STORMS - ANAPOLIS - DISEASE

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.

Bangladesh storm toll over 3,000 Mon Nov 19, 1:04 PMby Anis Ahmed

DHAKA (Reuters) - Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Monday to reach isolated areas along the country's devastated coast to give aid to millions of survivors.The tragedy unfolds as we walk through one after another devastated village, said relief worker Mohammad Selim in Bagerhat, one of the worst-hit areas. Often it looks like we are in a valley of death.The confirmed death toll from the cyclone reached 3,113 by Monday, while 3,322 are injured and 1,063 missing, Lieutenant-Colonel Main Ullah Chowdhury told reporters in Dhaka.He said two C-130 aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corp arrived in Dhaka on Sunday night with medical supplies.Media reports said the death toll had already crossed 3,500, and was likely to rise sharply.We are trying to reach all the affected areas on the vast coastline as soon as possible, then we will know how many people exactly have died, a government official said.

While it would take several days to determine the number of dead and missing, about 3 million survivors who were either evacuated from the low-lying coast or whose homes and villages were destroyed would need support, the government said.Aid workers fear inadequate supplies of food, drinking water and medicine could lead to outbreaks of disease.Food, shelter and medicine are badly needed for the survivors, Renata Lok Dessallien, United Nations Resident Representative in Bangladesh told Reuters after visiting cyclone-hit areas.Grieving families begged for clothes to wrap around the bodies of dead relatives for burial. In some areas, they put corpses in mass graves.Reuters reporters said bodies were being discovered by the hour in the rivers and paddy fields and under piles of debris.The head of the army-backed interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, flew to devastated areas on Monday to reassure victims that his administration would provide enough aid.Your courage in facing the disasters like cyclones and floods give us strength and reinforce confidence in our ability to do the best we can, he said in Patuakhali, one of the badly hit districts.

SEEKING REFUGE IN TREES

Cyclone Sidr smashed into the coast of southern Bangladesh late on Thursday with 250 kph (155 mph) winds that whipped up a five-meter (16-foot) tidal surge.In its wake, bodies of people and animals floated down rivers and the stench of death filled the air. Relatives tried to identify and bring them ashore, before burying them hurriedly without proper ceremonies.Military ships and helicopters were trying to reach thousands of people believed stranded on islands in the Bay of Bengal and in coastal areas still cut off after the storm.The U.N.'s World Food Program and Bangladesh Air Force helicopters have begun dropping high-energy biscuits to people stranded in inaccessible areas.World Vision, one of many non-governmental groups working to help survivors, said on Monday about 1,000 fishermen were still unaccounted for.

Many of us climbed up in trees in the Sundarban forest, but I fell down in panic when I saw a tiger below, said a fisherman on Dublarchar island. The waves then swept me further into the mangrove and I found myself alive when the cyclone was over.The Sundarban forest, home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and a World Heritage site, was badly hit. A forest official said Sidr had damaged trees over about 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres), but could not say how many animals had been killed.S.M. Nurul Alam, coordinator of Coast Trust, a non-government organization in Cox's Bazar, said about 5,000 fishermen from Cox's Bazar and nearby islands had gone to Dublarchar in recent weeks.Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, foreign affairs adviser to the government, said on Monday the authorities had taken all measures to prepare for Cyclone Sidr.Despite these steps, appalling damage has occurred, the assessment of which is still on-going, he said in a statement. We will welcome support from the international community.

AID PLEDGES

The Dhaka Foreign Ministry said the King of Saudi Arabia has announced a $100 million grant for the victims. Riyadh would also airlift 300 tonnes of food and relief materials.India said it would send a comprehensive relief package.Officials in affected areas say the death toll given by the ministry is far below the real numbers. Aid agencies have said the toll could rise beyond 10,000.The storm was the worst to hit disaster-prone Bangladesh since 1991 when nearly 143,000 people died in a cyclone and the tidal surge it triggered.A much improved disaster preparedness plan, including storm shelters built all along the coastline, has been credited with saving hundreds of lives.The extent of destruction is unimaginable, Reuters cameraman Rafiqur Rahman reported from a coastal village.In the 7 km (4.5 miles) I trekked this morning, I saw not a single house standing, he said. Only a few leafless trees and a couple of dogs reminded me it was once a village.(For more information on humanitarian crises and issues visit www.alertnet.org)(Additional reporting by Ruma Paul, Serajul Islam Quadir, Nizam Ahmed, Masud Karim and Azad Majumder, editing by David Fogarty)

Floods displace 2,000 in Malawi Mon Nov 19, 11:45 AM ET

CHIKWAWA, Malawi (Reuters) - Three days of heavy rains have triggered flash flooding and displaced more than 2,000 people in southern Malawi, authorities said on Monday. Lawford Palani, Chikwawa district commissioner, told Reuters that about 20 villages have been destroyed following persistent rains and hailstorms in the area, about 50 kilometers west of the country's commercial capital Blantyre.We are yet to establish whether the floods have caused any deaths and how much crop has been destroyed, Pelani said.Pelani said most of the displaced people have been housed in churches and schools. Relief was being provided by the Malawi Red Cross and international relief agencies.

Malawi's meteorological department has warned of heavy rains that may cause serious flooding in flood-prone areas such as the Lower Shire Valley district of Chikwawa.Malawi will this year receive above average rainfall that will cause heavy flooding, Donald Kamdonyo, the country's meteorological department's director, told Reuters.The government has been running advisories on state radio asking people living in low-lying areas to consider moving to avoid fatalities.(Reporting by Mabvuto Banda; Editing by Bate Felix)

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).

Dominican disease outbreak kills 25 after storm
Mon Nov 19, 10:43 AM

SANTO DOMINGO, Nov 19 (Reuters ) - An outbreak of the waterborne disease leptospirosis has killed at least 25 people in the Dominican Republic and sickened nearly 200, the Caribbean nation's health minister said.Bautista Rojas Gomez confirmed the toll to reporters late on Sunday after talks with President Leonel Fernandez on ways to fight the disease, which spreads through exposure to water contaminated with the urine of infected rats and other animals.The outbreak, linked to flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel last month, was initially limited to a region along the banks of the Ozama River north and east of the capital.But Rojas Gomez said cases had now been confirmed as far away as the Barahona beach resort on the southern coast.In addition to the 25 deaths, Rojas Gomez said 193 people had fallen ill with the disease.(Reporting by Manuel Jimenez; Editing by Tom Brown and John O'Callaghan)

FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS

MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.

1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Russia cult members in cave siege NOV 19,07

Orthodox monks have been trying to reach the cave Police and clergy in southern Russia are trying to negotiate with members of a doomsday cult barricaded inside a cave and threatening to blow it up. The group calls itself the True Russian Orthodox Church. Members are waiting for the end of the world, which they are expecting to happen next May. They say they have enough food and water to last out the winter, as well as large quantities of petrol. The cult leader did not join them, and has been arrested by police. Russian television showed pictures of black-robed Orthodox monks scaling down into a snow-covered gully in a forest in the Penza region, about 650km (400 miles) south-east of Moscow.
Cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov is undergoing psychiatric examination
They are hoping to make contact with the 30 cult members believed to have sealed themselves in the cave . Those inside are believed to include four small children. Cult members say they have hundreds of canisters of petrol and threatening to ignite them if the authorities try to force them out. The group was founded by a former engineer, Pyotr Kuznetsov, who had fallen out with the Russian Orthodox Church. He is thought to have ordered his followers into the cave but did not join them. He is now in custody and is undergoing psychiatric examinations.




FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
Israel to allow Palestinian refugees to return?
Official: PM made deal analysts long warned is code for Jewish state's destruction - November 19, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed in principle to allow a number of Palestinian Arabs living in what the United Nations terms refugee camps to enter Israel as part of an Israeli-Palestinian accord, according to a senior Palestinian negotiator speaking to WND. Palestinians have long demanded the right of return for millions of refugees, a formula Israeli officials across the political spectrum warn is code for Israel's destruction by flooding the Jewish state with millions of Arabs, thereby changing its demographics. Allowing any number of so-called Palestinian refugees to enter Israel would serve as an admission on Israel's part that millions of Palestinians living in U.N.-maintained camps are indeed refugees and have a legitimate right to live in Israel. The Palestinian negotiator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Olmert's team agreed in principle let a select number of Palestinians living in U.N.-maintained refugee camps into Israel in a series of phases that could take up to 15 years. Though the negotiator said an exact number had not yet been determined, he indicated there could be as many as 20,000 Palestinians living in U.N. camps, with an initial phase of several hundred entering Israel with one year of an agreement. He said the first batch of entering Palestinian Arabs would consist of a sampling from the oldest residents of various U.N. camps. David Baker, a spokesperson for Olmert, had no comment on the report Olmert agreed to allow a number of declared refugees to enter Israel. The Palestinian negotiator said the Israeli and Palestinians teams have been hammering out the exact language to be used at a U.S.-sponsored summit slated for Annapolis later this month at which Olmert is widely expected to outline a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank in a joint agreement of principles signed by the Israeli leader and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Various media reports – denied by Olmert – claimed in recent weeks Israel would also evacuate sections of Jerusalem and would negotiate what are considered core Israeli-Palestinian issues – primarily the status of Jerusalem and the so-called return of refugees. When Arab countries attacked the Jewish state after its creation in 1948, some 725,000 Arabs living within Israel's borders fled or were expelled from the area that became Israel. Also at that time, about 820,000 Jews were expelled from Arab countries or fled following rampant persecution. While most Jewish refugees were absorbed by Israel and other countries, the majority of Palestinian Arabs have been maintained in 59 U.N.-run camps that do not seek to settle those Arabs elsewhere. There are currently about 4 million Arabs who claim Palestinian refugee status with the U.N., including children and grandchildren of the original fleeing Arabs; Arabs living full-time in Jordan; and Arabs who long ago emigrated throughout the Middle East and to the West. Other cases of worldwide refugees aided by the U.N. are handled through the international body's High Commission for Refugees, which seeks to settle the refugees quickly, usually in countries other than those from which they fled. The U.N. created a special agency – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA – specifically to handle registered Palestinian refugees. It's the only refugee case handled by the U.N. in which the declared refugees are housed and maintained in camps for generations instead of facilitating the refugees' resettlement elsewhere.

The U.N. officially restricts the definition of refugee status worldwide for nationalities outside the Palestinian arena to those who fled a country of nationality or habitual residence due to persecution, who are unable to return to their place of residence and who have not yet been resettled. Future generations of original refugees are not included in the U.N.'s definition of refugees. But the U.N. uses a different set of criteria only when defining a Palestinian refugee – allowing future generations to be considered refugees; terming as refugees those Arabs who have been resettled in other countries, such as hundreds of thousands in Jordan; removing the clause requiring persecution; and removing the clause requiring a refugee to be fleeing his or her country of nationality or habitual residence – allowing for transient Arabs who didn't normally reside within Israel to be defined as Palestinian refugees. Palestinian leaders including Abbas routinely refer to the right of return, claiming the declared right is mandated by the U.N. But the two U.N. resolutions dealing with the refugee issue recommend that Israel achieve a just settlement for the refugee problem. The resolutions, which are not binding, do not speak of any right of return, and leave open the possibility of monetary compensation or other kinds of settlements.

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

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.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Dow closes below 13,000 amid credit worries
Traders also discouraged by record low homebuilder sentimentNOV 19,07

NEW YORK - Wall Street resumed its slide Monday as investors absorbed a gloomy outlook for the banking sector as well as bleak news about housing. The major stock market indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrial average giving up more than 200 points.Concerns about the banking sector dominated the session. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s downgrade of large banks, and its estimate that Citigroup Inc. would have to write down $15 billion over the next two quarters due to its exposure to risky debt, unnerved Wall Street.Other sectors suffered big hits during the session, including homebuilders and airlines.The latest concerns about the housing sector arose after a downcast survey from the National Association of Homebuilders and a lowered forecast from home-improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. The worry on Wall Street is that the housing market is getting so weak it will crimp consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity and has helped keep the economy afloat. Ahead of the holiday shopping season, any signs that Americans are pulling back could prevent a December rally.

The NAHB’s November housing forecast remained unchanged at its lowest-ever level even after the October figure was revised to 19 from 18. Economists polled by Thomson/IFR had expected the index would come in at 18. The survey began in 1985.I think that a lot of folks are digesting the news from last week and they’re worried about the economy and the ability to grow earnings at the larger companies in America, said Rob Lutts, chief investment officer at Cabot Money Management Inc. in Salem, Mass.The Dow industrials fell 218.35, or 1.66 percent, to 12,958.44.Broader stock indicators also declined. The S&P 500 index fell 25.47, or 1.75 percent, to 1,433.27, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 43.86, or 1.66 percent, to 2,593.38.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 19.17, or 2.49 percent, to 750.33. The pullback left the Russell firmly in negative territory for the year, with a drop of 4.74 percent. Investors often view smaller companies as more likely to be hard hit in a slowing economy because they might not as easily get by on thin profit margins as would some big companies with overseas operations.With Monday’s decline, stocks have seen losses in seven of the past eight sessions. Last week, stocks ended higher after a string of volatile sessions. Many traders are wondering whether the major indexes will test the lows for the year that came in August.

Government bond prices rose sharply Monday as investors sought safety. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 4.08 percent from 4.15 percent late Friday. The 10-year note hasn’t gone below the 4.1 percent level since September 2005.The dollar fell against other major currencies and gold prices slipped.Crude oil futures for January delivery rose 80 cents to settle at $94.64 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.John Merrill, chief investment officer at Tanglewood Capital Management in Houston, contends investors are still grappling with the scope of the writedowns related to the housing market and the related ramifications, such a more cautious consumer.Certainly in the financial sector the concerns seem to be never-ending. The potential for write-offs seems to keep growing, he said. This is having to settle in and the process of settling in means you become more aware of how more meaningful and how restricting these writedowns are.One big area of concern for investors was again Citigroup, which said earlier this month it would likely write down $8 billion to $11 billion in the fourth quarter. The bank, one of the 30 stocks that makes up the Dow industrials, fell $2, or 5.9 percent, to $32 after the Goldman downgrade to a sell rating.Among other financial-services companies, Merrill Lynch & Co. fell $2.24, or 4 percent, to $53.87,while Morgan Stanley fell $1.77, or 3.4 percent, to $51.13.

Lowe’s Cos. posted a 10 percent decline in third-quarter profit Monday, slightly better than expected. But the home-improvement retailer lowered its forecast in anticipation of further deterioration in housing. Lowe’s fell $1.89, or 7.6 percent, to $23.12.Celgene Corp.’s announcement that it agreed to buy Pharmion Corp. for $72 a share in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.9 billion failed to lighten the overall mood on Wall Street. Celgene fell 90 cents to $64, while Pharmion jumped $15.84, or 32 percent, to $65.12.Meanwhile, other sectors that could be bruised by an economic slowdown fell Monday. Delta Air Lines Inc. fell 96 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $19.01, while Continental Airlines Inc. fell $1.76, or 6 percent, to $27.82.The decline in the airlines helped push the Dow Jones Transportation index down 105.87, or 2.32 percent, to 4,457.97. The index also hit a fresh 52-week low.Among homebuilders, Lennar Corp. fell $1.67, or 8.7 percent, to $17.57 and hit a new 52-week low of $17.54. Its previous low was $18.90. Pulte Homes Inc. fell $1.04, or 8.1 percent, to $11.80. It likewise sank to a 52-week low of $11.76; the previous low was $12.15.Declining issues outnumbered advancers by 5 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 4.01 billion shares, compared with 4 billion traded Friday.Stock markets overseas also slumped. In European trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 closed down 2.71 percent, Germany’s DAX index fell 1.32 percent, and France’s CAC-40 slid 1.65 percent. In Asian trading, Japan’s Nikkei stock average fell 0.74 percent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index decreased 0.56 percent.

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).

East African bloc clinches interim trade deal with EU NOV 16,07

NAIROBI (AFP) — East African nations have reached an interim accord with the European Union to replace preferential tariff agreements due to expire this year, Kenya announced Friday, sparking fury from the civil society.The much feared disruption of trade... after December 31 has been put to rest, said David Nalo, a top trade ministry official.The deal, which is in form of an Interim Framework Agreement on the EPA (Economic Partnership Agreements) covers market access, development and fisheries, said Nalo, who led a Kenyan delegation to Brussels.Under the accord reached on Wednesday, East African Community (EAC) states Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will enjoy duty free, quota free access to the EU for all products -- except sugar and rice -- from January 1.Trade deals giving preferential market access to the African nations have to be replaced by the end of the year because the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled they are illegal.The EU had warned of imposing tariffs on goods from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations if there was no agreement by December 31, raising fears of widespread losses and a collapse of local sectors.

Issues that were not covered in interim agreements, including customs and trade facilitations, agriculture, trade in services, technical barriers to trade, will be negotiated next year, Nalo explained.Nalo said EAC members had given themselves 10 days from November 14 -- when they reached the agreement -- to thrash out the details of the deal before it is signed on November 24.The interim deal opens up east African markets to European products as long as they do not affect sensitive agricultural and industrial products in the region.Rwanda and Burundi, who joined the EAC bloc this year, will be excluded from the deal until December 2009 to allow them to finish implementing the EAC customs union.In addition, the deal offered a 25-year transition period to prevent loss of revenues among the east African nations.But a coalition of grassroot civil society groups bristled with anger, saying the EU bullied its way into the interim deal that will undermine development in the five nations.Both the deal on the table now and the dirty tactics employed by the EU in the negotiations process represent a step backwards for the region's development, said Ruthpearl Ng'ng'a of Accord International.East-African countries stand to lose 162.5 million dollars every year in government revenue from signing an EPA, she added.Dirty tactics like blocking civil society groups from the debate, threatening to hike tariffs on imports into the EU, blanket funding of African EPA negotiators and linking EU development funding to the actual signing have influenced the process in a negative way, said Peter Aoga of EcoNews Africa.African nations should therefore refuse to sign the accord on the final hour and reign in the negotiators who are running away with themselves and, as a result, running Africa into the ground, the civil groups said in a statement.

The new deal is designed to help EAC countries develop while diversifying their economies and meeting WTO requirements that they allow some access to European goods and services.Officials said the EAC decided to negotiate as a group since the bloc is working to establish a common market and monetary union by 2012 while also planning to form a political federation.Originally established in 1967, the EAC collapsed a decade later amid diverging economic philosophies.It was resurrected in 2000 as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda agreed to create a European Union-style common market for their 90 million citizens. Rwanda and Burundi became mebers in July this year.

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.

Olmert will divide Jerusalem
16/11/2007

The city of Annapolis lies on the east coast of the USA. It was the first capital city of the United States of America, and is now the seat of government of the state of Maryland. Later this month it is destined once more to enter the history books, for it has been chosen by America’s Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, as the setting for a conference designed to pave the way for a peace agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours. In the run-up to any such negotiation it is only to be expected that the warring parties will fly various kites — that is, they will leak or cause to be leaked various bargaining positions which they may or may not officially adopt when the real talking begins. On the one hand, therefore, one might be inclined not to take these leaks too seriously. On the other, one would be foolish to ignore them entirely.

It is with that admonition in mind that I ask you to dwell on an extraordinary series of leaks that have come from the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert, and with his silent blessing. The immediate author of these leaks — indeed, the leaker-in-chief — has been none other than Mr Olmert’s deputy, Haim Ramon.At the beginning of October, Mr Ramon gave interviews on Israeli radio. His purpose was to urge the acceptance by Israel of the partition of Jerusalem as a central element in any deal hammered out at Annapolis. He was surprisingly frank and explicit. Speaking with the authority but without the approval of his boss (Mr Olmert), he declared that Israel should cede to a future Palestinian state practically the whole of east Jerusalem — certainly those neighbourhoods with an Arab majority.As for the Temple Mount, to the whole of which the Palestinian Authority has naturally laid claim, Mr Ramon announced that, in his view, some special arrangement should be worked out; in other words, the Palestinian claim was not rejected out of hand.I gasped when I read these words, because on June 12, 2006 I had been present at an invitation-only (though hardly secret) meeting that Mr Olmert had addressed in London. Asked specifically about the future status of Jerusalem, Mr Olmert gave a categorical, applause-drawing response: as long as he was prime minister, Jerusalem, undivided, would remain the capital of the Jewish state. Later that year, in a widely publicised speech to Christian tourists visiting Israel, Mr Olmert repeated this pledge: Jerusalem would remain the united and undivided capital of Israel. Whilst emphasising that of course the city would remain open to people of all faiths, he declared: This is the city that God has chosen to be the capital of the Jewish people and it will remain the capital of the Jewish people.

So why, now, is his deputy reneging on this promise?

One reason might be that Mr Olmert is being pressured by the USA to say something that will look attractive to Arab eyes, and ensure that there is a convincing Arab presence in Annapolis. Once the talking begins, Mr Olmert can always repudiate Mr Ramon’s words: yes, Mr Ramon was speaking with his authority, but — alas — without his approval. If this is indeed Mr Olmert’s strategy, it is a highly dangerous one. If Annapolis turns out to be a failure (which is being widely predicted), Mr Olmert will be blamed, and Israel will be condemned. There is, however, a much more straightforward explanation, and that is that Mr Olmert really does intend to re-partition Jerusalem. Secular Jewish Israelis have no particular emotional attachment to the city. Anti-Zionist Charedim actually oppose Jewish control of the Temple Mount, fearing that this will pre-empt a restoration that God alone should properly determine. A poll conducted by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies earlier this year, to mark the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem’s re-unification, actually suggested that 58 per cent of Israeli Jews might be willing to divide Jerusalem as part of the price for a peace accord with the Palestinians. So an agreement to re-divide Jerusalem could well be a vote-winner, bolstering Mr Olmert’s own political fortunes and earning praise from the USA into the bargain.If I am wrong, Mr Olmert still has time to say so. If he does, I will lose no time in offering a fulsome apology.

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

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.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) 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.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 15, 2007
Dear Friend of Israel,

Once again, Israel and the Palestinians are headed to the negotiating table. U.S.-brokered peace talks are scheduled to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, at the end of November.Israel has been down this road before. In 1993, then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin and Palestinian Authority head Yasser Arafat negotiated the Oslo Accords, which promised to set the stage for peaceful relations between Israel and a Palestinian state. Again in 2000, another Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, sat down with Arafat at the Camp David summit to negotiate a final status settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Neither of these efforts achieved its goal.

The difficulties in negotiating peace today are even greater than in years past because there is no single entity that represents Palestinian interests. Israel is committed to dealing only with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. But Abbas and his Fatah party control only the West Bank, and Abbas’ hold on power is tenuous at best. It is unlikely that he has the political power to enforce terms of any agreement that might be reached. Meanwhile, the terrorist group Hamas, which controls Gaza and does not recognize Abbas' authority, has no interest in negotiating with Israel. In fact, earlier this week one Hamas official declared that an Israeli departure from the West Bank - which will be one of the issues on the table at Annapolis - would mean a Hamas takeover of the area.Israel's dilemma is clear. Even if Abbas were serious about wanting peace, which is by no means certain, Israel would still have to deal with the Muslim fundamentalists of Hamas, who are committed to Israel's destruction. No wonder, then, that there is an air of pessimism surrounding these talks. In fact, a recent poll showed that a majority of the Israeli people do not believe the Annapolis conference will bring peace any closer.

I believe that we must hope and pray for the best possible outcome at Annapolis. But given the history of previous negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians we must also be realistic. As yet, no Palestinians not Fatah, and certainly not Hamas have shown that they are willing to recognize Israel's right to live in peace and security as a Jewish state. So, while hoping for the best, we must prepare for the worst, knowing that the final outcome is in God's hands.Please join me today in praying for wisdom for Israel's leaders as they once again seek the peace that Israel so longs for. And keep lifting your prayers for the peace of Jerusalem up to God.

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

Bolton questions Annapolis peace talks Nov. 16, 2007 at 4:46 PM

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The former U.S ambassador to the United Nations criticized the Arab-Israeli peace talks scheduled in Maryland, calling the timing a mistake.John Bolton spoke before an audience at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank where Bolton now sits. He said the Arab-Israeli peace talks scheduled for late November or early December are premature, adding the situation is not ripe for a positive outcome, the Jerusalem Post reported Friday.It's a mistake to push ahead with the Annapolis peace conference in November or December, Bolton said. I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters.Bolton's criticism cited an Israeli government plagued with internal political difficulties and a Palestinian Authority broken perhaps beyond repair as handicapping any potential outcome of the scheduled talks.He criticized the lack of response by the Bush administration to the Sept. 6 Israeli strike on an alleged Syrian weapons facility. Bolton said the administration was so focused on diplomacy with North Korea, it overlooked Pyongyang's role in helping develop the Syrian facility, the Post said.Bolton also criticized U.S. handling of Iran and its nuclear ambitions, saying it was a mistake to allow Britain, France and Germany try to negotiate a solution.United Press International.

US finalizes Mideast conference plans By MATTHEW LEE and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writers NOV 19,07

WASHINGTON - The United States plans to issue as early as Tuesday official invitations to a much-anticipated Middle East conference, to be held next week at Annapolis, Md., hoping for strong backing from a select group of Arab nations for the U.S. effort to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. As the U.S. finalizes preparations, the State Department will start sending out invitations overnight for the event, U.S. officials said Monday. The conference will be held in Annapolis on Nov. 27 in between meetings in Washington. The main guests are the Israelis and the Palestinians, and the Bush administration also is inviting Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and key international players in the peace process, the officials said.The invitations are to be sent by diplomatic cable to U.S. embassies in the countries concerned, with instructions to Washington's ambassadors to present them to their host governments' foreign ministries, the officials said. They will ask that each nation send its highest-ranking appropriate official to Annapolis.The White House has said President Bush will attend at least part of the event chaired by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who also will host a pre-conference dinner at the State Department on Nov. 26, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement.The State Department held off on invitations in an attempt to get as much done to prepare for the meeting before formally committing to the dates. Details about the meeting, including the guest list and agenda, are expected to be made public in the coming days.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said preparations for the meeting were nearly complete and Rice had spent a good deal of time over the weekend calling officials in the Middle East for last-minute consultations.Among others, Rice telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit. She also called Lebanese President Fuad Saniora, with whom she discussed both peace efforts and Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections, McCormack said.Bush, who announced plans for the conference in July, and Rice hope Annapolis will launch the first serious round of Israel-Palestinian peace talks in more than seven years with the participants' endorsement of a joint document now being prepared by Israeli and Palestinian officials.We do have a sense that they are continuing to make progress, not only on the document but also on what comes after Annapolis, McCormack said.While awaiting the formal announcement of the conference, the State Department also welcomed pre-Annapolis steps announced Monday by Olmert's cabinet, including the release of Palestinian prisoners and a fresh commitment to not construct new settlements in the West Bank.

Our view is that the steps that the Israeli government have announced are positive confidence-building measures in the run-up to Annapolis, McCormack said, adding that such steps are points that both sides can build on, where they can build up that mutual confidence and try to improve daily lives on both sides, for both the Palestinians as well as the Israelis.Meanwhile, a large group of U.S. lawmakers urged Rice in a letter to make the most of the conference.Clearly, robust, hands-on U.S. leadership and diplomacy is necessary to frame not only on what transpires at the meeting, but on what takes place before and after it, said the letter, co-authored by Reps. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., and Charles Boustany Jr., R-La., and signed by 133 other members of Congress.Separately, former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, a Rice mentor, and other well-known Washington advisers warned Bush and Rice in a letter last month that the session must tackle the substance of a permanent peace and that its failure risks devastating consequences.The letter is to be re-released Tuesday with more signatures, including Brookings Institution scholar Diana Villiers Negroponte, wife of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.The Annapolis invitation list has been a poorly kept secret since mid-September, when U.S. officials first began floating ideas about who should attend.The administration is hoping for significant representation from Arab countries, whose foreign ministers are to meet Thursday and Friday in Cairo to form a joint position on the conference.The U.S. has already said the 13 nations that make up the Arab League's follow-up committee on a broad Arab-Israeli peace settlement are to be invited. Aside from the Palestinians and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, the committee members are Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.

Only two of the countries, Egypt and Jordan, have peace deals with Israel and some, notably Syria and Saudi Arabia, remain technically at war with the Jewish state. In September, Israel is alleged to have launched an airstrike on what some reports have said was a North Korean nuclear facility in Syria. Others expected to be invited include the members that, with the United States, make up the so-called Quartet of Mideast peacemakers — the United Nations, European Union and Russia. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will also be asked to attend in his capacity as the quartet representative to the Palestinians. Invitations may also go to select European states with a past role or interest in Mideast peacemaking such as France, Germany and Britain, along with G8 economic powers that were not covered by other invitations, such as Canada, Japan and Italy.

US welcomes Israeli promises ahead of peace meet NOV 19,07

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States welcomed Monday concessions to the Palestinians announced by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of a Middle East peace conference outside Washington.
Ahead of the meeting in Annapolis, Maryland, Israel vowed to stop building new settlements in the occupied West Bank and said it would free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the Israeli steps are positive confidence-building measures in the run-up to Annapolis.However, at talks in Jerusalem, Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas failed to agree on a joint statement ahead of Annapolis. They did vow to keep hammering away at a declaration for the peace meeting.Ultimately, these have to be efforts and a document that they are both comfortable with, McCormack said, arguing that outsiders could not bring an imposed solution to the vexed issues separating Israel and the Palestinians.That said, we are of course going to, where we can, help the sides bridge any differences in terms of their thinking, and do what we can to help them move along the pathway, the spokesman said.

He added that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke by telephone over the weekend with Olmert, Abbas, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.The US administration has said the conference will take place in the fall but has still to name a date, creating fresh criticism in the US media Monday about its goals amid skepticism from some key players like Saudi Arabia.McCormack again refused to give a date, a list of invitees or an agenda, despite statements from some foreign leaders that the conference could take place as early as next week.But he said rest assured that the governments involved have been briefed along the way, and they have a very good idea of exactly when the conference is going to be, what they need to do to get here, and what the agenda will be.While focussed on the peace process overall, the conference would also address efforts by former British prime minister Tony Blair to build up the Palestinian economy, the spokesman said.Blair, now the international community's special Middle East peace envoy, said at the weekend that he would soon announce projects to create jobs for tens of thousands of Palestinians.