KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
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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(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PX-vW4VccY&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/indexes/
HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS MON JUNE 18,2012
09:30 AM -2.43
10:00 AM -44.99
10:30 AM -26.43
11:00 AM -1.97
11:30 AM -37.80
12:00 PM -25.12
12:30 PM -24.14
01:00 PM -32.13
01:30 PM -16.57
02:00 PM -6.43
02:30 PM -0.77
03:00 PM -20.55
03:30 PM -33.41
04:00 PM -25.35 12,741.82
S&P 500 1344.78 +1.94
NASDAQ 2895.33 +22.53
GOLD 1,627.50 -0.60
OIL 82.80 -1.23
TSE 300 11,601.13 +76.23
CDNX 1259.75 +8.73
S&P/TSX/60 662.65 +4.07
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow -55 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -55 points at low today.
Dow -1 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,623.00.OIL opens at $82.26 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -55 points at low today so far.
Dow -1 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -55 points at low today.
Dow -1 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,902.60 (NOT AT CLOSE)
TYRANNY STORIES BY INFOWARS-KEEP UP WITH THE NEWS
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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(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PX-vW4VccY&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/indexes/
HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS MON JUNE 18,2012
09:30 AM -2.43
10:00 AM -44.99
10:30 AM -26.43
11:00 AM -1.97
11:30 AM -37.80
12:00 PM -25.12
12:30 PM -24.14
01:00 PM -32.13
01:30 PM -16.57
02:00 PM -6.43
02:30 PM -0.77
03:00 PM -20.55
03:30 PM -33.41
04:00 PM -25.35 12,741.82
S&P 500 1344.78 +1.94
NASDAQ 2895.33 +22.53
GOLD 1,627.50 -0.60
OIL 82.80 -1.23
TSE 300 11,601.13 +76.23
CDNX 1259.75 +8.73
S&P/TSX/60 662.65 +4.07
MORNING,NEWS,STATS
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow -55 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -55 points at low today.
Dow -1 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,623.00.OIL opens at $82.26 today.
AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -55 points at low today so far.
Dow -1 points at high today so far.
WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -55 points at low today.
Dow -1 points at high today.
GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,902.60 (NOT AT CLOSE)
Conservatives win Greek elections, seek coalition
17.06.12 @ 21:44 By Valentina Pop
BRUSSELS - Greek Conservatives from the
New Democracy party narrowly won the parliamentary elections on Sunday
(17 June) with some 30 percent of the vote over the anti-bail-out Syriza
party (26%), early results after counting 40 percent of the ballots
show."I am relieved. I am relieved for Greece and Europe. As soon as
possible we will form a government," New Democracy leader Antonis
Samaras said Sunday night, adding he would seek a grand coalition with
"no preconceptions", including with the Syriza party.Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, the young politician who promised to
annul the austerity programme accompanying the €130bn bail-out, was
quick to congratulate Samaras but declined to form a grand coalition. He
also refused to form a government should Samaras fail to do so.Kingmaker in the coalition forming process is former finance minister
Evangelos Venizelos from the Socialist Pasok party. If the end results
confirm the preliminary score, Pasok and New Democracy would get the 151
seats needed to have a parliamentary majority. But Venizelos on Sunday
insisted for Syriza to be part of the government as a precondition for
Pasok to join."If we really want Greece to stay in euro, tomorrow we must have a
government capable of conducting the renegotiation (of the bail-out
terms)," Venizelos told journalists in Greece.EU officials expect difficult talks ahead, with some room for
manoeuvre possible on the deadlines for the austerity programme attached
to the bail-out."There can't be substantial changes in the engagements" undertaken by
Greece in the bailout deal. "But I can imagine we discuss again a
delay" in achieving the targets, German foreign minister Guido
Westerwelle told ARD public television on Sunday.Greece's public finances are dependent on the €130bn bailout that is
to be paid out in tranches, provided Athens sticks to the austerity
programme.Failure to meet its commitments would sever the funding, pushing
Greece into a default and possibly to a 'voluntary' exit from the
eurozone. Capital controls and border checks could be re-introduced,
with contingency planning already carried out in several capitals and
national central banks. With no legal means to push Greece out of the
eurozone, however, the most likely scenario is a "muddle through" with
more deadline extensions and possibly more money for Greece further down
the road.
Luxembourg's premier and chair of eurozone finance ministers Jean-Claude Juncker on Saturday told Austrian newspaper Kurier that a Syriza victory would have "unpredictable consequences" for the eurozone as a whole.Meanwhile, one EU diplomat told this website that charges with interference in the country's sovereignty are a false debate."On one hand, their own elected politicians are responsible for this fiasco, for mismanaging the country, for corruption, for tax evasion. On the other, they say 'don't interfere with our democracy' - but this democracy could not take care of itself. You can't stay sovereign when bankrupt and dependent of international aid," the source said.
Influencing elections
EU leaders were tense ahead of the election result. German Chancellor Angela Merkel delayed her departure to Mexico for the G20 meeting until midnight, to be in reach in case of a Syriza victory.Luxembourg's premier and chair of eurozone finance ministers Jean-Claude Juncker on Saturday told Austrian newspaper Kurier that a Syriza victory would have "unpredictable consequences" for the eurozone as a whole.Meanwhile, one EU diplomat told this website that charges with interference in the country's sovereignty are a false debate."On one hand, their own elected politicians are responsible for this fiasco, for mismanaging the country, for corruption, for tax evasion. On the other, they say 'don't interfere with our democracy' - but this democracy could not take care of itself. You can't stay sovereign when bankrupt and dependent of international aid," the source said.
Eurozone crisis tests the Merkel method
Today @ 09:13 JUNE 18,12 By Valentina Pop
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not like rash decisions.A step-by-step approach, carefully preparing the ground for any
policy change she may envisage has become her signature style. As a
natural scientist, she has no sympathy for irrational behaviour, for
panic or enthusiasm displayed either by fellow EU leaders or markets.Speaking at an event in Berlin on Friday (15 June) organised by an
association of German family enterprises, Merkel praised their
"steadfastness" and their "long-term thinking" as opposed to the "quick
buck mentality" of financial markets."In times of fast-changing environments, where financial markets are
increasingly gaining importance, where bets are made several times a
day, this steady, long-term oriented family business culture is a very
important counterweight," she said.Sound budget management and reluctance to take on debt are virtues
the she cherishes most. It is her firm belief that the same should apply
to states.The financial crisis, followed by the euro-crisis are to her mind
symptoms of the same reckless behaviour of running banks or whole
economies on debt and deficits.The daughter of a protestant pastor, Merkel has a near-religious
conviction that by cutting deficits and rolling back debt economies will
be cured of all ills.She backs "sustainable growth," as opposed to growth based on credit,
consumerism and real estate bubbles. Slashing labour costs, making
budget cuts, investing in innovation and education are the recipes she
advocates for all countries, including her own.Her insistence on "living within one's means," as the family
businesses in her view are so good at doing, is a pre-condition for the
European Union to succeed and keep up with competition from India,
Brazil or China.It is why she fiercely opposes any common debt issuance in the
eurozone, as France's new president Francois Hollande is advocating,
which would allow southern euro-countries to borrow money at more
accessible rates than now.Eurobonds would be nothing but a "quick fix" and a repeat of the same
mistake that brought the eurozone in this situation in the first place:
cheap money with no structural reforms, says Merkel.The only way Berlin could agree to a form of such common sharing of
debt would be for a true political union to be created among EU states.
With the European Commission acting as a government, common taxes and a
more powerful European Parliament. Even with a European army, at some
point.This would require not only a change of the EU treaties, but also a
referendum in Germany to modify its own constitution, as any budgetary,
military or social powers transferred to Brussels would be in breach of
the current basic law.But Merkel is determined to stick to her guns. Too much is demanded -
especially by France - without any willingness to cede sovereignty and
beef up the EU scrutiny over national affairs."It cannot be that we put liabilities at community level, but that
checks and balances remain at national level," she told the family
business community, recalling that when the euro was created, there were
two so-called convents - one working on the monetary union, one on the
political union."The political union discussions did not materialise, so we need to catch up with that," she said.
When the last German concession was made earlier this year - the creation of a permanent bail-out fund for the eurozone - Merkel pressed for a pact signed among all EU countries except Britain and the Czech Republic enshrining a debt brake into their national law.But she had to give up two conditions which now she will press for again: countries to be taken to the European Court of Justice if their budgets are not in line with the debt brake and with the goal of cutting debt by 1/20 each year when the total debt exceeds 60 percent of GDP.Having the institutional structures in place first and only then pouring money in them is the preferred recipe of Angela Merkel and her coalition partners.But as Spain's costs have reached bail-out territory and uncertainty about Greece's eurozone membership continues, the Merkel method may stretch the cord too far this time around.
When the last German concession was made earlier this year - the creation of a permanent bail-out fund for the eurozone - Merkel pressed for a pact signed among all EU countries except Britain and the Czech Republic enshrining a debt brake into their national law.But she had to give up two conditions which now she will press for again: countries to be taken to the European Court of Justice if their budgets are not in line with the debt brake and with the goal of cutting debt by 1/20 each year when the total debt exceeds 60 percent of GDP.Having the institutional structures in place first and only then pouring money in them is the preferred recipe of Angela Merkel and her coalition partners.But as Spain's costs have reached bail-out territory and uncertainty about Greece's eurozone membership continues, the Merkel method may stretch the cord too far this time around.
Hollande proposes €120bn growth pact
Today @ 09:23 JUNE 18,12
BRUSSELS - Emboldened by a Socialist
super-majority elected in the French parliament, President Francois
Hollande has put a figure on his calls for an EU "growth pact" - €120
billion.Most of it is old money, however.The French Socialist Party emerged as a big winner in parliamentary
elections on Sunday (17 June) and is set to take between 313 and 315
seats in the 557-strong National Assembly.With the control of both the senate and the lower house, Hollande
will not need the support of the Greens or the far left to push through
his plans, which will have to include some spending cuts to meet EU
deficit targets.On an EU level, Sunday's victory gives him a stronger mandate to
promoting his pro-growth agenda, which has already ruffled feathers in
spending-wary Germany.French newspaper Journal de Dimanche on Sunday published a letter
sent by Hollande to fellow EU leaders in which he calls for a
€120-billon-strong "growth compact" to jumpstart the eurozone economy.The funds would come from three sources, it said: €55 billion from
unused European structural funds, €60 billion raised by the European
Investment Bank (EIB) and €4.5 billion in project bonds for
infrastructure projects.Only €10 billion would be fresh money, allocated to the EIB so that it can raise €50 billion more on the markets.The newspaper also reported that Hollande has come to terms with
Berlin's rejection of "eurobonds" - mutualisation of eurozone debt -
until there is a full political union.It said he is now looking to an EU integration "roadmap" for the next
10 years - to be presented by EU Council chief Herman Van Rompuy by
October - instead.He also wants to use a new financial transactions tax to partly fund the EU budget or growth projects.Only nine EU countries, including Germany and Italy, so far back the
tax proposal, with leaders possibly agreeing to move forward in a
so-called enhanced co-operation allowed under EU law when no agreement
is found at 27.Hollande's letter is intended as an input to the so-called compact
for growth and jobs to be agreed by EU leaders in Brussels on 28-29
June. It is to some degree his first test in EU politics after having
campaigned against the austerity drive pushed by Germany's Angela Merkel
and her "fiscal compact," which enshrines a debt brake in national laws
of all EU states except Britain and the Czech Republic.A first draft of the growth compact obtained by the Daily Telegraph
shows diplomats are struggling to find a balance between the German-led
emphasis on budget discipline and the more spending-friendly French
stance.It says recommendations issued by the EU commission for each country
should be implemented with a particular focus on "growth-friendly fiscal
consolidation," preserving investments in research, education and
energy "and ensuring the sustainability of pension systems."Banking reforms are urgent measures to tackle unemployment are also
mentioned, as well as modernising the public administration and reducing
red tape.The EIB capital boost is also envisaged, but the sum is yet to be
determined. "This decision should be taken by the EIB Board so as to
ensure that it enters into force no later than 31 December 2012," the
draft paper reads.The financial transactions tax and steps towards a future banking
union - with increased supervision by the European Central Bank - and a
future political union are yet to be agreed upon.
MUSLIM NATIONS
JEREMIAH 30:10-11
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,(ISRAEL) saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob (ISRAEL) shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee,(ISRAEL-JERUSALEM) saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee:(GOD-JESUS ALWAYS PROTECTS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JEREMIAH 4:6-8
6 Set up the standard toward Zion:(JERUSALEM) retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north,(RUSSIA/MUSLIMS) and a great destruction.(WITH NUKES)
7 The lion is come up from his thicket,(RUSSIA/MUSLIMS) and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.(AMERICA-NY AND OTHER CITIES)
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
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,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
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.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
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)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.
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,(5/6TH OR 750 MILLION DEAD I BELIEVE) 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-MUSLIMS) 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,ARAB,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.
By Gil Ronen First Publish: 6/18/2012, 1:35 PM
By Erika Solomon | Reuters – 20 mins ago JUNE 18,12
MUSLIM NATIONS
JEREMIAH 30:10-11
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,(ISRAEL) saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob (ISRAEL) shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee,(ISRAEL-JERUSALEM) saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee:(GOD-JESUS ALWAYS PROTECTS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JEREMIAH 4:6-8
6 Set up the standard toward Zion:(JERUSALEM) retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north,(RUSSIA/MUSLIMS) and a great destruction.(WITH NUKES)
7 The lion is come up from his thicket,(RUSSIA/MUSLIMS) and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.(AMERICA-NY AND OTHER CITIES)
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
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,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
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.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
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)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.
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,(5/6TH OR 750 MILLION DEAD I BELIEVE) 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-MUSLIMS) 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,ARAB,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.
Russian Commandos 'to Escort Assad Out of Syria'
Voice of Israel cites Russian reports that say Russian commandos may sail to Syria to escort Assad to safety.
A child at Syrian rebel rally
Reuters
Ships carrying Russian commandos may soon sail to Syria to
escort strongman Bashar Assad to safety from the country where a
rebellion against him is growing fiercer.Reports to this effect were cited by Voice of Israel radio's veteran "listener" Miki Gurdus, who specializes in listening to radio broadcasts on various frequencies worldwide.The Interfax news agency said Monday that two
Russian navy ships are to sail to Syria to protect Russian citizens and
its naval base there. This would be the first time since the current
rebellion in Syria began that Russia is sending extra troops to its base
in Syria.Cited by the Associated Press, Interfax
quoted an unidentified Russian navy official as saying that the Nikolai
Filchenkov and Caesar Kunikov amphibious assault vessels will be heading
to the Syrian port of Tartus. The ships appear not to have left their home port in Sevastopol on the Black Sea yet.The Russian official mentioned nothing about evacuating Assad, but said the ships will carry an unspecified number of marines to protect Russians in Syria and evacuate materials from Tartus if necessary.Russia has shielded Damascus from international sanctions
over its bloody crackdown on the rebellion against the minority Alawite
regime. Russia also continued to provide the regime with arms.
Syrian forces pound cities; Russia readies marines
By Erika Solomon | Reuters – 20 mins ago JUNE 18,12
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces
pounded opposition areas across the country on Monday, activists said,
adding that at least 23 people had been killed in clashes they say have
escalated since international observers suspended their mission.Activists said artillery had targeted Douma,
a town 15 km (9.3 miles) outside the capital Damascus. The town has for
weeks been under the partial control of rebels who have joined the
15-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad."We can't even accurately count the dead because we
have so many injured people to treat, there's no time to think about
anything else," said an activist in Douma who called himself Ziad."The army attacks all the time. They have tanks,
missiles, mortars, and artillery. Even helicopters have fired on us.
People can't escape because the army is surrounding the town."The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists across Syria, said at least 23 people had been killed by midday on Monday, seven of them in Douma.In a sign it fears Syria's conflict could escalate further, an unnamed Russian naval source said Moscow
was preparing to send marines to Syria in the event it needed to
protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility in
Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartous, according to the Interfax news
agency.Russia is one of the Syrian government's
staunchest backers and supports Assad's argument that foreign-backed
terrorists are behind the unrest. Moscow has repeatedly urged Western
and Arab countries, who mostly back the rebels, to rein in their support
in order to stem the violence.International outrage over Syria has grown in recent
weeks after two reported massacres of nearly two hundred civilians, most
of them from the Sunni Muslim majority population that has led the
revolt. Assad comes from Syria's Alawite minority, an offshoot of
Shi'ite Islam that has mostly backed the president.Heavier fighting and apparent sectarian killings have
led many, including the head of U.N. peacekeeping forces, to brand the
violence a civil war.The international community's efforts to halt the
violence are deadlocked because Russia and China, which both wield
vetoes in the Security Council, have blocked tougher action against
Assad. They say the solution should be through political dialogue, an
approach most of the Syrian opposition rejects.Western powers have been pushing for stronger measures
to be taken against Assad, whose forces have not only used artillery in
recent weeks, but helicopter gunships against rebels in civilian areas.U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to discuss the
Syria crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in
Mexico on Monday. But few observers expect a breakthrough.Relations between Washington and Moscow have further
frayed after a week of Cold War-style recriminations over Syria.
TRAPPED IN BOMBARDED HOMS
The head of the United Nations observation mission, General Robert Mood, is scheduled on Tuesday to brief the U.N. Security Council in New York on the violence in Syria.The mission recently halted its operations due to security concerns, and Mood said on Sunday he was worried about civilians trapped in central Homs."In Homs attempts to extract civilians form the line of fire over the past week have been unsuccessful," he said in a statement. "This requires willingness on both sides (of the conflict) to respect and protect the human life of the Syrian people."Residents in Homs, the bloody epicenter of the revolt against Assad, said their city has been pummeled daily by mortar and rocket fire since early June."It's getting worse since the UN observers suspended their mission," wrote Alaa, who said he was a Homs resident but would only give his first name."There are tanks shooting now and most stores are closed. The streets are blocked by security barriers and cement blocks."Bernard Valero, a spokesman for the French foreign ministry, said the "relentless repression of the regime, and in particular in the city of Homs" meant it was more necessary than ever for the United Nations to enforce Kofi Annan's failing peace plan.France has called on the United Nations to invoke Chapter VII - which can authorize the use of force - to impose the plan brokered by international mediator Annan, including a widely ignored April 12 ceasefire agreement.U.N. monitors say violence has been escalating rapidly in Syria, where peaceful protests were overtaken by an armed insurgency several months ago in response to Assad's crackdown on dissent.In Geneva, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the government's use of heavy arms and shelling in populated areas could amount to war crimes, and called on the international community to act."I urge the international community to overcome its divisions and work to end the violence and human rights violations to which the people of Syria have been subjected," she said.(Additional reporting by Steve Gutterman in Moscow, Tom Miles in Geneva and John Irish in Paris; Writing by Erika Solomon; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
TRAPPED IN BOMBARDED HOMS
The head of the United Nations observation mission, General Robert Mood, is scheduled on Tuesday to brief the U.N. Security Council in New York on the violence in Syria.The mission recently halted its operations due to security concerns, and Mood said on Sunday he was worried about civilians trapped in central Homs."In Homs attempts to extract civilians form the line of fire over the past week have been unsuccessful," he said in a statement. "This requires willingness on both sides (of the conflict) to respect and protect the human life of the Syrian people."Residents in Homs, the bloody epicenter of the revolt against Assad, said their city has been pummeled daily by mortar and rocket fire since early June."It's getting worse since the UN observers suspended their mission," wrote Alaa, who said he was a Homs resident but would only give his first name."There are tanks shooting now and most stores are closed. The streets are blocked by security barriers and cement blocks."Bernard Valero, a spokesman for the French foreign ministry, said the "relentless repression of the regime, and in particular in the city of Homs" meant it was more necessary than ever for the United Nations to enforce Kofi Annan's failing peace plan.France has called on the United Nations to invoke Chapter VII - which can authorize the use of force - to impose the plan brokered by international mediator Annan, including a widely ignored April 12 ceasefire agreement.U.N. monitors say violence has been escalating rapidly in Syria, where peaceful protests were overtaken by an armed insurgency several months ago in response to Assad's crackdown on dissent.In Geneva, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the government's use of heavy arms and shelling in populated areas could amount to war crimes, and called on the international community to act."I urge the international community to overcome its divisions and work to end the violence and human rights violations to which the people of Syria have been subjected," she said.(Additional reporting by Steve Gutterman in Moscow, Tom Miles in Geneva and John Irish in Paris; Writing by Erika Solomon; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
EU and US at odds over Iran's role on Syria
Today @ 09:13 JUNE 18,12 By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - EU diplomats disagree with the US and Israel on whether Iran should join a Contact Group on Syria.UN emissary Kofi Annan last week called for the formation of a body
akin to the one which steered events in the Balkans in the 1990s or the
one formed last year on Libya.An EU source told this website it should have an "inner circle" of
five or six big powers - such as the EU, Russia, Turkey and the US - and
an "outer circle" of 15-or-so other countries.Its main tasks would be to stop the violence and to prepare for the day after President Bashar Assad falls.The source said that without a post-Assad plan, the country risks
becoming a "black hole" the way Iraq did after the US removed Saddam
Hussein.EU countries are currently holding talks on whether to call for Iran's inclusion.For its part, the US says it should be kept out because it is helping
Assad - its main ally in the region - to massacre his own people."Iran has not demonstrated to date a readiness to contribute
constructively to a peaceful political solution," America's UN
ambassador, Susan Rice, said last week.The US is in a de facto state of war with Iran since 1979, when
Iranian revolutionaries stormed the US embassy in Tehran. They have no
diplomatic relations. Last year, it accused Iran of plotting a bomb in
New York.It is also Israel's enemy number one. "It is naive to think Iran will
play a constructive role [in the group] a former Israeli intelligence
chief told press an diplomats at a recent meeting in Brussels.
Several EU diplomats interviewed by EUobserver said Iran will be vital in getting Assad's security forces to play a part in a future transitional government, however."They do not want to see a years-long civil war, involving hostile Islamic radicals, on their doorstep," one contact said."It's hard to imagine [US secretary of state Hilary] Clinton sitting down with Iran to talk about the future of Syria. But in the wider picture, is a political solution in Syria possible without Iran?" another EU source noted.
But the two sides have functional day-to-day relations.The French, German and Swedish embassies in Tehran cultivate EU business interests. An EU diplomat in Afghanistan - a massive source of heroin - said: "Iran is doing more than Europe to stop drugs getting into Europe."
But for his part, the Tehran-based EU diplomat warned the EU will diminish its role on the international stage if it follows America too closely."It concerns the EU's post-Lisbon role in the world," he noted, referring to the Lisbon Treaty, which created Ashton's diplomatic corps in order to give the Union more collective influence."When you sit around the top table with the UN Security Council countries, the question is what are you bringing? The EU can bring its partnerships, the fact that it can talk to everybody," he said.
By Marwa Awad and Yasmine Saleh | Reuters – 4 hrs ago JUNE 18,12
Several EU diplomats interviewed by EUobserver said Iran will be vital in getting Assad's security forces to play a part in a future transitional government, however."They do not want to see a years-long civil war, involving hostile Islamic radicals, on their doorstep," one contact said."It's hard to imagine [US secretary of state Hilary] Clinton sitting down with Iran to talk about the future of Syria. But in the wider picture, is a political solution in Syria possible without Iran?" another EU source noted.
'Cloaked in irrationality'
For her part, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton has had a taste of Iranian diplomacy in her role as chief negotiator in the Iran nuclear talks.Commenting on how hard it was to agree a meaningful agenda for the nuclear meeting in Moscow on Monday (18 June), a member of her team said: "Its behaviour is sometimes very rational, but cloaked in irrationality."Iran likes to keep the EU in the dark.An EU diplomat based in Tehran said Iranian officials refuse to meet him: "EU diplomats in Iran basically talk to each other."But the two sides have functional day-to-day relations.The French, German and Swedish embassies in Tehran cultivate EU business interests. An EU diplomat in Afghanistan - a massive source of heroin - said: "Iran is doing more than Europe to stop drugs getting into Europe."
'What are you bringing?'
The price of making friends could be big: assurances that the West will not pursue regime change in Iran; legitimisation of its role as a regional power; no oil sanctions.One senior official in Ashton's service predicted the US will get its way. "I don't think it will be possible to include them in the Contact Group," he said.But for his part, the Tehran-based EU diplomat warned the EU will diminish its role on the international stage if it follows America too closely."It concerns the EU's post-Lisbon role in the world," he noted, referring to the Lisbon Treaty, which created Ashton's diplomatic corps in order to give the Union more collective influence."When you sit around the top table with the UN Security Council countries, the question is what are you bringing? The EU can bring its partnerships, the fact that it can talk to everybody," he said.
Egypt Islamists claim presidency as army tightens grip
By Marwa Awad and Yasmine Saleh | Reuters – 4 hrs ago JUNE 18,12
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday its candidate won the country's first free presidential election, but a sweeping legal maneuver overnight by Cairo's military rulers made clear the generals planned to keep control for now.An election committee source told Reuters that Islamist Mohamed Morsy, a U.S.-educated engineer, was comfortably ahead of former air force general Ahmed Shafik
with most of the votes tallied. But the count, which would make him the
first civilian leader in 60 years, had yet to be officially finalized.In any event, however, the new president will be
subordinate for some time at least to the military council which last
year pushed fellow officer Mubarak aside to appease street protests.
In the latest twist on Egypt's tortuous path from revolution to democracy, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued a decree as two days of voting ended on Sunday which set strict limits on the powers of head of state. On the eve of the election, it had already dissolved the Islamist-led parliament.
Liberal and Islamist opponents denounced a "military coup"."Military Transfers Power, to Military," ran the ironic headline in independent newspaper al-Masry al-Youm.The Brotherhood, however, expressed its joy and defiance on the streets and may challenge moves by the generals that cast doubt on their pledge to hand over to civilian rule by July 1 - a promise supported by Egypt's U.S. and European allies, despite their deep misgivings about the rise of political Islam in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East.
"Thanks be to God who has guided Egypt's people to the path of freedom and democracy, uniting Egyptians for a better future," Morsy, a former political prisoner, said in a victory speech in which he forswore seeking revenge or settling scores.An aide to Shafik, Mubarak's last prime minister, refused to concede defeat and accused Morsy of "hijacking the election."However, the source on the electoral committee told Reuters: "The results ... which show Morsy in the lead, reflect to a large degree the results tallied by the electoral committee."The Brotherhood put Morsy ahead by 52 percent to 48 on a turnout of about 50 percent. Many supporters of candidates knocked out in last month's first round stayed home or spoiled their ballots in protest at a choice they saw as between going back to the old regime or a future religious state.
ISLAMIC FUTURE
Hundreds of flag-waving supporters of the Brotherhood, whose members long suffered imprisonment, torture and death at the hands of the generals, gathered in Tahrir Square, where the anti-Mubarak revolution erupted in central Cairo 16 months ago."Thank God, we have got rid of military rule and the police state," said Mona Issam, one of a group of cheering women clad in long robes and full-face veils. "We hope Morsy takes power from the military council and the army goes back to barracks."God has given us victory. God stood by us and lifted the weight of oppression. We wanted an Islamic state. We lived like strangers in our land under the old regime. We were oppressed and Islam was not the law. I'm very, very happy. Thank God."Hosni Qutb, a 45-year-old physician, derided Shafik as the "candidate of Israel", in reference to the military rulers' 33-year-old peace treaty with Egypt's Jewish neighbor. Israel fears growing hostility from Cairo and said an Israeli and two militants were killed in an attack on its border overnight."We got rid of the despot," said Mohammed al-Sayyed, 46. "Now we will live in freedom. There will be no arrests or prisons. The revolution has succeeded and we have got our country back."However, the crowds hardly attracted notice in the morning rush hour and measured barely a drop compared the human sea that engulfed central Cairo on February 11 last year when Mubarak fell.The 60-year-old Islamist candidate had attracted support from some who reject the Brotherhood's religious agenda and the imposition of Islamic law but were determined to bar the way to Shafik, 70, whom they see as the heir to the old regime.But as Islamists celebrated, unemployed Mohamed Mahmoud, 28, did not share their joy: "I voted for Morsy but I can't say I'm happy," he said. "I'm still afraid of both and what they may do."I don't want an Islamic state or a new Mubarak state."Political chaos has ravaged a vital tourist trade focused on pyramids and Red Sea beaches and the latest turn of events, by prolonging uncertainty, may further harm the economy:"There is a bit more uncertainty now," said stock trader Teymour el-Derini at Naeem Brokerage. "We have a new president but it means nothing because he has nothing to do. I don't think we will have a huge sell-off, but there will be some sellers."
"SETBACK FOR DEMOCRACY"
The military council's "constitutional declaration", issued under powers it took for itself last year, was a blow to democracy, said many who aired their grievances on social media."Grave setback for democracy and revolution," tweeted former U.N. diplomat and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei."SCAF retains legislative power, strips president of any authority over army and solidifies its control," he said."The 'unconstitutional declaration' continues an outright military coup," tweeted Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, a moderate Islamist knocked out in the first round of voting."We have a duty to confront it."The order from Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the chairman to the Supreme Council, indicated that the army, which also controls swathes of Egypt's economy, has no intention of handing substantial power now to its old adversary the Brotherhood.The Brotherhood has contested the army's power to dissolve parliament and warned of "dangerous days" ahead. But few expect the Islamists, who were not in the vanguard of the revolt and spent much of the past year in uneasy symbiosis with the army, to launch a violent grab for power any time soon.
"This is the beginning of a very tough path," a senior Brotherhood official, Essam el-Haddad told Reuters, "The beginning of it is dealing with the amended constitutional declaration that strips the president of any real powers."The failure of the new parliament to agree a consensus body to draft a constitution - liberals accuse the Islamists of packing the panel with religious zealots - has left Egyptians picking their way from revolution to democracy through a legal maze while the generals control the map and change it at will.Under the latest order, writing of the new constitution may pass to a body appointed by the SCAF - if a court rules against the contested panel nominated by the now defunct legislature.Any new constitution would need approval in a referendum, with a new parliamentary election following. By a timetable contained in the decree, it would take another five months or so to complete the planned "transition to democracy".However, the experience of the past year has left many Egyptians doubting that the military, and what they call the "deep state" stretching across big business, Mubarak-era judges, security officials and the army, will ever hand over control."SCAF isn't going to transfer any real power," Marc Lynch, a Middle East expert at George Washington University said on Twitter of the constitutional order. "Back to the beginning."(Additional reporting by Dina Zayed, Tom Pfeiffer, Edmund Blair, Alastair Macdonald and Samia Nakhoul in Cairo; Writing by Edmund Blair and Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Samia Nakhoul and Janet McBride)
By Maayan Lubell | Reuters – 48 mins ago JUNE 18,12
In the latest twist on Egypt's tortuous path from revolution to democracy, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued a decree as two days of voting ended on Sunday which set strict limits on the powers of head of state. On the eve of the election, it had already dissolved the Islamist-led parliament.
Liberal and Islamist opponents denounced a "military coup"."Military Transfers Power, to Military," ran the ironic headline in independent newspaper al-Masry al-Youm.The Brotherhood, however, expressed its joy and defiance on the streets and may challenge moves by the generals that cast doubt on their pledge to hand over to civilian rule by July 1 - a promise supported by Egypt's U.S. and European allies, despite their deep misgivings about the rise of political Islam in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East.
"Thanks be to God who has guided Egypt's people to the path of freedom and democracy, uniting Egyptians for a better future," Morsy, a former political prisoner, said in a victory speech in which he forswore seeking revenge or settling scores.An aide to Shafik, Mubarak's last prime minister, refused to concede defeat and accused Morsy of "hijacking the election."However, the source on the electoral committee told Reuters: "The results ... which show Morsy in the lead, reflect to a large degree the results tallied by the electoral committee."The Brotherhood put Morsy ahead by 52 percent to 48 on a turnout of about 50 percent. Many supporters of candidates knocked out in last month's first round stayed home or spoiled their ballots in protest at a choice they saw as between going back to the old regime or a future religious state.
ISLAMIC FUTURE
Hundreds of flag-waving supporters of the Brotherhood, whose members long suffered imprisonment, torture and death at the hands of the generals, gathered in Tahrir Square, where the anti-Mubarak revolution erupted in central Cairo 16 months ago."Thank God, we have got rid of military rule and the police state," said Mona Issam, one of a group of cheering women clad in long robes and full-face veils. "We hope Morsy takes power from the military council and the army goes back to barracks."God has given us victory. God stood by us and lifted the weight of oppression. We wanted an Islamic state. We lived like strangers in our land under the old regime. We were oppressed and Islam was not the law. I'm very, very happy. Thank God."Hosni Qutb, a 45-year-old physician, derided Shafik as the "candidate of Israel", in reference to the military rulers' 33-year-old peace treaty with Egypt's Jewish neighbor. Israel fears growing hostility from Cairo and said an Israeli and two militants were killed in an attack on its border overnight."We got rid of the despot," said Mohammed al-Sayyed, 46. "Now we will live in freedom. There will be no arrests or prisons. The revolution has succeeded and we have got our country back."However, the crowds hardly attracted notice in the morning rush hour and measured barely a drop compared the human sea that engulfed central Cairo on February 11 last year when Mubarak fell.The 60-year-old Islamist candidate had attracted support from some who reject the Brotherhood's religious agenda and the imposition of Islamic law but were determined to bar the way to Shafik, 70, whom they see as the heir to the old regime.But as Islamists celebrated, unemployed Mohamed Mahmoud, 28, did not share their joy: "I voted for Morsy but I can't say I'm happy," he said. "I'm still afraid of both and what they may do."I don't want an Islamic state or a new Mubarak state."Political chaos has ravaged a vital tourist trade focused on pyramids and Red Sea beaches and the latest turn of events, by prolonging uncertainty, may further harm the economy:"There is a bit more uncertainty now," said stock trader Teymour el-Derini at Naeem Brokerage. "We have a new president but it means nothing because he has nothing to do. I don't think we will have a huge sell-off, but there will be some sellers."
"SETBACK FOR DEMOCRACY"
The military council's "constitutional declaration", issued under powers it took for itself last year, was a blow to democracy, said many who aired their grievances on social media."Grave setback for democracy and revolution," tweeted former U.N. diplomat and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei."SCAF retains legislative power, strips president of any authority over army and solidifies its control," he said."The 'unconstitutional declaration' continues an outright military coup," tweeted Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, a moderate Islamist knocked out in the first round of voting."We have a duty to confront it."The order from Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the chairman to the Supreme Council, indicated that the army, which also controls swathes of Egypt's economy, has no intention of handing substantial power now to its old adversary the Brotherhood.The Brotherhood has contested the army's power to dissolve parliament and warned of "dangerous days" ahead. But few expect the Islamists, who were not in the vanguard of the revolt and spent much of the past year in uneasy symbiosis with the army, to launch a violent grab for power any time soon.
"This is the beginning of a very tough path," a senior Brotherhood official, Essam el-Haddad told Reuters, "The beginning of it is dealing with the amended constitutional declaration that strips the president of any real powers."The failure of the new parliament to agree a consensus body to draft a constitution - liberals accuse the Islamists of packing the panel with religious zealots - has left Egyptians picking their way from revolution to democracy through a legal maze while the generals control the map and change it at will.Under the latest order, writing of the new constitution may pass to a body appointed by the SCAF - if a court rules against the contested panel nominated by the now defunct legislature.Any new constitution would need approval in a referendum, with a new parliamentary election following. By a timetable contained in the decree, it would take another five months or so to complete the planned "transition to democracy".However, the experience of the past year has left many Egyptians doubting that the military, and what they call the "deep state" stretching across big business, Mubarak-era judges, security officials and the army, will ever hand over control."SCAF isn't going to transfer any real power," Marc Lynch, a Middle East expert at George Washington University said on Twitter of the constitutional order. "Back to the beginning."(Additional reporting by Dina Zayed, Tom Pfeiffer, Edmund Blair, Alastair Macdonald and Samia Nakhoul in Cairo; Writing by Edmund Blair and Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Samia Nakhoul and Janet McBride)
Deadly violence on Israel's Egypt, Gaza borders
By Maayan Lubell | Reuters – 48 mins ago JUNE 18,12
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Militants who crossed into Israel from Egypt's Sinai desert
fired on Israelis building a barrier on the border on Monday, killing
one worker, before soldiers shot dead two of the attackers, Israel's
military said.Hours later, an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip
killed two militants on a motorcycle. Islamic Jihad said they belonged
to their group. The military said the strike was not linked to the
incident on the border.The Sinai attack, launched soon after Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
declared victory in the country's presidential election, raised Israeli
concerns about lawlessness in the area since the fall of former
President Hosni Mubarak in 2011."We can see a disturbing deterioration in Egypt's control of the Sinai's security," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, commenting on the attack."We are waiting for the election results. Whoever wins,
we expect him to take responsibility over all of Egypt's international
commitments, including the (1979) peace treaty with Israel and security
arrangements in the Sinai, and to put an end to these attacks swiftly,"
he told reporters.Three gunmen crossed into Israel from the Sinai desert, the Israeli military said. Spokesman Yoav Mordechai
said "a terrorist squad opened fire and possibly also fired an
anti-tank rocket at an area where (Israel) is constructing the border
fence".Soldiers who rushed to the scene killed two of the
militants but could not find the third, who may have returned to Egypt,
the military said.A military source said the worker killed was an Arab
citizen of Israel. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for
the attack, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Gaza Strip.Israel
is building a fence along the frontier to curb an influx of African
migrants and boost security, and hopes to complete it by the end of the
year. It will run along most of the 266 km (165 miles) from Eilat, on
the Red Sea, to the Gaza Strip.In August last year, militants crossed over the
Egyptian border and killed eight Israelis, in the most serious attack in
the area since the Egyptian popular uprising.On Saturday, at least two rockets were fired deep into
southern Israel, causing no damage or casualties. It was not clear
whether they were launched from Sinai.Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, ruled by
Islamist group Hamas, have launched rockets at Israel from the coastal
territory in the past. Israel says Palestinian militants have also
crossed into Sinai to launch similar attacks on its territory.Late on Sunday, Israeli aircraft carried out a series
of strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the
enclave. Medical sources in Gaza said seven people were wounded.
(Additional reporting by Saleh Salem in Gaza; Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Pravin Char)
By | Associated Press – 6 hrs agoJUNE 18,12
(Additional reporting by Saleh Salem in Gaza; Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Pravin Char)
Non-Orthodox Jews start making inroads in Israel
By | Associated Press – 6 hrs agoJUNE 18,12
MEVASSERET ZION, Israel
(AP) — With the holy city of Jerusalem visible in the background, a man
and woman standing side-by-side lead prayers for about 50 congregants
who have come to welcome the Sabbath in this suburb's Reform synagogue.Their
prayer book includes poetry, the women wear prayer shawls, the sermons
call for social justice and the songs are performed in a folksy manner
to the tune of a live guitar.This scene, common in liberal
synagogues across America, is an anomaly in Israel, where religious life
is dominated by a strict ultra-Orthodox establishment that sees such
gender-mixing, ordaining of female rabbis and alterations to the
traditional prayers as anathema to their way of life and resists any
inroads by the more liberal streams of Judaism.But more liberal Jews now see a crack in that monopoly.Following
a landmark Supreme Court ruling, Israel's attorney general recently
announced that a limited group of 15 non-Orthodox rabbis will begin to
receive government funding like some 2,000 of their Orthodox and
ultra-Orthodox counterparts.The Reform and Conservative movements
in Israel are celebrating the decision as a watershed. While the two
movements dominate American Jewish life, they are largely sidelined in
Israel, where they are derided by the Orthodox religious establishment
as second-class Jews who ordain women and gays and are overly inclusive
toward converts and interfaith marriages. The generous government
support for the Orthodox rabbis over the years has added to the marginalization.The
debate boils down to the core of religious life in Israel, and the
tenuous relationship between state and religion. It also touches on the
essence of the Zionist vision of creating a state that can be both
Jewish and democratic.While most Israelis are secular, Israel's
founding fathers gave Judaism a formal place in the country's affairs.
Ultra-Orthodox rabbis strictly govern Jewish practices such as weddings,
divorces and burials.Their monopoly has often forced Israelis to
choose between a secular lifestyle that often ignores Jewish tradition
and a stringent religious one dictated by the Orthodox that is often out
of sync with democracy and modernity. The current status has also
caused tensions with Jews in North America, most of whom identify as
Reform or Conservative.Israel grants citizenship to any Jew,
including those recognized by the liberal streams. But once in Israel,
those who do not meet the Orthodox standards of being Jewish can suffer.
For example, they can be barred from getting married or having a proper
Jewish burial. Instead, they must go overseas to marry, and special
cemeteries are set up to bury non-Jews.The liberal streams have
long fought for formal recognition, with minimal success. They've
established synagogues, youth movements, schools and kindergartens.
Together, the Reform and Conservative movements have about 100
congregations. A recent survey by the Guttman Center at the Israel
Democracy Institute found that 8 percent of Israeli Jews identified as
either Conservative or Reform.But most Israelis, and certainly
state institutions, regarded them as a somewhat alien offshoot of
Judaism imported from North America and not meshed with how religion was
practiced in Israel.The
new decision is far short of a full-throated recognition. The court
ruling for the first time classifies Reform and Conservative rabbis as
"rabbis of non-Orthodox communities." But it applies only to 15 heading
congregations in farming communities and outlying areas where they were
the only rabbis - so they qualified as "community leaders" eligible for
state funding. Still excluded are those operating in cities, where
Orthodox rabbis are present.To avoid clashing with the strict
state-run rabbinate, the financing will not be done directly from the
Religious Affairs Ministry but rather channeled through the Ministry of
Culture and Sports. And the 15 won't be able to serve in state
capacities like the rabbinate or the military.But with a precedent established, liberal streams are now aiming for greater breakthroughs.Rabbi Gilad Kariv, who heads Israel's Reform movement,
said that together with recent strides toward liberalizing the
conversion process, the state funding marked the most significant
development to date in breaking down the Orthodox monopoly."It is
one victory out of many that are needed in order to reach full equality
in Israel between the denominations," he said. "The important thing is
that the Israeli government will not be able to say anymore that the
non-Orthodox denominations do not deserve equal treatment."The
precedent was enough to spark outrage from the religious establishment
and Orthodox political parties, which wield significant political power
and often act as kingmakers in Israeli politics.Yaakov Margi, the
minister of religious affairs from the ultra-Orthodox Shas party,
threatened to resign if forced to provide funding. Ultra-Orthodox
lawmaker Moshe Gafni accused the legal system of attempting to
"undermine the Jewish infrastructure of the state.""All of a sudden, there is money for Reform and Conservative clowns for whom Judaism is a mockery," he said in parliament.At
a charged parliamentary meeting last week to discuss the new funding
scheme, an angry Gafni had Kariv removed from the room when he tried to
speak."I have no problem with heads of these communities getting
funding for their cultural activities. My problem is with the state of
Israel recognizing them as rabbis," Daniel Hershkowitz, an Orthodox
Cabinet minister, told The Associated Press. "It has been clear for
thousands of years how one becomes a rabbi. Just like the state does not
decide who becomes a doctor or a lawyer, it shouldn't be deciding who
becomes a rabbi."Hershkowitz has demanded an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to voice his objections.The
development was made possible thanks to American-born Reform Rabbi Miri
Gold, who petitioned the Supreme Court in 2005 and demanded equal
financing. Gold, born and raised near Detroit, heads a congregation in
Kibbutz Gezer in central Israel. Like other members of the Reform
movement, Gold also thinks the state shouldn't be financing religious
institutions at all. But she wasn't ready to have her tax money go to
the ultra-Orthodox while liberal rabbis like herself were barred."More
and more Israelis are taking back their Jewish identity and realizing
that Orthodoxy is not the answer," said Yizhar Hess, who heads the
Israeli Conservative, or "Masorati," movement. "This is a shift that has
yet to materialize in politics, where they have yet to realize that
Israeli society is ready for a paradigm shift."Liberal rabbis don't expect the change to happen overnight. "It's fine with me that there is more demand now for Orthodox rabbis," Kariv said. "Give me a generation and we'll change that."____Follow Aron Heller at http://twitter.com/aronhellerap
By Elad Benari First Publish: 6/18/2012, 6:45 AM
A senior Fatah official said on Sunday that his party and Hamas have
yet to agree on the names of cabinet ministers in a joint
administration of independent figures.According to a report in the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, Palestinian Authority
Chairman Mahmoud Abbas assured earlier Sunday that the new government
of independent figures will be announced in the “next few days.”Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal were expected to meet in Cairo
on June 20 to select cabinet ministers for the transitional
administration, which is to sit for six months in the run up to
elections, the report said.But Fatah office Secretary-General Amin Maqboul said that Egypt, the
sponsor of last year's reconciliation deal to end the rival party
administrations, was busy with its own presidential election, and thus no date had been set.
Hamas and Fatah have led separate governments in Gaza and in the PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria since they split amid bitter fighting in 2007.In May 2011, Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal pledged in Cairo to form a government to prepare for elections within one year, but more than a year later, both parties have failed to implement the deal, with each side blaming the other for the impasse.
Mashaal and Abbas met in Doha on February 6 and hammered out an agreement for the formation of an interim government of independent technocrats.Under the terms of the deal, Abbas was to serve as head of the interim PA government, ending a bitter dispute between the two sides over who would serve as Prime Minister.However, a growing rift between Hamas' political leadership outside of Gaza and officials in the Hamas-ruled enclave over the terror group's direction resulted in sharp criticism for the agreement.
A meeting in Cairo between Mashaal and Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed last month made no headway towards a unity government.
Fatah, Hamas Still Don't Agree on Unity Government
More than a year after the unity deal in Cairo, Fatah and Hamas still can't form a unity government.
Abbas and Mashaal in Egypt
Reuters
Hamas and Fatah have led separate governments in Gaza and in the PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria since they split amid bitter fighting in 2007.In May 2011, Abbas and Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal pledged in Cairo to form a government to prepare for elections within one year, but more than a year later, both parties have failed to implement the deal, with each side blaming the other for the impasse.
Mashaal and Abbas met in Doha on February 6 and hammered out an agreement for the formation of an interim government of independent technocrats.Under the terms of the deal, Abbas was to serve as head of the interim PA government, ending a bitter dispute between the two sides over who would serve as Prime Minister.However, a growing rift between Hamas' political leadership outside of Gaza and officials in the Hamas-ruled enclave over the terror group's direction resulted in sharp criticism for the agreement.
A meeting in Cairo between Mashaal and Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed last month made no headway towards a unity government.
