EU GETTING STRONNNNGER

EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

Strong 6.1 quake hits Alaskan islands -- USGS
Agence France-Presse 12/21/2007

WASHINGTON -- A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska's Aleutian islands on Friday, just two days after a 7.2 magnitude quake rattled the same area, the US Geological Survey said.The epicenter was 35 kilometers (22 miles) deep, 2,083 kilometers (1,294 miles) west of Anchorage in the Andreanof islands, part of the Aleutian islands off Alaska.The earthquake struck at 0724 GMT, according to the USGS.

5, 7 magnitude earthquake hits the capital

Capital Ankara was hit by a 5, 7 magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning as the city was waking up for the first day of Eid Mubarak. The earthquake, which lasted about 15 seconds did not cause much damage however, due to effects of the 1997 earthquake, Ankara people has panicked and refused to go inside buildings.

Ankara was hit by a 5, 7 magnitude earthquake

Felt by almost everyone in the city, the earthquake's epicenter was reported as Bala village. Authorities said there is no loss of life however about 20 buildings were damaged.

Ankara residents were shocked by a 5, 7 magnitude earthquake in the first day of Eid Mubarak holiday. Although the earthquake did not cause much damage or loss of life, Ankara residents refused to go in buildings, remembering the highly destructive earthquake which killed more than 50 thousand people back in 1997. The earthquake was followed by many small earthquakes until noon. Kandilli Observatory House said there is no risk for a bigger one; the biggest that could occur would be 6.0 magnitudes.

Earthquake flattens buildings in NZ
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New Zealand authorities declared a civil emergency in Gisborne after several of its older buildings collapsed due to a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that jolted much of the country.Thursday's earthquake off New Zealand's east coast caused damage to Gisborne's infrastructure but no serious injuries.At least 10 people were treated for minor injuries, officials said.The quake, centred in the Hikurangi undersea trench off North Island, hit at 8:55 pm local time (1855 AEDT) at 40 kilometres below the surface, the GNS Science geological agency reported. It was located about 50kilometres southeast of the coastal city.The US Geological Survey recorded the quake at magnitude 6.6.As part of the emergency ordinance, police cordoned off the city's central business area to ensure no serious casualties occurred in damaged buildings, senior sergeant Moira Brown of Gisborne police said as dawn broke in the area early Friday.Our role is to cordon the area and prevent everybody, including shop owners and retailers, from going into that CBD till buildings and structural damage have been checked by engineers, Brown said.

We have got a lot of damage and are still assessing the situation, police inspector Waata Shepherd said. Some roofs have collapsed. We are still trying to ascertain the amount of damage.The central city area had been locked down because of the damage, he said.
Power lines were down in some areas, and the quake had left a huge hole in one of Gisborne's main roads, he added.Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management spokesman Vince Cholewa confirmed that three buildings collapsed. As far as we are aware, there are no injuries in those buildings, he said.The National Crisis Centre was activated to assist local agencies dealing with the quake's aftermath. The emergency ordinance means central government assistance will be speeded up, officials said.The tremor did not trigger any tsunami warning at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii.Vulcanologist Dr Warwick Smith of GNS Science said the quake was not strong enough to spark a tsunami off the coast.

My judgment call ... was that 6.8 wasn't big enough for a tsunami, he told National Radio. The ocean floor has to either be uplifted or subside to move that (sea) water, and 6.8 isn't big enough.New Zealand sits above an area of the earth's crust where two tectonic plates are colliding and records more than 14,000 earthquakes a year - but only about 150 are felt by residents. Fewer than 10 a year do any damage.Callers to NewstalkZB radio said the quake sent television sets and other household appliances crashing to the floor, but that the lack of power made it difficult to assess the damage to their homes.One caller, who identified himself only as Brian, said his family sheltered in doorways as the quake rocked Gisborne.That was a ride and a half. It was freaky, he said.

Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon said things flew out of the cupboards at his home as the quake rattled the region.A number of buildings have collapsed and I can see dents in a number of buildings, he told National Radio, adding that collapsed walls and smashed glass littered the streets.The fire department had put out 10 small fires, but outlying areas had still to report major damage, he said.

Dear Stan, DEC 21,07

Next year in Jerusalem. This simple phrase, repeated by Jews around the world on two of the most important holidays of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur and Passover, reflects the deepest hope of an entire people - the desire to live in the land given to them by God.Following the formation of the modern state of Israel in 1948, many have seen this hope realized. After the horrors of the Holocaust, millions of Jews made aliyah (immigrated to Israel), escaping persecution and oppression and fulfilling the biblical prophecies that promise the return of Jewish exiles from the four corners of the earth.Since its launch, The Fellowship's On Wings of Eagles program has helped hundreds of thousands of Jews make aliyah including thousands in the year 2007 alone.

But for many Jews the dream of returning to Israel remains just that - a dream. Jews in the former Soviet Union, Ethiopia, India, or Arab lands live in extreme poverty, and do not have the funds to travel to Israel, let alone the means to provide for themselves and their families once they arrive. Every year, they say "next year in Jerusalem, knowing full well they may never know the joy of living in their biblical homeland.In the final days of 2007, our goal is to raise enough support to make it possible for 200 more Jews to come to the Holy Land - to allow 200 Jews from the poorest lands to make next year in Jerusalem a reality.As you consider your year-end giving plans, please prayerfully consider making a gift to On Wings of Eagles.You can help bring one Jew to a new life Israel for a gift of $350. Or, if you prefer, a gift of $50, $100 or $175 given by midnight December 31st will help us reach our goal before the end of the year. Thank you, my friends, for your generosity. With your help at this year-end, Next year in Jerusalem can become a reality for 200 Jews living in a country where anti-Semitism and rampant poverty is a daily reality.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.

The CARMEL ALERT Dec 21st 2007
A compilation of news reports from the past week for the information of those committed to praying
for Israel and the salvation of the Jewish people.

David's Comment: The Global Warming Deception

In this week's comment I want to take the focus off the Middle East and take a look at an issue which will be affecting all of our nations in the days ahead. We live in the age of widespread delusion and mass deception. For example perhaps many of you, our beloved prayer partners, are doing your best to keep the weight off by changing to food and drink products labelled as Diet products. Friends - you are being deceived. Most Diet products simply replace the sugar content with Aspartame other similar sugar replacement products. Most of these alternative sweeteners do not help you loose weight and may well be doing your body harm. But we, the unsuspecting public, believe the large print and don't bother to read the small print. For instance DIET COKE replaces some of the sugar with Aspartame ( which can be poison to our bodies - write to me if you want more info on that). In ZERO COKE (the big print leads one to believe its a much healthier product) but they take out all of the sugar and replace it with even more Aspartame than the DIET COKE has. That is only one example of hundreds if not thousands.

Of much greater concern at a higher level is the issue of Global Warming. We are constantly being told that the planet is in great danger because of the rise in temperature. Just last week an international conference took place to discuss the subject of global warming and what can be done to bring it under control. In regards to this issue, I believe that is possible that the good intentioned citizens of the western world are being duped by the scientists and the left wing liberal politicians to believe that the global warning problem is primarily caused by the amount of carbon we are releasing into the atmosphere. They say that cars, aircraft and industrial plants are the main polluters of the
atmosphere which then causes the Greenhouse Effect and the raising of the temperature. One of the greatest dangers of warmer temperatures is the melting of the Polar ice caps which will result in the flooding of many love lying residential areas in many countries.

I am not denying that there seems to be a noticeable warming trend in some places. However at the same time we are seeing more intense winter storms, along with other extreme weather conditions that are causing chaos in many places, but I am not sure that the major cause is what we are all being told. While the chorus of the global warming camps grows louder, there is also a rapidly growing number of scientists who refute the whole theory of Global warning being caused by man's irresponsible and selfish treatment of the planets natural resources. They have evidence to show that the Earth's temperature has always fluctuated. There was a mini ice-age that struck northern Canada and parts of northern Europe 150 years ago before the age of aircraft and automobiles. It was so cold for a few years that it was impossible for humans to live there. A new U.S. Senate report documents hundreds of prominent scientists – experts in dozens of fields of study worldwide – who say global warming and cooling is a cycle of nature and cannot legitimately be connected to man's activities.
( see news item 8 ) and Read on http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59319

And there is lot of hypocrasy involved. Not all of the Global Warming activists practice what they preach. One of the most prominent global warning voices is that of former US Vice President Al Gore. His carbon footprint (the amount of atmosphere polluting carbon waste that his affluent lifestyle produces) is responsible for producing hundreds of times more than his fair share of the carbon that they claim is ruining the planet. It could be that we the ordinary folk are being set up for massive control and cutbacks in our lifestyles and most people are blindly going along with it. Where the great majority of people are making a huge mistake is that they are far more concerned about the Creation than the Creator. Many actually worship the Creation and ignore the Creator.The Devil is employing every means he can in these days to lead the masses away from the Truth and into spiritual darkness - a darkness that will trap them for eternity unless they repent and return to their Creator.

Once thing I am sure about - the shift in the weather and the increasing regularity of natural disasters is. along with the events in the Middle East, a strong indicator pointing to the soon return of Yeshua to be Messiah & King of Israel. We need to intensify our prayer - lets follow the Lord's instruction and pray for Israel and the Jewish people first, then we should pray for our family, our friends, our workmates, our government ... to be broken free of the lying, deceiving spirits of this present evil age, so that they can come into the Light of the World - Messiah Yeshua.

The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel . Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF.

Shabbat Shalom ... David & Josie SILVER

ANTICHRIST (NAMES OF)

MATTHEW 24:24
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.

MARK 13:22
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

1 JOHN 4:2-3
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2 JOHN 7
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

1 JOHN 2:18,22
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

DANIEL 9:26 (COMES FROM ROME) (EU)
26 And after threescore and two weeks 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; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

DANIEL 8:9
9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

DANIEL 7:8
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

DANIEL 8:23
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

DANIEL 11:36
36 And the king shall do according to his will; 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.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4,8
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

ISAIAH 57:20
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

REVELATION 13:1-2
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Lisbon Treaty marks new beginning for enlarged EU with profound changes www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 20:22:55 Special report: Yearender 2007

BRUSSELS, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The landmark Lisbon Treaty, the new treaty for the European Union (EU) signed by EU leaders this month, not only marked the end of a years-old constitutional crisis agonizing the bloc, but will also have profound changes for the 27-member alliance. If approved by the 27 EU states, the document, which replaces the defunct EU constitution rejected by French and Dutch voters in2005, will take effect in January 2009, enabling the EU to face upto the challenges of the globalization era more confidently, giving it the impetus to move forward and further uniting it. This is not a treaty for the past. This is a treaty for the future, a treaty that will make Europe more modern, more efficient and more democratic, Jose Socrates, Prime Minister of Portugal, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, said at the signing ceremony of the treaty in Lisbon on Dec. 13. He said the treaty would also create conditions for the EU to have its voice heard in the world. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said that with this treaty the EU is preparing itself to better serve its citizens and address world issues. And French President Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters in Lisbon: Europe was blocked, without knowing how to move forward, and we found the solution with this treaty.

The new treaty is vital to streamlining the functioning of the regional bloc, which has enlarged from 15 members to 27 since 2004and has developed from a regional economic bloc into an economic and political alliance. It also provides for far-reaching changes in the EU's institutions and decision-making mechanisms. The treaty creates the post of a long-term president of the European Council, which comprises heads of state of the member states, in place of the current six-month rotation system. The European Commission, the EU's executive body, will be downsized, with the total number of commissioners reduced to 18 from the current 27. The commission's president will also have more powers. A new post of the EU foreign policy chief will be created, which combines the duties of present foreign policy chief Javier Solana and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner. To improve decision-making, a double majority voting system -- approval by at least 55 percent of membership and at least 65 percent of the bloc's total population -- has been introduced to the Council of the EU, a decision-making body composed of ministers from member states. Except for certain areas where unanimity is still required, policies will be decided through the double majority voting system, notably in justice and home affairs. The new treaty removes national vetoes in around 50 policy areas and redistributes voting weights between member states. However, it drops all references to the EU flag or anthem, to assuage euro sceptic fears of another step toward a federal Europe.

The year of 2007 will be remembered as the year of breakthrough for the new treaty, which is a simplified version of the 2004 EU draft constitution aimed at improving the EU's efficiency, streamlining decision-making and promoting its development. Germany, which took over the EU presidency on Jan. 1 this year, made it a top priority to revitalize negotiations on the new treaty. In March, the EU special summit in Berlin, which marked the 50th anniversary of the EU's founding, declared the end of the reflection period of the constitutional process. At the June summit in Brussels, the EU leaders decided to replace the failed EU constitutional treaty with a new reform treaty, and worked out a roadmap for it. On Oct. 18 in Lisbon, the EU informal summit, after lengthy negotiations and bargaining, reached agreement on the new treaty -- the Lisbon Treaty. After its signing on Dec. 13, the treaty will go through the ratification process in each member state in 2008, and will be effective before the European Parliament elections in January 2009. At their summit on Dec. 14 in Brussels, the EU leaders called for a swift completion of the national ratification process with a view to allowing its scheduled entry into force. Unlike the defunct EU constitution, all the EU states have expressed their support for the new treaty.
Hungary became the first EU member state to approve the new treaty on Monday night when its parliament voted 325-5 in favor of the document. France, which rejected the EU constitution in 2005 in a referendum, has launched the ratification process of the new document, and Germany has said it wants to be among the first group of countries to approve it. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ruled out a British referendum to approve the new treaty. Among all the 27 members, only Ireland insists on holding a referendum -- expected in May or June next year -- to ratify the document, reducing the risks of an upset, even though polls suggest many Irish voters are undecided or indifferent. The other nations will approve the treaty through votes in their national parliaments. EU policy experts are more confident that the new treaty will be given a green light this time around.

In a recent interview with Xinhua, Antonio Missiroli, head of studies at the European Policy Center, expressed his qualified optimism over the ratification process of the treaty. However, he cautioned that Ireland is going to be a big question mark given the fact that Irish voters vetoed the Nice Treaty in 2001, another document for the EU. If Ireland returns a 'no' there will be ripple effects elsewhere. Other parliaments will suspend ratification; there will be calls for referendums in other countries. That is the possible domino effect, he said. The EU hopes that with the completion of the new treaty, the bloc will now be able to focus on efforts to address regional and world challenges, enhance its role on the international stage, harden its position in global talks, and sell the so-called EU mode of principles and standards around the world. The Lisbon Treaty provides the Union with a stable and lasting institutional framework. We expect no change in the foreseeable future, so that the Union will be able to fully concentrate on addressing the concrete challenges ahead, including globalization and climate change, the EU leaders said in a communique issued in Brussels last week. The world will now turn its eyes on whether the treaty will be ratified smoothly and whether it can deliver the far-reaching changes the EU is seeking. Editor: Song Shutao.

THE EU WILL TAKE OVER THE UN'S ROLE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE UN WILL BE FOLDING SHORTLY BECAUSE OF USELESSNESS?????????????

Presidency: EU must be ready to guide Kosovo to independence www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 00:19:40

BRUSSELS, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The would-be EU presidency said here Thursday that the European Union must be ready to guide Kosovo to independence after the U.N. Security Council failed to settle the future status of the breakaway Serb province. The EU and Kosovo have to agree what to do next in a reasonable manner and without any blackmail, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel told reporters. Slovenia is to take over the half-year rotating EU presidency from Portugal on Jan. 1. It's clear that certain processes cannot be held back, he added, saying he expected the province's status to be resolved by the end of the Slovenian presidency at the latest. We are ready. If I interpret the mood right in the EU, we are prepared to recognize the reality that exists in the Western Balkans, Rupel said. The U.N. Security Council discussed Kosovo on Wednesday but failed to find a compromise over the future status of Kosovo.

Backed the United States and most of EU nations, Kosovo has sought independence form Serbia, but the latter, supported by Russia, strongly opposes it except offering broad autonomy. The EU remains divided on whether to support Kosovo's drive to unilaterally declare independence early next year. A few nations, including Cyprus, Greece and Romania, are unwilling to recognize unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo mindful that the move would set bad example for other separatist groups. The EU has decided to send a police and civilian mission to Kosovo, which is mostly inhabited by ethnic Albanians, to take over the administration from the United Nations.Editor: Yan Liang

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).

EU marks 'historical' enlargement of borderless zone
21.12.2007 - 09:28 CET | By Elitsa Vucheva

The EU's borderless zone expanded to nine mostly eastern European countries at midnight on Friday (21 December) in its biggest enlargement so far. Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - which all joined the EU in 2004 - are part of this enlargement to the so-called Schengen area.Land and sea border checks between them and the other Schengen countries are now abolished, while air borders are set to follow on 30 March 2008. Practically it means that as of today, people can travel hassle-free between 24 countries of the Schengen area without internal land and sea border controls- from Portugal to Poland and from Greece to Finland, EU justice commissioner Franco Frattini said in a statement.An area of 24 countries without internal borders is a unique and historical achievement. I feel very proud and privileged to have been involved in making it happen, he added.Meanwhile, celebrations were held and are to be held throughout Friday on several border points to mark the occasion.However, some were more enthusiastic than others. While Slovaks were celebrating until late in the night on Friday at the country's border with ‘old' member state Austria, no celebrations could be noted on the Austrian side.A recent poll carried out in Austria showed 75% of its citizens opposed the lifting of barriers, according to the BBC.

Fears of crime wave

While many EU citizens are looking forward to the free movement regime, others have expressed fears that it will lead to an increase of crime and illegal immigration.Politicians dismissed the fears, however.Schengen is not about criminality, it is not about insecurity or fear. It is a bigger zone of peace, security and stability, Austrian chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said in Slovakia on Thursday (20 December).It's an historic occasion following the destruction by the first and second world wars and the division of our continent by the Iron Curtain (…) Free borders in a free Europe: who would have dared to even dream of that in 1985, Mr Gusenbauer added.European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said: Together we have overcome border controls as man-made obstacles to peace, freedom and unity in Europe.

And what about EU neighbours?

While the enlargement of the Schengen area means that some 400 million EU citizens will now be able to travel more easily within it, it also constitutes a new burden for some EU neighbours.The short stay Schengen visa currently costs €60 for third country nationals and is a significant increase for some non-EU citizens.
Until now, Belarussians have paid €5 for a trip to neighbouring Lithuania.Other EU neighbours - the Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania – have concluded visa facilitation agreements with the EU, which are expected to enter into force on 1January 2008.Russian citizens are also covered by such a deal, which entered into force in June this year.Under the visa facilitation agreements, citizens of these countries can obtain a Schengen visa for €35, while certain categories of citizens are exempted from the fee.The Schengen area was established in 1985 and named after the small Luxembourg village where it was signed by Germany, the Benelux countries and France.The nine new countries joined the 15 others already in Schengen - thirteen EU states excluding the UK and Ireland which preferred to stay out, but including Norway and Iceland.Non-EU member Switzerland is also to become a member of the Schengen area next year, while three EU states – Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania have still to meet the necessary requirements.It is not yet known when they will join the EU's borderless zone, but Cyprus is expected to do so around 2009, while Bulgaria and Romania are hoping to follow suit by 2011.

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea,(MEDITERRANEAN SEA) and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,(OF NATIONS) having seven heads and ten horns,(THE EU) and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Italy, France, Spain to boost cooperation in Mediterranean region www.chinaview.cn 2007-12-21 16:07:15

ROME, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of Italy, France and Spain on Thursday pledged joint efforts to promote cooperation in the Mediterranean region and make a planned Mediterranean Union the core for regional cooperation in various fields, Italian media reported. In a joint statement, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the union will be set up on the basis of mutual cooperation, instead of integration. Convinced that the Mediterranean, crucible of culture and civilisation, should resume its role as a zone of peace, prosperity and tolerance, the three leaders had met to think about the broad outlines of a planned union for the Mediterranean, the statement said. The union would have a mission to reunite Europe and Africa around the countries along the Mediterranean rim and to set up a partnership on an equal footing between the countries north and south of the sea, it said. The added value of the Mediterranean Union should reside first in the political boost it should give to cooperation around the Mediterranean and the mobilization of civil societies, businesses, local communities, associations and NGOs (non-governmental organizations), said the statement. The three leaders announced that a summit of the countries bordering the sea would be held in Paris on July 13, one day before a European Union (EU) summit scheduled in Brussels.

At a joint news conference following a meeting of the three leaders, Zapatero said problems such as immigration and the environment would be central to the focus of the new bloc. A Mediterranean Union needs to bring about a change in relations between the two sides of the Mediterranean Sea, for a new form of development and for peace, he said. The Spanish prime minister added that any initiative should start with the EU. The project of the union, which is supposedly composed of 16 Mediterranean countries, was put forward by Sarkozy when he was running for the French presidency. He has made the Mediterranean region one of his diplomatic priorities since he became president in May this year.
Editor: Song Shutao.

International Relations | 21.12.2007
Sarkozy Gets Italy, Spain on Board for Mediterranean Union

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: EU critics are wary about a possible shift to the south French President Nicolas Sarkozy got the support of the leaders of Italy and Spain, Romano Prodi and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, for his idea to establish a union of Mediterranean-rim states.Sarkozy, Prodi and Zapatero agreed there was a need for a Mediterranean Union, they told reporters at an evening press conference in Rome on Thursday, Dec. 20. The French president said Paris would hold a summit for potential members on July 13, one day before an EU summit in Brussels.

Sarkozy has been pushing for his idea since before he took office
The idea of a Mediterranean Union ... a real one aimed at peace, dialogue and development, has been mentioned many times before, but never a pragmatic way to achieve it, Prodi said, after a 45-minute meeting of the three men. Well tonight we have started doing this, he added. The Mediterranean must be at the center of European policy.Immigration and environment would be central to the new entity's focus, Zapatero said. Both he and Prodi stressed that such an initiative would start with the European Union.

Mankind's future

In recent weeks Sarkozy has pressed the idea of a union of the 20 countries along the Mediterranean Sea, including Israel and Syria, on several occasions, an issue he already brought up in February, even before he was elected president.It's in the Mediterranean that some of mankind's future will be decided, Sarkozy said at Thursday's news conference.

Bildunterschrift: Immigration would be a focus
The Frenchman's push has irritated some in the European Union, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was concerned that a Mediterranean union could pose a threat to the 27-state bloc.

Merkel openly expressed her misgivings about the idea ahead of an EU summit in early December, resulting in a Franco-German agreement that the two countries would jointly draft a proposal for it.Along with Merkel, Sarkozy is opposed to Turkey joining the EU. Some critics see his Mediterranean Union plans as an alternative to Ankara becoming part of the bloc.Turkey is not in Europe but in Asia Minor, and this is a geographical reality," Sarkozy said in an interview with Radio Vatican on Thursday, as he reiterated his stance that the country should not become part of the EU, German news agency DPA reported.DW staff (ncy)

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)

Sarkozy in first meeting with Pope DEC 20,07

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has met Pope Benedict XVI, saying he was personally moved by his first audience at the Vatican since taking office in May.The two discussed a range of international issues, including the drama of hostages, an apparent reference to France's efforts to free Ingrid Betancourt, who is being held by Colombian guerrillas.Ms Betancourt is a dual French-Colombian citizen and former presidential candidate in the South American country. She has been held for nearly six years and France has been actively seeking her release.The Vatican described the visit as cordial and noted what it called the good relations between the French government and the Roman Catholic Church.Mr Sarkozy, in talks with the Pope and a second meeting with the Vatican's secretary of state Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, discussed themes of common interest in France and the role of religion, in particular the Catholic Church, in the world, the Vatican said.

Before the visit, Mr Sarkozy's spokesman, David Martinon, described the Vatican as extremely active and influential in diplomacy.It's a partner that counts, and it's a heavyweight ally on a great number of subjects, such as on Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, Mr Martinon said.The two men held 25 minutes of private talks. The French leader arrived at the Vatican about 15 minutes behind schedule after flying in from Paris. Benedict greeted him outside his study and the two men posed for photographers before taking their seats at a desk for their talks.
Where did you learn your French? Mr Sarkozy asked Benedict. In school, the German Pope replied.Mr Sarkozy presented the Pope with three books, including one he had written before becoming president on the role of religion in secular France.

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.

THIS THINK TANK IS RIGHT ON GOD DESTROYS WHO EVER COMES AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM IN THE FUTURE.

Thursday, December 20, 2007 Geostrategy-Direct.com
Unthinkable? Think tank sees Israel, not Iran, surviving a Mideast nuclear war

WASHINGTON — Iran could sustain up to 28 million and Israel 800,000casualties in a nuclear war between the two countries. Anthony Cordesman .A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies envisioned a nuclear missile war between Iran and Israel that would last 21 days. Authored by former Defense Department strategist Anthony Cordesman, the report said Israel could conceivably survive a nuclear war, but Iran would not.
Iranian recovery is not possible in the normal sense of the term, the report, entitled Iran, Israel and Nuclear War, said. Israeli recovery [is] theoretically possible in population and economic terms.The report was released on Nov. 19 amid Iranian threats to destroy the Jewish state. Cordesman said Israel could cause tremendous damage to Iran because of its much more powerful nuclear weapons. Israel and U.S. capability to preempt is factor, but main issue may be Israel's ability to clearly develop mutual assured destruction and U.S. capability to deploy credible level of extended deterrence, the report said.

Israel has produced nuclear weapons with a yield of one megaton, the report said. In contrast, Iran would be unable to assemble a weapon of more than 100 kilotons. A megaton weapon could inflict third-degree burns at three times the radius, and radiation fallout could kill others at a distance of 130 kilometers. A 100 kiloton bomb could result in casualties within a radius of 13 kilometers. The report expressed confidence in Israeli missile defense capabilities. Cordesman said most Iranian nuclear missiles could be intercepted by the Israeli-origin Arrow-2 missile defense system, bolstered by the U.S-origin PAC-2 Guided Enhanced Missile Plus. The report envisions a war between 2010 and 2020, when Iran was expected to acquire an arsenal of up to 30 nuclear warheads. Cordesman expected Israel to have more than 200 nuclear warheads, launched by ground- and sea-based systems. Prevention [of Iran's nuclear weapons] may stimulate massive covert, dispersed effort, the report said. Preemption becomes radically different once Iran has nuclear armed force.Cordesman expects Syria, albeit without nuclear weapons, to join any war. The report envisions Syria firing chemical and other nonconventional weapons that could kill up to 800,000 Israelis. For its part, Syria could lose 18 million in an Israeli nuclear retaliation. Egypt could also join an Iranian war against Israel. The report expected Israel to retaliate by firing nuclear missiles toward Alexandria, Aswan, Cairo and other cities. Cordesman said Egypt's Suez Canal and Aswan Dam would be destroyed. Rational actors do not fight nuclear wars, but history is not written about rational actors behaving in a rational manner, the report said.

Russia's Putin Is Named Time's `Person of the Year' By Chris Dolmetsch

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin was named Time's Person of the Year for bringing his country roaring back to the table of world power, the magazine said on its Web site. Putin, 55, who has said he may become Russia's prime minister after stepping down as president next year, has helped lead the country back to stability at significant cost to the principles and ideas that free nations prize, Richard Stengel, the magazine's managing editor, wrote in an article explaining the choice. With dauntless persistence, a sharp vision of what Russia should become and a sense that he embodied the spirit of Mother Russia, Putin has put his country back on the map, Stengel wrote. Time, owned by Time Warner Inc., started the annual Person of the Year cover story in 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, the aviator who made the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. Last year, Internet users behind the self-made content on Web sites such as Google Inc.'s YouTube.com won the honor.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, a Nobel Prize winner, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, Chinese President Hu Jintao and David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, were named runners-up, the magazine said. Time's nomination is not a recognition of Putin's positive impact, political analyst Yevgeny Volk of the Heritage Foundation in Moscow said by telephone. Many people have been named who played a rather controversial role, he said. Past winners include Adolf Hitler in 1938 and Josef Stalin in 1939 and 1942. Other Soviet and Russian leaders named Person of the Year by Time include Nikita Khrushchev in 1957, Yury Andropov in 1983 and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 and 1989. It's certainly a recognition of Putin's impact on domestic and world politics, Volk added. He really plays a big role in shaping the Russian political landscape and influencing international policy.To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Dolmetsch in New York at cdolmetsch@bloomberg.net .

Russia seals Central Asian gas pipeline deal Financial Times By Isabel Gorst in Baku updated 9:41 p.m. ET, Thurs., Dec. 20, 2007

Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan finalised a landmark agreement on Thursday to build a pipeline to transport gas to Russia, tightening Moscow's control over Central Asian gas exports.The deal comes at a time of intense competition for the region's rich energy resources. Dubbed Pricaspiysky, the new pipeline will skirt the east coast of the Caspian Sea carrying 20bn cubic metres a year of Turkmen and Kazakh gas north to Russia's Saratov region.
The accord, signed in the presence of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, and Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan's leader, is a setback for Europe, which is courting Caspian producers for gas supplies to reduce its dependence on Russian imports.

Julia Nanay, of PFC Energy, said, The agreement on this pipeline marks a strengthening of energy relations between Central Asia and Russia and fulfils one of Putin's key policy goals of tying large supplies of gas from Central Asia into the Russian system.Gazprom, the state­controlled Russian gas company, needs Central Asian gas to compensate for a fall in production from its Siberian fields, a decline that threatens to undermine its $37bn (€25.5bn, £18.4bn) a year European gas export business.Mr Putin said the Pricaspiysky pipeline would be a serious investment by our countries in strengthening energy security, not just in Eurasia but more widely, bearing in mind our main consumers in west Europe. Separately, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan plan to modernise and expand a Soviet-era pipeline, currently the only large gas export route out of landlocked Central Asia.Viktor Khristenko, the Russian energy minister, said the Pricaspiysky pipeline would be built by late 2010. Each republic would take responsibility for financing construction of the pipeline on their territory, he said.Mr Putin and Mr Nazarbayev earlier spoke by telephone with Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the Turkmen president, who came into office a year ago after the death of Sapurmurat Niyazov. Mr Berdymukhammedov has begun construction of a gas export pipeline to China that will end Russia's stranglehold on Turkmenistan's gas export routes by the end of 2009.

He has also held frequent talks with western governments about a project to build a gas pipeline across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan to link up with the planned Nabucco system supplying Caspian gas to Europe. Nabucco is central to the EU's strategy to diversify gas imports away from Russia.Finalisation of the Pricaspiysky project, first announced in May, has been postponed several times despite intense lobbying by Russian diplomats.
Meanwhile, Turkmenistan has persuaded Gazprom to accept a 30 per cent increase in gas prices, despite an earlier contract fixing the price at $100 per thousand cubic metres until 2009. The price will rise again to $150 per thousand cubic metres in the second half of next year. Analysts said it would be difficult for prospective investors in the trans-Caspian pipeline to compete with the higher price Gazprom has agreed to pay Turkmenistan.

Conference of Presidents backs united Jerusalem
Published: 12/21/2007

The Conference of Presidents reaffirmed its longstanding position that a united Jerusalem should remain the sovereign and eternal capital of Israel.In a meeting Thursday, the conference, the principal U.S. Jewish umbrella group on foreign affairs, voted to defer discussion on another resolution that would have insisted that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas remove portions of the charter of his Fatah movement calling for the elimination of Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein, the conference's executive vice chairman, told JTA that members overwhelmingly supported a discussion on the Fatah charter resolution. But, he added, those present at the meeting voted to defer discussion until after the group's February mission to Israel. The mission will also include a visit to the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

Some members of the conference have argued that both resolutions would serve to undercut the Israeli government as it participates in U.S.-convened peace talkes with the Palestinians. Others counter that the resolutions would strengthen Israel's negotiating hand.

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.

Do not make city's division a self-fulfilling prophecy
Nathan J. Diament director of public policy for the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America 12.20.07

Imagine the scene centuries ago, as the prophet Isaiah mounts a platform to exhort the people. But instead of trying to rally the listeners to mend their ways to deserve God’s aid, as well as prepare for battle against those who would sack Jerusalem and send them into exile, the prophet instead suggests they ought to surrender Jerusalem willingly.In recent weeks, political leaders and other prominent members of the Jewish community have done exactly that. They say that redividing Jerusalem is inevitable and that we modern Jews should begin adjusting to that reality. No suggestion could be a greater betrayal of Jewish history or a more wrongheaded notion of how to conduct diplomacy.The central role Jerusalem has played in the historic and religious narrative of our people is well-known. Jerusalem is at the heart of Jewish religious identity — we pray each day toward Jerusalem and for its welfare, and we conclude our holiest days with the prayer that next year we will celebrate in Jerusalem.

Historically, King David made Jerusalem his capital 3,000 years ago and since then Jerusalem has been the national capital of the Jewish people; only brute force has kept us out. In 1948, when the Old City and eastern parts of Jerusalem fell under Jordanian rule, Jews were barred entry to the Old City, denied worship at the Western Wall, and denied access to the ancient cemeteries on the Mount of Olives. Israel reunified the city in 1967 and opened the holy sites of all faiths to all people.Despite these truths, there are those who believe that for the sake of restarting an Israeli-Arab peace process, we must consider redividing the city. After all, some say, it is necessary for a peace deal. Some say the city is already divided, with Arab neighborhoods where no Jew ever ventures. Others say the Arabs already have de facto control over the Temple Mount †for the sake of a deal, why not make it official and concede their sovereignty? For his part, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said that the Temple Mount is not open for negotiation; yet he also is entertaining the idea of a Palestinian capital in the eastern part of the city. Does the prime minister seriously believe that Palestinians will be satisfied with anything less than the Temple Mount?

Fact is, there are neighborhoods, especially those east of the security barrier, where Jews seldom venture. But modern Jerusalem is far more an interwoven checkerboard of Jewish and Palestinian neighborhoods than starkly segregated enclaves. Beit Safafa lies between Talpiot and Gilo, Sheik Jarrah lies between the Old City and French Hill, and there are many Palestinians living in and around the ancient Jewish City of David in the valley between the Jewish Quarter and the Mount of Olives. It is no more feasible to extricate the Palestinian and Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem from one another than to ethnically divide the neighborhoods of Manhattan.In the wake of the Six-Day War, Israel turned the administration of the Temple Mount over to the Muslim Waqf. This was a generous gesture, and it may even be worth continuing under a final settlement agreement. But Israel should never cede the sovereignty for which Jews have prayed, toiled, and bled for generations.Other arguments have been advanced against the pro-Jerusalem advocacy effort mounted by the Orthodox Union and its allies. We in the Diaspora are told that we must either yield to those who live in Israel or that we do not have a say in the first place.Yet it’s far from obvious that Israelis favor concessions on Jerusalem. A few weeks ago, the Israel-based Maagar Mohot Research Institute released a survey showing that 78 percent of Israelis oppose Israel making a commitment now to turn sovereignty on the Temple Mount over to the Palestinians. Another large majority (69 percent) also opposes Israel making a commitment now to turn part of Jerusalem over to the Palestinians.

Moreover, with regard to Jerusalem — the cradle and heart of the entire Jewish people — Diaspora Jews do not dictate Israeli policy, but it is our “obligation” — Prime Minister Olmert’s own word — and our right to speak up. After all, we are family.Our goal is and must remain a shared one — to be faithful to the prayers and sacrifices of our ancestors who longed for, prayed for, and fought for Jerusalem — the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

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

AFX News Limited
Metals - Gold edges back above 800 usd as dollar weakens UPDATE
12.21.07, 6:33 AM ET

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Gold edged back above 800 usd an ounce as the dollar fell against the euro and as traders remained broadly positive over the outlook for the metal going into next year.At 11.09 am, spot gold was trading up at 803.20 usd per ounce against 798.80 usd in late New York trades yesterday.The metal has firmed back above 800 usd this morning as the dollar has weakened, noted TheBullionDesk.com analyst James Moore. He added that with 'players caught between locking in profits for year-end and increasing their safe-haven holding on dips, the yellow metal looks set to remain in a volatile mood, spending more time in its current range.On a longer term view, however, most market participants believe gold, which rose to a 28-year high of 845.40 usd in November, is set to scale new peaks next year.Gold is traditionally bought as an alternative asset to the US currency, and even though some analysts are turning more optimistic on the dollar going into next year, the outlook for gold remains strong.

This is as mine supply is still falling while safe haven buying is set to pick up as tightening credit conditions the world over start to impact economic growth.In addition, any signs that inflation is set to remain high amid still rising oil prices will benefit gold, which is traditionally bought as a hedge against rising prices.Elsewhere, platinum fell away from Tuesday's all time record high of 1,521 usd per ounce, trading down at 1,509 usd against 1,511 usd at the close yesterday.Platinum ... is susceptible to profit taking ahead of year-end, however given the current market tightness and the vulnerability to supply disruptions platinum could easily eclipse Tuesday's high, said Moore.In other precious metals, palladium dipped to 351 usd against 353 usd, while silver rose to 14.26 usd against 14.19 usd.
maytaal.angel@thomson.comma/am/ma/ra Thomson Financial News Limited 2007.

No truce until Hamas stops rockets: Israel's Peres
Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:51pm EST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Friday the Jewish state should not agree to a truce with Hamas unless the Islamist group first stops rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.Israel has stepped up incursions into Gaza to try to stop militants firing rockets and mortar bombs at southern Israeli towns and troops killed at least seven Palestinian gunmen in a ground and air raid on Thursday.Hamas and medical workers said Israeli troops shot and killed a Hamas militant in the Gaza Strip on Friday during an exchange of fire near the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was unaware of any activity by troops in the area at the time of the incident.

Nobel peace laureate Peres reiterated on Friday Israel should not negotiate a ceasefire with Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June after clashes with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, unless it first stopped the salvoes.The residents of Gaza are not our enemies and we have no joy when we see children suffering, but we can't ignore the fact that there is not a single Israeli in Gaza and despite this, Hamas continues firing rockets on our children, Peres said.The moment the rockets stop there will be no firing from Israel, said Peres, whose role is largely ceremonial, in a speech during a visit to an Israeli Arab town.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas relaunched peace talks last month after a seven year hiatus and vowed to try to reach a deal by the end of 2008. But Hamas has rejected the peace push and its control of Gaza could complicate talks.Some media reports said recently that Israel was examining a ceasefire proposal from Hamas, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev said he was not aware Israel was considering such a move and repeated that groups refusing to renounce violence were not a party for any sort of dialogue.

Rockets fired by Gaza militants onto Israeli towns rarely cause damage or injury but spark widespread panic and disrupt daily life for residents and Olmert's government is facing increased pressure to take tougher action.Most rockets are fired by militants from groups other than Hamas but Israel says the Islamist group has the power to stop the attacks. Hamas regularly launches mortar bombs into Israel.Israel pulled troops and settlers out of Gaza in 2005 but still controls its borders. Israel and the West refuse to negotiate with Hamas unless the Islamist group renounces violence and recognizes the Jewish state.Israel's Channel 2 television reported this week that Hamas's leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, was prepared to hold talks about a ceasefire with Israel. Haniyeh's aide denied the report, but reiterated a Hamas proposal for a reciprocal ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank.Two Israeli government ministers earlier this week said they did not rule out third-party mediation with Hamas.(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch, Ori Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Rebecca Harrison; Editing by Peter Millership)