after failing to find a common position on the euro's rally to a record against the dollar, urged China to allow the yuan to appreciate against their currency. China and other emerging-nation economies should introduce more flexibility in their exchange-rate management, European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters in Luxembourg today as he arrived for a second day of talks with ministers and policy makers. European officials, who are preparing for next week's meeting of the Group of Seven nations in Washington, are becoming irked with China after a July 2005 revaluation of its currency failed to stem trade imbalances between the two economies. While the yuan has gained almost 10 percent versus the dollar in the past two years, it has fallen more than 5 percent against the euro in the period. Almunia will travel to China later this year with European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and Luxembourg Prime and Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss the matter with their Chinese counterparts.

China's yuan has appreciated more than 9 percent in the past two years and I can assure you China will continue to adopt a reform oriented policy on its exchange-rate mechanism, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said today in a regular briefing in Beijing. But these adjustments have to be done gradually and in line with the market. In the meantime, we are willing to hold dialogue with other nations.

Rate Move Desirable

Europe's trade deficit with China jumped 22 percent to a record in the first half of this year. Euro-region officials published a statement late yesterday saying that it is desirable that effective exchange rates move in China and other emerging economies. European opinion is pretty split on the issue of the dollar but there is an agreement on the need for emerging Asian currencies like China's to appreciate against the euro, said Michael Woolfolk, senior currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon, the world's largest custodian bank. On China, there is a consensus.Officials can't agree on how to respond to the European currency's advance against the dollar, which French President Nicolas Sarkozy says threatens to hurt a euro-area economy already confronted by a rise in credit costs. While French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said last week she would push at the Luxembourg meeting for the central bank to sell euros to stem the currency's rise, the ministers' statement repeated rhetoric recently used by the ECB's Trichet.

Great Attention

We have noted with great attention that the U.S. authorities have reaffirmed that a strong dollar is in the interest of the U.S. economy, ministers said in a statement published late yesterday.
The euro has risen almost 5 percent against the dollar since mid-August and reached a record $1.4283 on Oct. 1. It traded at $1.4044 at 9:45 a.m. in Luxembourg, almost unchanged from yesterday. EU finance ministers will today also consider new disclosure rules for banks following losses caused by the sudden increase in credit costs, which led to a run on the deposits of Northern Rock Plc last month, according to a confidential document. Northern Rock, the U.K. mortgage lender bailed out by the Bank of England, said today that the government will now guarantee all customer deposits until financial markets become less volatile.

Japan's Recovery

Regarding the yen, the euro-region ministers said investors should recognize that Japan's economy is on a sustainable recovery path and markets should be aware of one-way bets. That repeated language used by G-7 officials at a meeting in Essen, Germany, earlier this year. Ministers also said European governments and companies have done enough to help address so-called global imbalances, suggesting emerging Asian economies need to take up the slack. The euro area is playing its role for an orderly reduction of the imbalances by implementing structural reforms and contributing to a rebalancing of growth, the ministers said in the statement. The U.S. government is showing little inclination to encourage an appreciation of the dollar. While Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson may tell his G-7 counterparts that he continues to back a strong dollar, he may resist an explicit criticism of the currency's weakness because it is helping to support the U.S. economy. As far as the dollar is concerned, you'll see more of the same, with Paulson reiterating support for a strong dollar but that not being followed by any action, said Adam Boyton, a senior currency strategist in New York at Deutsche Bank AG. To contact the reporter on this story: John Fraher in Luxembourg at jfraher@bloomberg.net.

EU Warns Nations on Using Euro Currency
Monday October 8, 12:00 pm ET
EU Warns Other Nations Over Using the Euro As Its Currency

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union officials repeated a warning Monday that countries outside the EU should not use the euro currency as their own.The euro is officially shared by 13 EU nations, but it is also used by Montenegro -- which split from the former Yugoslav republic of Serbia last year -- and Kosovo, which is threatening to declare independence from Serbia later this year.

EU spokeswoman Amelia Torres said the bloc opposed euro-ization and countries should only adopt the currency if they join the European Union.The conditions for the adoption of the euro are clear, she told reporters. That means, first and foremost, to be a member of the EU.European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told reporters earlier Monday that he could not see non-EU members that share a free-trade zone with other European nations --Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein -- using the currency.

Participation without being a member of the European Union is totally excluded, he said in a public debate, answering an Icelandic official who wanted to know if he saw any way for Iceland to step up links with the euro zone.As regards Iceland, I will say join the European Union, I think it's the best, he said.
Iceland had stayed out of the 27-nation EU largely to avoid sharing its national waters with fishermen from other parts of Europe.

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.

WHAT IS IRAN PLANNING FOR OCTOBER 12?
And Putin's alarming announcement.
By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., October 8, 2007) -- Lynn and the boys and I just got back from a week out of the country to find some big headlines. President Bush says he is very optimistic about forging peace in the Middle East at next month's summit in the U.S. We pray he's right, but the latest stories out of the epicenter suggest leaders there are steadfastly preparing for war. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is vowing to liberate all of Palestine and vows some sort of final response to Iran's enemies on October 12th, Qods (Jerusalem) Day. Here is the official story from the Iranian news service's website: Supporters of the Zionist regime will receive their response during the world Qods Day's rallies, government spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Elham, said Wednesday. The spokesman made the remarks during his weekly press conference while commenting on the current visit to the occupied Palestine of the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Qods Day is held each year on the last Friday of Muslims fasting month of Ramadan after it was nominated by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, as a day to voice the protest of the Islamic Ummah against the Zionists. The day falls on October 12 this year. The US loses all opportunities to cooperate with regional and other world states by trying to support a regime (the Zionist regime) which is now at its weakest political and social position, Elham said. He warned that Washington's insistence on its wrong policies and arrogant approaches would have no result but further political disgrace for itself. Referring to the approaching World Qods Day, the spokesman stressed,'Supporters of the Zionist regime will definitely receive the final response for their support on that day.

What does this mean? No one knows for certain. Will it be another false alarm like Iran's vow to issue some sort of definitive response to the West regarding its nuclear program last August 22nd? We shall have to wait and see. But it must be seen in light of Ahmadinejad's recent speeches suggesting the arrival of the Islamic Messiah is imminent, rather than several years away. Syria's leaders, meanwhile, say they will retake the Golan Heights using any means necessary. Lebanon is on the verge of a civil war and Hezbollah continues to buy massive amounts of weapons from Iran and Syria to prepare for a future war with Israel. And all the while the U.S. and Israel are reportedly stepping up their war gaming efforts to prepare for war with Iran and possibly Syria as well. If all these rumors of war in the Mideast weren't troubling enough, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this past week that he plans to stay in office beyond 2008, when he is constitutionally mandated to step down. He won't serve as president. Instead, he plans to slide over one chair and become Russia's prime minister. So the cat is finally out of the bag. Putin now admits he plans to stay put. He wants to change the hat, but keep the power. It's a very worrisome development, especially in light of Putin's planned $200 billion increase in defense spending and his recent arms deals with Iran, Syria, Algeria and other Islamic enemies of the West. Putin is no democrat. He's recasting himself as a classic Russian Czar. His ambitions run far beyond maintaining control of the Kremlin.

We'll look at his long-term goals in future posts. For now, consider this FLASH TRAFFIC message from November 1, 2005: I simply don't believe Vladimir Putin's repeated refusals to seek a third term in 2008. I think he's staying. The big question is, 'Under what pretext would Putin stay?' The answer: to maintain stability. Stability is Putin's mantra. My sense is that he intends to maintain it at all costs. That would -- by definition --means he plans to stay in the Kremlin as he believes only he has provided Russia something Gorbachev and Yeltsin didn't. What will be the crisis, real or perceived, that requires Putin to change his mind and stay in office? It could be the possibility of an ultranationalist fascist like Vladimir Zhirinovsky or a Communist like Gennady Zyuganov rising in the polls and suddenly being in a position to win the presidency and thus seize control of Russia. It could be a terrorist attack, or the threat of one, or a stock market collapse, or the threat of one. It's too early to say what the 'crisis' will be, but I submit that come 2007 or 2008, Putin will declare one so serious the he has no choice but stay at the helm.

JOSHUA FUND UPDATE:

* A Palestinian evangelical Christian leader was assassinated in Gaza over the weekend. Only 31, Rami Ayyad was the father of two children and his wife is expecting. Please pray for Rami's wife and children -- for God's comfort and courage. Please pray for the Christians in Gaza and the West Bank to be bold in loving their neighbors and their enemies in the name of Jesus amidst this terrible tragedy.

* The Joshua Fund is in contact with local evangelical leaders in Gaza. We have posted the latest information on this assassination on TJF's weblog (http://joshuafund.blogspot.com/). We will update it regularly as we receive more details. We are also looking for ways to help these believers -- and the Ayyad family -- financially. More on that soon, too. Please pray that Christians around the world will step up and bless their Palestinian brothers and sisters in real and practical ways.

* 7,000 evangelical Christians marched in a Jerusalem parade over the weekend to bless Israel and to pray for peace in the region. Several prominent Israeli rabbis joined the march and prayer rally, despite warnings from the chief rabbinate not to do so. Details on TJF's weblog. Please pray that evangelical Christians can build better and stronger bridges of true and unconditional friendship with Israel, and particularly with the chief rabbinate.

* The latest headlines from the epicenter make us even more determined to do everything we can with our Joshua Fund team to implement Operation Epicenter -- build a global alliance of evangelical Christians, Messianic Jews and Arab and Iranian believers to bless Israel and her neighbors, recruit 100,000 people to pray regularly for the peace of Jerusalem, acquire warehouse facilities and trucks for relief operations in the region, and ship more than $120 million worth of humanitarian relief supplies to Israel and her neighbors to care for those who are poor and needy now and to pre-position supplies ahead of the next war. Please pray that this vision spreads rapidly and that believers around the world are mobilized to get involved. We would love to get you involved. For more information on The Joshua Fund generally and Operation Epicenter specifically, please go to www.joshuafund.net.

* Finally, The Joshua Fund is currently seeking to raise $1 million by December 1st to help finance the first stages of Operation Epicenter. TJF is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, recognized by the IRS. All donations are tax-deductible for federal tax purposes. You can give securely on-line on our website, or send a check to: The Joshua Fund, 18950 Base Camp Road, Monument, Colorado, 80132-8009. Thanks so much and may the Lord bless you.

Ahmadinejad Calls Again to Destroy Israel OCT 9,07

Iran's President and Top Leaders Threaten Zionists and Their Supporters.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday vowed once again to destroy Israel and called for a referendum to transfer Israel's Jews to Canada, Alaska or Europe. Canada and Alaska have vast lands, why don't you relocate them over there and keep helping them over there with (aid of) 30 to 40 billion dollars per year for building a new existence over there, [1] Ahmadinejad said during a rally in Tehran to mark Al Quds Day, a political holiday Iran created to protest the enemies of Islam.[2]
Ahmadinejad, who presides over the most active state sponsor of terror in the world, [3] also cautioned that the world's powers should not think that the Iranian nation and other nations in the region will take off [sic] their hands off the throat of the Zionists and their supporters.[4].According to Iran's official national news outlet, The Islamic Republic News Agency, Ahmadinejad stated that the creation of the Zionist regime, [and the] continuation of its existence... are an insult to human dignity. [5] Millions of Iranians attended Al Quds Day rallies throughout Iran [6] and the Muslim world, including in Syria, [7] Bahrain, [8] Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey and Indonesia. [9]

According to Iran's Fars News Agency, in a speech at the Tehran rally, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the planned November peace meeting between Israel and the Palestinians is a wasted opportunity and that Palestinians should continue their resistance against Israel. [10] Ayatollah Mahould Hashemi Shahroudi, Iran's judiciary chief, said Friday's rallies were a good start for the destruction of the Zionist regime. [11] Al Quds Day was established following Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. The founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan the International Quds Day,[12] intended to protest the enemies of Islam, at the head America and Israel.[13] Ahmadinejad's belligerence towards Israel, as well as his regime's leading role in sponsoring terrorist organizations and pursuit of a nuclear program in defiance of the United Nations, have defined his leadership. Ahmadinejad has said Israel should be wiped off the map [14] and has repeatedly referred to the Holocaust as a myth. [15] Ahmadinejad's threats extend well beyond Israel. On July 11, 2006, for example, he said, The rage of the Muslim peoples will not be restricted to the boundaries of our region... The waves of the explosion... will reach the corrupt forces [i.e. the Western countries] which support this fake regime.[16] Ahmadinejad has previously said Israel should be relocated to Alaska and that Jews should return to the European countries they fled during the Holocaust. [17]

Iran's nuclear program, which has been described by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner as a real danger for the whole world, [18] is now reportedly comprised of close to 3,000 centrifuge machines, which would be enough to start refining usable amounts of nuclear fuel. [19] Ahmadinejad stated Friday that no power can stop this nation from making more and more achievements in its pursuit of its nuclear program and continued to announce to the whole world that the Iranian nation has passed the difficult points on its nuclear path. [20] On Sept. 25, Ahmadinejad told countries gathered for the U.N. General Assembly that his country's nuclear program is closed as a political issue. [21] International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said in May 2007 that Iran could acquire nuclear weapons within three years. [22] Iran, the world's most active state sponsor of terror, provides funding, weapons, training and sanctuary to numerous terrorist groups. [23] Iran is Hezbollah's main arms supplier and has replenished Hezbollah's cache of Katyusha and longer-range rockets that were depleted during the defensive war Israel fought against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. Iran also supplies Hezbollah advanced anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air rockets. [24] Iran gives Hamas $20 million a year [25] and provided an additional $50 million after Hamas won control of the Palestinian Authority in 2006. [26] Iran also provided Hamas members intensive military training in the weeks and months leading up to the group's takeover of the Gaza Strip. [27]

Furthermore, prominent military analysts believe that Iran is responsible for the majority of U.S. casualties sustained in Iraq. Iran manufactures explosively formed penetrators that have killed and wounded a large majority of U.S. troops. [28] In order to stoke civil unrest in Iraq, Iran provides funding and arms both to Shi'ite and to Sunni groups. [29] Ahmadinejad recently spoke at Columbia University in New York and the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. via videoconference.For sources and additional information about Iran and President Ahmadinejad, please see:
Iran Press Kit.

For information about U.S. efforts to divest from Iran, please see: Terror-Free Investing Resources.

Footnotes

[1] Anti-Israeli Demonstrations Start in Iran, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130398
[2] Imam's message announcing Quds Day from Sahifa-yi Nur , Vol. 8, p. 229, dated 7 August 1979, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, accessed Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.irib.ir/worldservice/imam/palestin_E/10.htm
[3] Country Reports on Terrorism, U.S. Department of State, April 28, 2006, http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2005/64337.htm
[4] Iran marks Jerusalem Day, Aljazeera, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/877E8E21-01A0-4498-B67F-7FD645096470.htm
[5] Iranian officials support Palestine on Qods Day, IRNA, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-24/0710054137164336.htm
[6] Millions of Iranians hold rallies to mark Jerusalem Day, The Associated Press, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/05/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Jerusalem.php
[7] Millions of Iranians Attend Anti-Israel Rallies Called 'Al Quds Day, The Associated Press via Foxnews.com, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299603,00.html
[8] Bahraini Muslims mark World Quds Day, Press TV, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=25908§ionid=351020202
[9] Al-Quds Day, Foxnews.com, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,2433,00.html http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130432
[10] Rafsanjani Dismisses Palestinian-Israeli Peace Conference in US, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130432
[11] Millions of Iranians hold rallies to mark Jerusalem Day, The Associated Press, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/05/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Jerusalem.php
[12] Qods Day Rallies a Global Referendum Showing Israel's Illegitimacy, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130416
[13] Ibid.
[14] Penketh, Anne, Iran's leader says Jewish state 'should be wiped from map, The Independent, Oct. 27, 2005, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article322539.ece
[15] President: Real holocaust to be sought in Palestine, Iraq, IRNA, Feb. 11, 2006
[16] Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders, Middle East Media Research Institute, Special Dispatch No. 1204, July 13, 2006, http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP120406
[17] Iranian leader: Holocaust a myth, CNN, Dec. 14, 2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iran.israel/index.html
[18] France warning of war with Iran, BBC News, Sept. 17, 2007,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6997935.stm
[19] Hafezi, Parisa. Iran says clears hurdles to nuclear industry, Reuters, Oct. 4, 2007, http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0457325120071004
[20] Ahmadinejad Rules out Talks on Iran's N. Rights, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130396
[21] Jahn, George, DiLorenzo, Sarah and Bergman, Justin, Ahmadinejad: Nuclear Issue Closed, Time.com, Sept. 26, 2007, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1665616,00.html
[22] Iran could make nuclear bomb in three years: UN, ABC News, May 25, 2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1932715.htm
[23] State Sponsors: Iran, Council on Foreign Relations Web site, Aug. 2007, http://www.cfr.org/publication/9362/
[24] Hughes, Robin, Iran Replenishes Hizbullah's Arms Inventory, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jan. 3, 2007
[25] Hamas, Council on Foreign Relations Web site, accessed July 2, 2007, http://www.cfr.org/publication/8968/
[26] Iran pledges $50m Palestinian aid, BBC News, April 16, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4914334.stm
[27] Rabinovich, Abraham, Hamas digs in for war in Gaza, The Australian, March 16, 2007
[28] Jacobs, Jack. Is the U.S. planning to strike Iran? MSNBC, Oct. 2, 2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21107443/
[29] Rubin, Alissa J., U.S. Suspects That Iran Aids Both Sunni and Shiite Militias, The New York TImes, A12, April 12, 2007

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

Sarkozy talks tough on Iran before Putin meeting Tue Oct 9, 4:05 AM ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) - France will not compromise on the need for tougher sanctions on Iran, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published on Tuesday, hours before he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin near Moscow. Sarkozy praised Putin as a man with whom he could do business, but his comments on Iran are likely to put him at odds with Moscow, which has said it does not believe further sanctions against Tehran will be helpful.Between resignation (to Iran's nuclear ambitions) and war -- and these two words are not in my lexicon -- there is a responsible stance: toughening sanctions with the aim of bringing Iran to its senses, Sarkozy said.No one should put in doubt France's seriousness and resoluteness on this issue, he said in the interview in Russia's state-run Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily.We are talking about protecting our collective security from the danger of nuclear proliferation. I will not give ground on an issue which is of such great importance.

Western powers believe Iran is using its civilian nuclear program as a cover for a bomb-making project. Tehran denies this. Russia has used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to water down previous sanctions.Sarkozy, on his first trip to Russia as president, is to fly in to Moscow late on Tuesday. He is to have a working dinner with Putin at his residence near Moscow.The French leader, in the interview, criticized Russia for disruptions in the past to oil and gas supplies to European customers.I will not hide from you that when Russia, without warning, halts energy deliveries to a part of Europe, that damages trust, Sarkozy said.

But he described Putin as a pragmatist. This should help us find a common language on these important international issues, he said in the interview.A Kremlin official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Sarkozy and Putin would focus on economic ties, in particular joint aerospace projects.(The talks will) continue the constructive and frank dialogue that the presidents started during their first personal meeting (at the Group of Eight summit) in Heiligendamm on June 7 2007, said the official.

REVELATION 17:2
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(VATICAN IN POLITICS)

Pope, Jewish leaders, discuss resurgent anti-Semitism By Philip Pullella Mon Oct 8, 11:15 AM ET

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - World Jewish leaders on Monday expressed concern to Pope Benedict about resurgent anti-Semitism and asked Vatican officials to take steps against a radical Polish priest accused of making anti-Jewish comments. A World Jewish Congress delegation headed by the group's president, Ronald S. Lauder, held talks with the Pope in the pontiff's private study and also discussed ways that Christians, Muslims and Jews could work to improve dialogue.WJC Secretary-General Michael Schneider told Reuters among the topics discussed was the problem of resurgent anti-Semitism, particularly in some European countries.

A WJC statement said the group called on the Pontiff to take action against those in the Church who wanted to do damage to the close and positive relationship between Christians and Jews.Lauder told Vatican officials during two days of meetings that statements by Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, a controversial broadcaster, should not be tolerated anymore, the statement said.Jewish and other groups have accused Rydzyk of spreading anti-Semitism and meddling in politics.Rydzyk is the head of a powerful Catholic media empire, which includes Radio Maryja and television Trwam, watched and listened to by millions of Poles.The Vatican has rebuked the priest for openly backing ruling conservative politicians in Poland. But Jewish groups complained in August when the Pope met Rydzyk, saying the encounter appeared to lend the priest legitimacy.Human rights groups and Jewish groups have repeatedly called on Poland's authorities and the Polish Church to remove Rydzyk from his position because of anti-Semitic and xenophobic remarks that often appear in his media.

The Polish Church has so far failed to take a common stance on Rydzyk, fearing many elderly and poor Poles for whom Rydzyk is a moral guide would turn away from the Church.But earlier this month Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who was the late Pope John Paul's secretary for decades, publicly accused Rydzyk of trying to split the Church and smear the legacy of the late Pope, who greatly improved relations with Jews during his 27-year reign.Rydzyk has strong support from Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his twin brother, President Lech Kaczynski.The priest's strong backing and appeals on the radio and television to vote for the conservatives in 2005 elections helped the brothers rise to power.The issue is sensitive in the campaign for an early parliamentary election this month.

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

Manhigut Yehudit Opposes Any Division of Jerusalem
October 9, 2007.

Manhigut Yehudit opposes the upcoming November summit in Maryland in which the United States and Israel will seek to divide Jerusalem and relinquish Israeli sovereignty from Judaism's holiest site - The Temple Mount - while at the same time bringing Israel back to what Abba Eban called it's Auschwitz Borders.This summit is solely a tool for two desperate men - US President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - to attempt to make political gains on the backs of the Jewish People. Bush supports this plan (which will bring rockets raining down on all of Israel) as he desperately wants to focus attention away from Iraq, and if he can come up with a newfangled Mid-East Peace then he and the Republicans will walk away smelling like roses. Olmert is willing and eager to make Israel spiritually bankrupt and militarily defenseless by creating another Arab tyranny in its very backyard whose sole aim will be to destroy the Jewish State. Olmert's first objective is solely the opportunity to stay in office just a little while longer, and he thinks that by producing another false peace ala Oslo then he'll be able to do just that.
Neither of them care about Israel's identity, security or viability more than they care about their own political ambitions.
All recent polls in Israel show approximately 75% of Israeli Jews are opposed to dividing Jerusalem and giving up the Temple Mount. Olmert has NO MANDATE to make the concessions that he is rushing to make.

Olmert's declaration that he is willing to divide Jerusalem and risk countless Jewish lives is a betrayal of the Jewish People and new elections should be called immediately. The Olmert regime will go to any lengths to achieve its ultimate goal of stripping the Jewish Nation of all vestiges of it's Jewish character. Whether that means expelling one hundred thousand Jews (predominantly religious Jews) from their homes in Judea and Samaria or DIVIDING JERUSALEM, G-D forbid, Jews must wake up to the reality that a band of anti-Jewish corrupt individuals are leading the Jewish people to national suicide.Manhigut Yehudit is the authentic Jewish leadership that Israel needs and must have. We will continue to speak out with all of our might against the division of Jerusalem, the wholesale giveaway of Eretz Yisrael, and the risking of Jewish lives as sacrifices for peace.The Manhigut Yehudit website is www.jewishisrael.org

Israel minister draws fire over Jerusalem division call by Ron Bousso Mon Oct 8, 7:57 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - A close ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sparked controversy on Monday after saying that Israel should share sovereignty of Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a peace deal. It is in Israel's interest to tackle the issue of Jerusalem in the negotiations, deputy prime minister Haim Ramon said, reiterating his stance over the holy city, which Israel calls its eternal, indivisible capital.If we reach a deal with the Palestinians, the Arab world and the international community according to which the Jewish neighbourhoods of Jerusalem will be recognised as the capital of Israel and the Arab neighbourhoods as part of the Arab capital, will that be a bad deal?

Ramon also urged Israel not to miss the opportunity presented by a US-sponsored Midde East conference expected to take place in Annapolis, Maryland in November to try to advance the dormant peace talks.Israel captured Arab east Jerusalem, including the Old City with its sites holy to Christianity, Islam and Judaism -- during the 1967 Six Day war and later annexed it.In 1980, the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a law proclaiming it the reunified and eternal capital of Israel, a claim not recognised by the international community.Ramon's comments as Israeli and Palestinian officials met for the first time to draw a joint statement outlining understandings ahead of the renewal of bilateral talks which are planned following the international meeting.But senior members of Olmert's coalition government were swift to criticise Ramon for breaking of one of Israel's strongest taboos.Of course, Jerusalem is not on the negotiations agenda, Trade and Industry Minister and chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party Eli Yishai told AFP.

Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz of Olmert's centrist Kadima party warned that Ramon's proposal causes damage on the security level and also on the national level.The issue of the division of Jerusalem is an inalienable asset of the state of Israel. Palestinian refugees will not be returned to Israel and Jerusalem will not be divided, the former chief of staff told public radio.
The issue of Jerusalem -- which the Palestinians demand be the capital of their promised state -- is one of the most sensitive and intractable issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict along with the question of refugees.Referring to the planned peace conference, the deputy prime minister told army radio: The meeting is an important occasion to reach an agreement on the political horizon with the Palestinian partners and we cannot miss this opportunity.The alternative in case of failure is that we will be left to face Hamas and fight it he said, referring to the Islamist movement that seized power in Gaza in June by routing forces loyal to moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.Olmert is due to address the talks with the Palestinians issue during a speech at the opening of parliament's winter session on Monday, telling the chamber that he is absolutely determined.... to give momentum and a chance to a substantive peace process, the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot daily said.

Jordanian NGOs to take part in Jerusalem forum
www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-07 17:24:32

AMMAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian non-governmental organizations will partake in the Jerusalem International Forum slated for next month in Turkey, which marks the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967, the Jordan Times reported on Sunday. Around 3,000 intellectuals from Turkey and around the world will take part in the Nov. 15-17 forum, which aims to highlight the historical rights of the Palestinians as well as denying Israel's claims on East Jerusalem, the report said. Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) President Wael Saqqa was quoted as saying that the JEA will send 150 of its members to the forum, noting that the participants are keen to do their part in support of the Palestinians in the occupied territories. There are several committees formed by the JEA that work side-by-side with other concerned parties to fight against Jewish attempts to Judaise the holy city, said Saqqa.

Razan Zueiter, who will represent Jordan's civil sector at the forum, said she hoped the forum would offer an opportunity to work together with Palestinian institutions in the occupied territories, said the newspaper. She also called for reactivating the Arab boycott of Israeli products and increasing Arab investments in Jerusalem. On the sidelines of the forum, several folklore, cultural and art exhibitions will be held by the participating delegations, according to the report. Israel seized East Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Syria's Golan Heights during the Six-Day War in 1967,which ended with Israel's stunning victory over the Arab armies. The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 242unanimously in November 1967, demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the occupied lands in return for peaceful actions from Arab states.
Editor: Wang Hongjiang

Report: Israel, PA agree Jordanian control of Temple Mount

London-based Palestinian daily quotes Abbas aide as saying, Israel and Palestinians have agreed to transfer control of parts of Old City in Jerusalem to Jordan as part of future peace agreement
Roee Nahmias 10.08.07, 10:14 / Israel News

Israel and the Palestinians have agreed that the Temple Mount as well as other parts of the Old City in Jerusalem will be under Jordanian control as part of a future peace deal, a Palestinian daily reported on Monday.The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi reported that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached the agreement during recent talks in Jerusalem. Under the arrangement, the Old City's Arab residents will be granted Jordanian citizenship. The newspaper did not say whether Israel would keep control of Jewish holy sites and neighborhoods in the Old City. The arrangement will make the Jordanian monarchy a guardian of holy Muslim shrines in Jerusalem. The plan's details and implementation will be supervised by Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations, the newspaper said.

The report comes a day after remarks by Vice Premier Haim Ramon that Abbas and Olmert will discuss the status of Jerusalem during the US-sponsored talks in November. Ramon said it was in Israel's interest to hand over control of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods to the Palestinian Authority.A Palestinian official told Ynet it was agreed in principle that the neighborhoods of Shuafat, Wadi Jos, Beit Hanina, Ras el-Amoud and Jabal Mukaber would be transferred to PA control.He added that progress was also made regarding the excavations at the Temple Mount. The Palestinians have recently claimed that Israel is attempting to build a synagogue under the complex. The official said that under a future deal Israel would be responsible for security at the Temple Mount while the Palestinians would have sovereignty over the area. In addition, Israel agreed not to conduct any archeological digs at the complex.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office denied al-Quds al-Arabi's report, saying no agreement has been reached.Ali Waked contributed to the report.