EGYPT IN TRASITION

JOEL ROSENBERG ON EGYPT
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/February/Rosenberg-Whats-Next-for-Egypts-Christians/
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/February/Joel-Rosenberg/

Kissinger advice to Obama on Egypt: Seem a little less frantic about getting into the news cycle Jeff Poor - The Daily Caller – Sat Feb 5, 1:03 pm ET

As a political matter, the Obama White House has been praised for its handling of the turmoil in Egypt. But on policy, the president has been criticized on both the right and the left, his critics ranging from Charles Krauthammer to Chris Matthews.

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is one who has also detected the deficiencies of the Obama administration on this matter. He made an appearance on Friday’s The Charlie Rose Show on Bloomberg Television and explained President Barack Obama had completely missed the potential for this crisis, especially based on his State of the Union address last month.The administration has a huge problem. They were thrown suddenly into a crisis they obviously didn’t foresee, Kissinger said. It wasn’t even mentioned — the Middle East was not even mentioned in the State of the Union address, so it clearly was not a top issue for national consideration.During Kissinger’s stint at the State Department, he handled several international crises including the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War and revolutions in South America. But he said he had the benefit of not being held to the standard of a 24/7 news cycle and that’s where the Obama administration is fouling up.

So now they have to improvise reactions, and you couldn’t plan for something that nobody foresaw. So I recognize the administration is under tremendous pressure,” he continued. “And I’ve been in crisis situations. I have not been in crisis situations where we had a 24/7 news cycle and we therefore felt obliged to speak every evening on a fast-moving situation. And this is a particularly complicated one because it has global international implications, it has local implications, and it has domestic implications in this country. So there are many pressures on the administration, but on the whole I would prefer if they would seem a little less frantic about getting into the news cycle.

Next IDF Chief of Staff: Maj.-Gen. Benny Ganz
by Gil Ronen FEB 5,11

Defense Minister Ehud Barak is expected to announce tomorrow (Sunday) that Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz will be appointed as the 20th Chief of Staff of the IDF. The appointment will have to be approved by the Cabinet, and then by a committee headed by retired judge Yaakov Turkel, which will look into Ganz's record and give a final opinion as to whether he is fit for the job.Ganz served until recently as Deputy Chief of Staff. Earlier in his career, he was Head of Northern Command, Commander of the Paratrooper Brigade and Commander of Shaldag, a unit that - according to foreign news sources - operates behind enemy lines in directing missile strikes.Sources in the IDF estimated that Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Yair Naveh will stay on in his current role. Barak had named Naveh as a temporary Chief of Staff, giving rise to heated criticism from other ministers, who thought the right course of action would have been to let outgoing Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, stay on in his job for a while longer. They accused him of letting his personal rivalry with Ashkenazi get in the way of his professionalism.

Saturday evening, after the Sabbath ended, the Defense Minister's bureau confirmed reports that Ganz will be the next Chief of Staff. At this time, it stated, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister attach great importance to removing the uncertainty regarding the appointment of Chief of Staff and to stabilizing the military by appointing a Chief of Staff to lead the army against the challenges we face.Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant, whose appointment to be the next Chief of Staff was torpedoed at the last moment after the Attorney General said he could not defend it in court, said in a Friday night on Channel 2 that he believed the appointment was still valid. The government will weigh my actions over the course of my career against the attorney general's words, he said.Galant's appointment was challenged in a motion filed by the Green Movement after the media created a storm over allegations that he had improperly annexed land to his private home in the past. A media appearance last week by the normally tight-lipped Galant shifted public opinion in his favor but was too late to prevent the success of the campaign against him.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

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.(TRADE 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).

Franco-German Pact for Competitiveness' hits immediate opposition-Sealed with a kiss: the far-reaching financial proposals were prepared by France and Germany and dished up to other EU states on Friday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)
ANDREW WILLIS 04.02.2011 @ 14:54 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The abolition of salary indexation systems, greater harmonisation of member state corporate tax rates and an overhaul of national pension systems are among the measures contained in a Franco-Geman 'Pact for Competitiveness' for the eurozone, put forward at the EU summit on Friday (4 February).Other elements included the insertion of a debt alert mechanism into national constitutions, the mutual recognition of educational diplomas and the establishment of national crisis management regimes for banks.The six-point plan is outlined in a draft, seen by EUobserver. Over lunch at the leaders' meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attempt to convince their eurozone homologues of the pact's merits. Details would then be thrashed out at a specially convened summit of eurozone leaders in March, together with an already-scheduled EU summit later in the month.We need to increase competitiveness and the yardstick should be the member state that is leading the way, Ms Merkel told journalists immediately prior to the lunch. Suggestions that Germany should increase salaries, potentially harming the country's competitiveness, have irked Berlin in the past.

The German leader indicated that non-eurozone states will also be invited to sign up to the competitiveness pact if they wish.Mr Sarkozy hailed the initiative as a major step forward. France and Germany are working hand in glove to defend the euro, he told the joint briefing.The Franco-German structural plan was a way of boosting European competitiveness and ensuring the convergence of member state economies, he added.The plans for enhanced joint governance of the 17-nation eurozone economy appeared to hit a hurdle almost immediately however, with Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme blasting them as being overly constrictive.There must be more economic cooperation, but member states must be left the room to carry out their own policies, Mr Leterme said on arriving at the one-day summit, originally scheduled to discuss energy issues.Each member state has its own accents, its own traditions. We will not allow our social model to be undone, he added.Critics also hit out at the pact's intergovernmental nature, with little role for the EU's institutions envisaged.We welcome the move towards greater economic governance as step in the right direction. However, the method being proposed will not provide the required result as it is purely intergovernmental, said the leader of the European Parliament's Liberal group, Guy Verhofstadt.The only effective way of ensuring the discipline and objectiveness that is required, is through the Community method and with the empowerment of the Commission to act and set real sanctions.

EARTH WORSHIP

DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

2 KINGS 23:5
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

EU parliament chief: energy security needs public money
VALENTINA POP 04.02.2011 @ 09:29 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Europe's multi-billion-euro needs for energy infrastructure and new technologies cannot be funded only by the private sector, European Parliament chief Jerzy Buzek has said, in a position putting him on collision course with Germany.We need both: regulation and money. The annual EU budget for energy today is €20 million. It's negligible, if we compare it to what a few kilometres of pipeline cost,the Polish politician told EUobserver in an interview on Thursday (3 February).Earlier this week, German officials said that Berlin - the largest net contributor to the EU budget - said the private sector should foot the bill, with the EU role to be limited to smart regulation.Mr Buzek is set to meet EU leaders on Friday during a summit formally dedicated to energy and innovation, but which is likely to be swamped by talk of Egypt and the financial crisis.If we want to protect the environment, we need new technologies and we should spend money together with the EU for their development, because they are a great European added value, Mr Buzek went on.He cited the 10,000 wind turbines installed last year in China and estimates by the EU commission that Europe needs a few hundred billion euros in energy infrastructure investments in the coming years. Admitting that national budgets are under pressure, Mr Buzek said that this sum can only be generated with the help of the public sector.

Certainly, most money should come from private investors. But in today's economic climate, the EU should give the financial leverage to private companies to reduce the risks they face.As some inter-connections may not be commercially viable, it is even more important to have the EU and national coffers foot the bill to some extent, he explained, giving the example of the North-South energy corridor.The North-South proposal - designed to link eastern EU countries to western ones to reduce their exposure to Russia - was finalised on Thursday night at a meeting of the so-called Visegrad group (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic) plus Romania, Bulgaria and EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso. Mr Barroso said details will come out in the next few months and that the EU should endorse the scheme in the second semester of 2011.

Dealing with Russia

Mr Buzek added that while most big energy deals concern private companies, it is normal for governments to get involved on a bilateral basis and even better if the EU negotiates en bloc.Usually, big energy deals are done with the political support of governments. It is always the same - North Stream, South Stream, even Nabucco. Our companies are not alone and neither are foreign companies, he said. He noted that EU countries sometimes go against each others' interests on energy.Nabucco is a fully European project, while South Stream is developed by some member states together with Russia and independently from the EU commission. The difficulties and competition between the two show how important it is to have co-ordination and joint negotiations when dealing with external partners,he said, referring to two major gas pipeline projects in the Caspian region.The Polish politician also urged Russia to abide by EU internal market rules on unbundling - the separation of production and transmission assets in the energy sector.We want to see Russia as a transparent, coherent and predictable energy partner. The new EU rules also prevent a massive sell-out of European assets and equal conditions for all players,he said.

No Karimovs

Mr Buzek, who has taken a firm stand on human rights issues during his tenure as parliament chief, said there should be no trade-off on values and energy sceurity. We simply cannot divide the issue of human rights from energy supplies. The two must go hand in hand. When I was in Russia, we discussed this very openly with [Russia's] President Medvedev, but we know it's not easy and much more has to be done in Russia on the human rights issue and in other countries as well, he explained.Asked his view on the recent visit of Uzbek strongman Islam Karimov to Brussels to talk about gas with Mr Barroso, Mr Buzek said: I didn't meet Mr Karimov and have no intention to do so.

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.

Torrential downpours pile misery on Australia
by Torsten Blackwood – Sat Feb 5, 6:24 am ET

TULLY HEADS, Australia (AFP) – Torrential rains and flash floods trapped scores of people in homes and cars following a massive cyclone, piling more misery on Australia Saturday after weeks of record inundations.As coastal residents pieced together homes and farms destroyed by Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, dramatic deluges brought by cyclone activity caused chaos in the state of Victoria, some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) away.Authorities urged residents of the small town of Koo Wee Rup, southeast of Melbourne, to evacuate for fear of flash floods, while more than 80 people were rescued from flood-bound houses and vehicles.An English tourist, 26, was in critical condition with serious head injuries after a gum tree came down on her tent, and a 14-year-old girl was pulled from a swollen river. Emergency services fielded thousands of calls for help.There is a simple message for everybody in Victoria at the moment: please take care, warned Victoria state premier Ted Baillieu.Whether you're near the roads, whether you're near floodwaters, please don't drive through, ride through or play through floodwaters.

Parts of Melbourne, Australia's second biggest city, were lashed by 175 millimetres (6.8 inches) of rain overnight, while flash floods hit the town of Mildura after a record downpour of 200 millimetres on Friday afternoon.The rains come in the wake of Australia's worst cyclone in a century, which left a trail of destruction and a damage bill of billions of dollars (billions US) after hitting Queensland state on Wednesday, but miraculously caused no known deaths.The category five storm -- the highest level -- laid waste to entire towns, hurled luxury yachts around like toys and shredded enormous swathes of banana and sugar crops, adding an estimated 0.25 percentage points to inflation.I'm amazed we survived it, said banana farmer Daryl Webber, 42, who stood in his house as the roof was torn off, the windows were blown out and walls fell apart.The whole house was shaking, (wall) panels were flying everywhere. It was just horrendous. You wouldn't believe the force of the winds,he told AFP.The remains of homes and debris including fridges and pool tables littered the devastated coastal hamlet of Tully Heads, while some communities remained cut off by floods and fallen trees, hampering recovery efforts.Two men who were reported missing turned up safe, along with a couple who were feared drowned after their yacht capsized and a teenager who jumped into a fast-flowing river to save his dog. The pet also survived.Looters stole thousands of dollars' (thousands US) worth of stock from a cyclone-hit Queensland pub, making off with its store of beer and the spirits from behind the bar.I think it is terrible that people take advantage in these situations. You lose faith in humans,staff member Janet Lobegeier said.

Australia's military scaled back operations to deal with weeks of floods, which affected three-quarters of Queensland, including the state capital Brisbane. But another 4,000 troops were helping clear up after the cyclone.Swiss miner Xstrata resumed its operations at Mount Isa and Cloncurry, in Queensland's north, after the downgraded storm failed to cause any damage.Power was restored to 15,000 properties in tourist centre Cairns, a gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, as military aircraft prepared to fly in bottled water, tinned food and baby supplies because some roads remained impassable. Tully Heads, which was virtually wiped off the map, was closed to the public and media as dazed residents wondered how to rebuild their lives with no homes, no power and little fuel and food.Many people are living in patched-up homes with gaping holes covered by tarpaulin, and surviving hand-to-mouth until help arrives. Meanwhile, the local agricultural industry is in ruins.People say good old Queenslanders are tough and they can rebuild, but this is just too hard for us,said elderly resident Sandra Cameron.

Ten more dead in Philippine floods
– Sat Feb 5, 2:57 am ET

MANILA (AFP) – Ten more people have been killed in floods and landslides after nearly a week of heavy rains in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll to 20, according to the government.The remote, Muslim insurgency-wracked island of Jolo was the latest area to suffer from bad weather late Thursday, when flash floods and storm surges killed five people, said Jolo mayor Amin Hussin.As floodwaters ebbed on the main southern island of Mindanao, rescue workers unearthed the remains of five people who had been buried by landslides earlier in the week, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.Some 73,000 people are still in evacuation camps after the latest round of heavy rains began to lash Mindanao on January 31, the council said in a bulletin.It was the second time the region had been hit by torrential rains this year.Flooding across the southern and central Philippines last month claimed 75 lives, according to the disaster council.

Thirteen dead in fresh Sri Lanka floods
– Sat Feb 5, 12:50 am ET

COLOMBO (AFP) – Renewed rains in Sri Lanka have flooded a large number of towns and villages and killed at least 13 people, officials said Saturday.Heavy monsoon downpours have driven some 800,000 people out of their flooded homes and into state-run welfare centres or to stay with friends and relatives on higher ground, officials said.The situation in the Eastern, North and North Central Provinces is serious as monsoon rains continue, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said in a statement.Police said the number of people killed in the latest flood-related incidents had risen to 13 after five people who went missing after a boat accident on Thursday night were later declared dead.The DMC said that floods were widespread and were flowing over roads, agricultural land and town centres, worsening the damage already caused by rains that began in December.At least 43 people were killed and a million driven out of their homes last month by flooding.On Friday, a flood victim gave birth in mid-air minutes after she was plucked to safety by a Bell-212 military helicopter in the north-central region of the country, the air force said.

The woman had been among a group of villagers marooned in the town of Horowpathana, air force spokesman Janaka Nanayakkara said.A spokesman for the main hospital in the region said the mother -- identified as K. L. Malkanthi, 33 -- and the baby girl were doing well.The new flooding came after the United Nations issued an appeal for 51 million dollars in emergency aid to help up to a million people affected by floods last month. Most of them were hit once again by the latest rains, officials said.

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.

Chile hit by moderate earthquake, no damage
Last Updated: February 5, 2011 11:52am

StoryCommentsEmail StoryPrintSize A A AReport Typo.SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hit central Chile Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but the country’s state emergency office Onemi said there were no signs of damage.USGS initially said the magnitude was 5.8. The epicenter of the quake was 57 miles south-southwest of the city of Concepcion at a depth of 8.5 miles.In February 2010, central Chile was hit by a massive quake of 8.8 magnitude and ensuing tsunamis that caused widespread devastation and killed hundreds of people.

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 RUSSIA-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 (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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.

EU to Mubarak: Begin transition now - but not tonight
LEIGH PHILLIPS 04.02.2011 @ 21:16 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - All EU leaders have backed a call for Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak to begin a transition to democracy now.But according to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, now does not mean that Mr Mubarak should step down immediately, as the West does not have the right to tell Egypt what to do, while Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi expressed his wish that Mr Mubarak stay on.At the European Council on Friday (4 February), a meeting of the EU's 27 premiers and presidents, the leaders issued a statement using similar language to that of the bloc's foreign ministers on Monday, calling on both the government and protesters not to engage in violence.All parties should show restraint and avoid further violence and being an orderly transition to a broad-based government, read the statement.The European Council underlined that this transition process must start now.The EU has been widely criticised both internally and on the streets of Cairo for its tardiness in pushing for Mr Mubarak's exit after a 30-year long rule and waiting for Washington to pronounce its changes in policy towards the regime first.France on Thursday seized the diplomatic initiative by publishing a joint statement on behalf of President Nicolas Sarkozy, Germany's Angela Merkel, Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, Spanish premier Jose Zapatero and British PM David Cameron.

The process of transition must begin now, the communique said, in what until then was the EU's firmest call so far for Mr Mubarak to step down.Whether the statement could be understood as a direct call for Mr Mubarak to step down immediately remained vague however, as the leaders continued to call for dialogue with the regime and political reforms.All parties [should] engage in a meaningful dialogue, read the leaders' position.But according to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, now does not mean that Mr Mubarak should step down immediately.Speaking to reporters following a summit of European leaders in Brussels, Mr Cameron was asked whether EU leaders are siding with protesters in demanding that Mr Mubarak step down tonight.

Refusing to be drawn on the question, he said: It is not the role of leaders in the West to tell Egyptians exactly who should be running their country.I couldn't have been more clear about what needs to happen. Egyptian authorities have a choice: If they continue to go down the path of repression, they will lose their last shred of credibility. Or they can choose the path of reform. But it's up to them.Mr Cameron however criticised those who worry what democracy in Egypt might bring.I don't accept that the only choice in life is between a country that doesn't respect democracy and Islamic extremism.They have a robust democracy in Turkey. They have one in Indonesia. It's condescending to say that Egypt can't as well.Himself a conservative, he used the occasion to take a swipe at the neo-conservative view of the region.That's what the neo-cons were wrong about. Democracy is not just about elections... And we shouldn't be naive or starry-eyed that you have an election and that solves all the problems.French President Nicolas Sarkozy was less sanguine about what may happen should the Mubarak regime fall.We can not reject a democratic aspiration just because there is a risk. [But] there are examples where it turned out badly, I'm thinking of Iran.Meanwhile, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told his fellow leaders on Friday that Egypt's transition towards democracy should take place without breaking with President Hosni Mubarak.

He would like to see someone like Mubarak at the head of the country,said an aide who asked to remain anonymous, according to AFP.The EU summit, originally to have focused on energy security, was dominated by the turmoil in north Africa and divisions over a comprehensive solution to the ongoing eurozone debt crisis. Apart from Egypt and Tunisia, where the government fell last week and which started the domino effect of protests, Algeria, Uganda, Yemen and the West Bank have also seen anti-government rallies in recent days.The Council also saluted the peaceful and dignified expression by the Tunisian and Egyptian people of their legitimate, democratic, economic and social aspirations, which are in accord with the values the European Union promotes for itself and throughout the world.

Report: Hamas Stirring Up Violence in Egypt
by Maayana Miskin FEB 4,11

Hamas is attempting to increase the level of violence in Egyptian demonstrations, according to a report in the Egyptian daily Al-Yawm Al-Sabah that was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). According to the report, Hamas terrorists were recently caught on their way to demonstrations.Nine of the terrorists were nabbed in Suez City, and another two were caught in El-Arish.
Security forces believe the 11 were not alone, the paper said. More terrorists are believed to have infiltrated Sinai recently. There has also been movement in the other direction, as Hamas prisoners escape jail in Egypt while police are busy with the protests.

Hamas shares a platform with the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian opposition party that supports the demonstrations against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The Gaza-based terrorist group is in fact an offshoot of the Brotherhood, as is the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Israel-based Islamic Movement.More than 300 people are thought to have been killed in riots in Egypt so far. The Muslim Brotherhood's favored candidate for president, former UN inspector Mohammed ElBaradei, recently told Mubarak that he must leave the country by Friday, a demand Mubarak has rejected.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

U.S. backs transition, warns of attempts to derail
By Tom Perry and Sherine El Madany - FEB 5,11

CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States said on Saturday it backed Egypt's drive for orderly reforms but warned of attempts to derail the process, as thousands continued to demonstrate for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation.Mubarak has reshuffled his government, and the leadership of his party resigned on Saturday, but the 82-year-old president insists he will stay in power until September polls.Fearing instability in the largest Arab nation where Islamists are the most organized opposition, the United States, Egypt's key ally and aid donor, is emphasizing gradual change.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threw her weight behind the reform effort launched by Mubarak's handpicked vice president, Omar Suleiman, saying the government's fragile dialogue with the opposition must be given time to unfold.

There are forces at work in any society, and particularly one that is facing these kinds of challenges, that will try to derail or overtake the process to pursue their own specific agenda, Clinton told a security conference in Munich.She did not name the forces, but Washington has expressed concern about any involvement of militant Islamist elements.Which is why I think it's important to support the transition process announced by the Egyptian Government, actually headed by now Vice President Omar Suleiman.The State Department scrambled to distance itself from comments made by U.S. special envoy Frank Wisner who told a Munich conference Mubarak should stay on in power, saying his comments were entirely his own views, not those of the U.S. administration.But Clinton also spoke of supporting Egypt's government to ensure an orderly handover of power.President Mubarak has announced he will not stand for reelection nor will his son ... He has given a clear message to his government to lead and support this process of transition, Clinton told the same Munich conference of world leaders.That is what the government has said it is trying to do, that is what we are supporting, and hope to see it move as orderly but as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances, she said.

RESIGNATIONS

With some protesters insisting they want not just Mubarak but also his allies out straight away, moves to keep the 82-year-old president in office are unlikely to go down well.An Egyptian army commander was shouted down when he tried to persuade thousands of demonstrators at Tahrir Square to stop a protest that has stalled economic life in the capital.You all have the right to express yourselves but please save what is left of Egypt. Look around you, Hassan al-Roweny said through a loud speaker and standing on a podium.The crowd responded with shouts that Mubarak should resign. Roweny then left, saying: I will not speak amid such chants.Egypt's economy is already suffering. Growth, which was running at 6 percent, will be hit, said Central Bank Governor Farouk el-Okdah. There will also be movement in the Egyptian pound, he said, but the bank has enough reserves to cope.Exports fell six percent in January because of the mass protests and curfew, Trade Minister Samiha Fawzi Ibrahim said. Many shops have been closed during 12 days of protests and banks have been shut, making it hard for Egyptians to stock up on basic goods. Some prices have been pushed up. The Egyptian government appears to trying to emphasize the threat to stability and the economy posed by the protests, and toughen it out, hoping the demonstrations will fade away.Friday's protest by hundreds of thousands in Cairo failed to become the Day of Departure for Mubarak they had hoped for, so the demonstrators now also have to find a way to maintain momentum if they are to achieve their goal.

Protesters were not impressed with the resignations of the Mubarak's party chief, including that of his son Gamal.These are not gains for the protesters, this is a trick by the regime. This is not fulfilling our demands. These are red herrings, said Bilal Fathi, 22.Leading Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Habib said: It's an attempt to improve the image of the party but it does not dispense with the real aim of the revolution: bringing down the regime, starting with the resignation of President Mubarak.It is an attempt to choke the revolution and gain time.Earlier, Mubarak met some of the new ministers, the state news agency said, in a clear rebuff to the hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters who rallied at Tahrir Square in central Cairo for a 12th day.Meanwhile, Vice President Omar Suleiman met prominent independent and mainstream opposition figures, state television said, to try to work out how to ensure free and fair future presidential elections while sticking to the constitution.The proposal being promoted by a group of Egyptians calling itself the The Council of Wise Men involves Suleiman assuming presidential powers for an interim period pending elections.But some opposition figures argue that would mean the next presidential election would be held under the same unfair conditions as in previous years. They want to first form a new parliament to change the constitution to pave the way for a presidential vote that is democratic.

Mubarak said on Thursday that Egypt would descend into chaos if he gave in to protesters' demands and quit immediately.He has styled himself as a bulwark against Islamist militancy and essential to maintaining a peace treaty Egypt signed with Israel in 1979.As if to underscore that, saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in northern Egypt overnight, disrupting flows to Israel and also to Jordan, where protesters angered by economic hardship have been demanding a more democratic political system.Islamist websites had called for attacks on the pipeline.

NO EASY COMPROMISE

The United Nations estimates 300 people have died in the unrest and the health minister has said around 5,000 people have been wounded since January 25, while a Credit Agricole report said the crisis was costing Egypt about $310 million a day.
With the unrest crippling the economy in the Arab world's most populous nation, some Egyptians want a return to normal.But a bourse official said on Saturday the stock market would not reopen on Monday as originally planned, without giving a new date. Banks are due to reopen on Sunday.(Reporting by Edmund Blair, Samia Nakhoul, Patrick Werr, Dina Zayed, Marwa Awad, Shaimaa Fayed, Alexander Dziadosz, Yasmine Saleh, Sherine El Madany, Yannis Behrakis, Jonathan Wright, Andrew Hammond, Tom Perry and Alison Williams in Cairo, writing by Jonathan Hemming, editing by Ralph Boulton)

Anti-Mubarak activists bruised, tired, hungry By RYAN LUCAS and PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press - FEB 5,11

CAIRO – After nearly two weeks of going head-to-head with Egypt's authoritarian regime, anti-government protesters are bruised, battered, sleep-deprived and hungry.
But the tens of thousands massing daily in Cairo's Tahrir Square remain fired with enthusiasm — at times a euphoric fervor seems their only fuel — and vow they will not back down in their demands for President Hosni Mubarak to step down and end his nearly 30-year rule.How long they can hold out has become a crucial question in the crisis gripping Egypt, as the government appears to be digging in, reckoning that it can ride out the wave of unrest.That means the confrontation could be turning into a test of sheer endurance. Protest organizers believe they must keep up the pressure of large protests, paralyzing the downtown heart of Cairo, to force the government to make a true move to democracy and not just cosmetic changes that allow the deeply entrenched regime to preserve its grip on power even if Mubarak eventually goes.

We have to be steady to topple the government, said Ahmed Abdel Moneim, a 22-year-old student who has been sleeping in the square for days. The French Revolution took a very long time so the people could eventually get their rights. ... If we have to spend our life to get rid of Mubarak, we will.It's a sentiment shared by many in Tahrir Square, which at times feels like a bubble of optimism that the sheer will of youthful protesters can overcome all obstacles.Every day we sit out here, we gain against Mubarak,said Sharif Mohammed, an electrical engineer. Maybe we'll be tired for a month, but we will be able to live in freedom for the rest of our life.Beyond the square's tank-guarded gates, however, a decidedly more pessimistic view takes hold. Some ordinary Egyptians are upset that life has ground to a halt and will remain that way as long as there is no resolution in sight. The government has sought to fuel that image, with state TV and officials depicting the protesters as causing disorder, refusing reasonable concessions by the state and backed by meddling foreigners.Recognizing the need to keep support among the wider public, protest organizers put out a statement Saturday denying all those claims. The broad positive response by the people to our movement's goals reveals that these are the goals of the Egyptian masses in general, not any internal or external faction or entity,it said.As the crisis drags on, the protesters also face the raw physical toll of camping out, night after night, in the sprawling public square. Hunger, illness and injuries might well become a drain.

Cairo's chilly winters could also make things very uncomfortable for all but the most dedicated activists. A misty drizzle on Saturday turned the once verdant patches of grass in the square where many people have pitched their tents to mud.In the early afternoon, many protesters were just waking up after putting in long hours on the barricades keeping watch for nighttime attacks by regime supporters who assaulted the camp earlier in the week, sparking 48 hours of pitched battles.Many of the men, however, who toss off their grimy blankets and brush the strands of dead grass off their increasingly muddy clothes look well-used to a hard life.Throughout their campaign, the protesters have thrown together an impressive self-organization, with makeshift clinics to treat the wounded, security teams hunting out infiltrators and a steady supply of food, tea and cigarettes brought in by supporters and vendors.

It is easy to see, though, how the daily rigors of defending the square — the cat naps on patches of grass, the limited food, the stress of repelling attacks from stone-throwing and machete-wielding pro-government supporters — have taken their toll.Scores of men with bandages on their heads or an arm in a sling roam the square. Others hobble around on a crutch or nimbly hold out scorched hands wrapped in gauze. The health minister says more than 1,200 people have been wounded in clashes since Wednesday.Some of the difficulties the protesters try to turn to their advantage.The hunger spurs us on, said Omar Salim, who traveled to Cairo from the northern Sharqiya province and has spent the last four nights sleeping in the square. We're in this together, we are all one — that's what keeps us going.Then there is the higher price — at least 109 people have been killed in the protests since they began Jan. 25.Ahmed Mustafa, a 58-year-old plumber, said his son, Islam, 26, was shot in the stomach in front of the Interior Ministry last Saturday.He was killed about 15 feet (5 meters) from where I was standing,Mustafa said.I carried him out with the help of others and brought him here.Despite his son's death — or because of it — Mustafa said he remains unflinching in his determination to fight on. My sense of dedication only became greater and my screams louder,he said.

This country has no freedom, no plurality of opinion, he said.What kind of country is it in which a young man of 26 isn't able to marry, to make a family? In a sentiment echoed by many of the protesters on Tahrir Square, Mustafa said he and his two other adult sons — Karim, 27, and Khaled, 24 — are also ready to pay with their lives if it ensures the end of Mubarak's regime.They've come to die like him, he said. And I'm ready to go, too.

PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS

JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME

PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).

WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Islamists Massacre Two Coptic Families in Egypt
by Gil Ronen FEB 5,11

News of an Islamist massacre of two Christian Coptic families has emerged from Upper Egypt with the return of Internet connections to the country, after a one-week Internet blackout imposed by the troubled regime. The massacre took place on Sunday afternoon (January 30) at the village of Sharona near Maghagha, in Minya province, and is being reported by AINA, the Assyrian International News Agency.According to the report, the Islamist murderers, aided by Muslim neighbors of the Copts, stormed the homes of the families, gaining access to the houses' roofs from the roofs of the families' Muslim neighbors. They killed eleven, including children, and seriously injured four more people.Anba Agathon, Bishop of Maghagha, told Coptic activist Dr. Mona Roman in a televised interview on Al-Karma TV that the killers are neighbors of the Copts, who seized the opportunity of the mayhem prevailing in Egypt and the absence of police protection to slaughter the Copts.

The bishop said that he had visited the injured Copts at Maghagha General Hospital and that they informed him that they recognized the main attackers, who come from the same village, Sharona.The two families were staying in their homes with their doors locked when suddenly the Islamists descended on them, said Bishop Agathon, killing eleven and leaving for dead four other family members. In addition, they looted everything that was in the two Coptic houses, including money, furniture and electrical equipment. They also looted livestock and grain.One group of masked assailants infiltrated the home of Copt Joseph Waheeb Massoud and killed him, his wife Samah, their 15-year old daughter Christine and 8-year-old son Fady Youssef. Another group simultaneously accessed the house of Copt Saleeb Ayad Mayez and shot him dead, along with his wife Zakia, their 4-year-old son Joseph and 3-year-old daughter Justina, Saleeb's 23-year-old sister Amgad, his mother Zakia and a woman named Saniora Fahim.The massacre has nothing to do with the mayhem in Egypt, the bishop said, but the murderers took advantage of the lack of police protection and thought they could commit their crime and no one would notice.Why have those Islamists chosen those two Coptic families and not Muslim ones to slaughter and rob? I believe it is because they know that with Copts they can literally get away with murder,accused Coptic activist Dr. Hanna Hanna.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

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.

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

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.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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.

Quartet urges Israel, Arabs to heed Egypt risk
By David Brunnstrom and Stephen Brown – Sat Feb 5, 3:16 pm ET

MUNICH (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians should recognize the security risk posed by the turmoil in Egypt and urgently speed up peace efforts, the Quartet of Middle East peace brokers said on Saturday.The United Nations, European Union, Russia and the United States said further delays in resuming Israeli-Palestinian talks would be detrimental to prospects for regional peace and security.The Quartet emphasized the need for the parties and others concerned to undertake urgently the efforts to expedite Israeli-Palestinian and comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, they said in a statement.EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton took part in the meeting along with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.The events we have witnessed in the region mean it's hugely important they make progress in the Middle East peace process, Ashton told a news conference.The Quartet agreed it would discuss the dramatic developments in Egypt and elsewhere in the region and the implications for the peace process as a matter of high priority.It reiterated support for concluding the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations by September this year and said the Quartet would meet again in mid-March on the way ahead.Quartet envoys would seek to meet separately with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators before this in Brussels, it said.

Egypt, the Arab world's biggest and most influential country, has been a significant force in efforts to bring about an Israeli-Palestinian deal.

WESTERN FEARS OF RADICALISATION

Western governments fear unrest in Egypt could lead to Islamist radicalization that could threaten Cairo's role in the peace efforts and even its own 1979 peace agreement with Israel.Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the Palestinians welcomed any meetings of the Quartet but were demanding a staunch position regarding (Israeli) settlements so that we can go to negotiations.
The crisis of the Middle East is linked to the continuation of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, he said.The Quartet statement said the group regrets the discontinuation of Israel's 10-month moratorium on settlement activity.It also strongly reaffirms that unilateral actions by either party cannot prejudge the outcome of the negotiations and will not be recognized by the international community -- a reference to campaigns by both sides to set out borders before they have been negotiated.Israeli officials had no immediate reaction, but on Friday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated a call on Palestinians to enter direct peace talks and announced a series of initiatives to help the civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, in line with Israel's bottom-up strategy of economic and security improvement.

Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair said on Friday Israel had also agreed in principle to cede to the Palestinian Authority security control over seven West Bank towns and to help improve the Palestinian infrastructure in East Jerusalem.Blair emphasized that agreements were not the same as implementation, but in the past two years there had been significant economic growth in the West Bank thanks to actions both by the Palestinians and the Israelis.He said a combination of progress in improving peoples lives and strong political negotiation was needed for peace and this was even more true given uncertainty in the region.(Additional reporting by Dan Williams in Jerusalem and Ali Sawafta in Ramallah)