KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
THANKS VETRANS FOR GIVING US OUR FREEDOM IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD.ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE WORLD LITERALLY GOING TO POT.AND SIN IS BRINGING ALL THE WORLDS NATIONS DOWN.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
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,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
THANKS VETRANS FOR GIVING US OUR FREEDOM IN CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD.ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE WORLD LITERALLY GOING TO POT.AND SIN IS BRINGING ALL THE WORLDS NATIONS DOWN.
Palestinian leader: Will go to UN despite pressure
– 4 hrs ago NOV 11,12
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president says he will ask the U.N. General Assembly this month to recognize an independent Palestine, despite pressure to abandon the bid.President Mahmoud Abbas
didn't specify from where the pressure has come. But the U.S. and
Israel have opposed upgrading the Palestinians' status at the world body
to non-member observer state.Both Israel and the U.S. say a Palestinian state
can be established only through negotiations. Talks broke down four
years ago and the Palestinians refuse to renew them until Israel halts
all settlement construction, something it refuses to do.
Abbas
said in a speech Sunday, "Some powers are trying to tell us that the
two-state solution doesn't come from the U.N. but through negotiations.
... Negotiations are crucial. But to get U.N. recognition is also key."
OK NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE PETRAEUS IS TAKING THE FALL FOR OBAMA.PAULA BROADWELL SAYS PATRAEUS KNEW 24HRS AFTER THE LIBYA KILLINGS THAT THEY ASKED FOR HELP MONTHS BEFORE.SO OBAMA AND PATAEUS KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE LIBYA EMBASSY.AND THEY SAT ON THEIR HANDS AND DONE NOTHING.OR STEVENS KNEW TO MUCH AND WAS FORCED TO DISAPPEAR BY COVERUP MEANS.ITS GETTING CLEARER NOW.
Military expert Paula Broadwell, who was allegedly improperly involved with resigned CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus,
confirmed in October that the CIA annex in Benghazi asked for
reinforcements when the consulate came under attack September 11. She
also acknowledged that "there was a failure in the system."
Broadwell was speaking at her alma mater, the University of Denver, on October 26. Her lecture, which is on YouTube under the title "Alumni Symposium 2012 Paula Broadwell," now has added value, because based on the recent disclosures, it can now be assumed that she indeed knew exactly what it was that Petraeus knew about the attack.Broadwell confirmed the reports on Fox News that the CIA annex asked for a special unit, the Commander in Chief's In Extremis Force, to come and assist it. She also said that the force could indeed have reinforced the consulate, and that Petraeus knew all of this, but was not allowed to talk to the press because of his position in the CIA."The challenge has been the fog of war, and the greater challenge is that it's political hunting season, and so this whole thing has been turned into a very political sort of arena, if you will," she said. "The fact that came out today is that the ground forces there at the CIA annex, which is different from the consulate, were requesting reinforcements."They were requesting the – it's called the C-in-C's In Extremis Force – a group of Delta Force operators, our very, most talented guys we have in the military. They could have come and reinforced the consulate and the CIA annex. Now, I don't know if a lot of you have heard this but the CIA annex had actually taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner, and they think that the attack on the consulate was an attempt to get these prisoners back. It's still being vetted."The challenging thing for Gen. Petraeus is that in his new position, he's not allowed to communicate with the press. So he's known all of this – they had correspondence with the CIA station chief in Libya, within 24 hours they kind of knew what was happening."Broadwell did give some support to the administration, however, for its initial version of events, which tied the consulate attack to protests in the Muslim world."If you remember at the time, the Muslim video, the Mohammed video that came out, the demonstrations that were going on in Cairo, there were demonstrations in 22 other countries around the world, tens of thousands of people, and our government was very concerned that this was going to become a nightmare for us," she said."So you can understand if you put yourselves in his shoes or Secretary Clinton's shoes or the President's shoes, that we thought it was tied somehow to the demonstrations in Cairo. And it's true that we have signal intelligence that shows the militia members in Libya were watching the demonstration in Cairo, and it did sort of galvanize their effort. So we'll find out the facts soon enough."As a former intel officer it's frustrating to me because it reveals our sources and methods, I don't think the public necessarily needs to know all of that. It is a tragedy that we lost an ambassador and two other government officials, and something, there was a failure in the system because there was additional security requested, but it's frustrating to see the sort of political aspect of what's going on with this whole investigation."
OK NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE PETRAEUS IS TAKING THE FALL FOR OBAMA.PAULA BROADWELL SAYS PATRAEUS KNEW 24HRS AFTER THE LIBYA KILLINGS THAT THEY ASKED FOR HELP MONTHS BEFORE.SO OBAMA AND PATAEUS KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE LIBYA EMBASSY.AND THEY SAT ON THEIR HANDS AND DONE NOTHING.OR STEVENS KNEW TO MUCH AND WAS FORCED TO DISAPPEAR BY COVERUP MEANS.ITS GETTING CLEARER NOW.
Broadwell: Petraeus Knew of Benghazi Plea for Help
Writer allegedly involved with ex-CIA chief said he knew "within 24 hours" of CIA annex's request for reinforcements.By Gil Ronen First Publish: 11/11/2012, 5:02 PM
Paula Broadwell-Reuters
Broadwell was speaking at her alma mater, the University of Denver, on October 26. Her lecture, which is on YouTube under the title "Alumni Symposium 2012 Paula Broadwell," now has added value, because based on the recent disclosures, it can now be assumed that she indeed knew exactly what it was that Petraeus knew about the attack.Broadwell confirmed the reports on Fox News that the CIA annex asked for a special unit, the Commander in Chief's In Extremis Force, to come and assist it. She also said that the force could indeed have reinforced the consulate, and that Petraeus knew all of this, but was not allowed to talk to the press because of his position in the CIA."The challenge has been the fog of war, and the greater challenge is that it's political hunting season, and so this whole thing has been turned into a very political sort of arena, if you will," she said. "The fact that came out today is that the ground forces there at the CIA annex, which is different from the consulate, were requesting reinforcements."They were requesting the – it's called the C-in-C's In Extremis Force – a group of Delta Force operators, our very, most talented guys we have in the military. They could have come and reinforced the consulate and the CIA annex. Now, I don't know if a lot of you have heard this but the CIA annex had actually taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner, and they think that the attack on the consulate was an attempt to get these prisoners back. It's still being vetted."The challenging thing for Gen. Petraeus is that in his new position, he's not allowed to communicate with the press. So he's known all of this – they had correspondence with the CIA station chief in Libya, within 24 hours they kind of knew what was happening."Broadwell did give some support to the administration, however, for its initial version of events, which tied the consulate attack to protests in the Muslim world."If you remember at the time, the Muslim video, the Mohammed video that came out, the demonstrations that were going on in Cairo, there were demonstrations in 22 other countries around the world, tens of thousands of people, and our government was very concerned that this was going to become a nightmare for us," she said."So you can understand if you put yourselves in his shoes or Secretary Clinton's shoes or the President's shoes, that we thought it was tied somehow to the demonstrations in Cairo. And it's true that we have signal intelligence that shows the militia members in Libya were watching the demonstration in Cairo, and it did sort of galvanize their effort. So we'll find out the facts soon enough."As a former intel officer it's frustrating to me because it reveals our sources and methods, I don't think the public necessarily needs to know all of that. It is a tragedy that we lost an ambassador and two other government officials, and something, there was a failure in the system because there was additional security requested, but it's frustrating to see the sort of political aspect of what's going on with this whole investigation."
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
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,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
REVELATION 11:11-14
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they(ELIJSH-MOSES) heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.(REV 4:1 WE KNOW IS THE RAPTURE FOR SURE) And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.(RAPTURED)
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
REVELATION 16:18-20
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city (JERUSALEM) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Small earthquake strikes eastern Kentucky: USGS
Reuters – NOV 11,12
(Reuters) - A light 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled southeastern Kentucky on Saturday at 12:08 p.m. ET, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.The quake, at a shallow depth of 0.7 mile, was in the Appalachian Mountains near the Virginia border, and centered in the rural town of Blackey, the agency said.USGS initially reported the quake as 5.3 magnitude. Earthquakes in this coal-mining region are rare.(Reporting by Vicki Allen)
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISRAELS PROMISED LAND
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
70 PLUS ROCKETS HAVE BEEN SHOT AT ISRAEL FROM GAZA AGAIN.AT LEAST 15,000 SINCE 2005.WHEN WILL THE ARAB/MUSLIMS EVER LEARN TO QUIT SHOOTING AT ISRAEL.OR ONE OF THESE TIMES IT WILL BE THE LAST ROCKETS EVER SHOT FROM GAZA(CAN YOU SAY ATOMIC BOMB).
Iron Dome intercepts Grad rockets over Beersheba; four injured in Sha’ar Hanegev
Israeli leaders have concluded
that conventional air strikes would be insufficient in curbing Iran’s
nuclear program, leaving only a deployment of either tactical nuclear
weapons or ground forces, according to a report in the British Sunday
Times.Western “defense experts” quoted by the report
pointed at the Iranian Fordo facility, which is located deep
underground near the city of Qom, as a site that was immune to
conventional air strikes.“The only way to finish off Iran’s nuclear program is by using the nuclear option,” said IDF
Chief of General Staff Dan Halutz, the only named source quoted by the
report. “But I hope Bibi [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] is not mad
enough to think about it.”According to foreign reports, Israel is in
possession of a significant arsenal of nuclear weapons, including
tactical weapons such as neutron bombs, along with long-range Jericho
missiles to deliver them.Israel also possesses GBU-28 bunker-buster
bombs that could be deployed by the Israel Air Force’s F-16 bombers.
However, according to assessments, these bombs would not prove
sufficient to penetrate the Fordo facility.
Strong quake in central Myanmar kills at least six
By Aung Hla Tun | Reuters – 2 hrs 26 mins ago NOV 11,12
YANGON (Reuters) - An earthquake struck central Myanmar on Sunday near its second-biggest city, Mandalay, killing at least six people, with the death toll likely to rise as part of an unfinished bridge fell into the Irrawaddy River and several workers were missing.The earthquake, put at magnitude 6.8 by the local
meteorological service, struck around 60 km (37 miles) northwest of
Mandalay near the town of Shwebo at 7:41 a.m. (0111 GMT), and was quite
shallow at around 10 km (6 miles) deep.A police officer in Shwebo said two people had died and 20 had been injured in nearby Kyauk Myaung."A house collapsed in Kyauk Myaung. The Radana Thinga
Bridge, still under construction, over the river was badly damaged. A
huge steel beam fell into the river and five workers went missing," he
told Reuters.State television, the usual mouthpiece for government statements in Myanmar along with state-run newspapers, said 15 people from the bridge construction site were missing.It gave no death toll but said a number of religious buildings and pagodas had been destroyed or damaged.Media in Myanmar reported minor damage in several
places around Mandalay, including Amarapura, a town popular with
tourists because of its monasteries and the longest teak bridge in the
world. Pagodas had been damaged there, media said.One local source who declined to be named said at least
10 people were trapped in a gold mine in the Singgu area, where there
are many small-scale mines.A police officer in Singgu Township opposite Kyauk
Myaung on the east side of the Irrawaddy told Reuters that four people
had died there and another nine were injured in the earthquake.
"Those injured are not in a critical condition. We are still monitoring the damage and casualties in the environs," he said.Several strong aftershocks hit the region, including one put at magnitude 5.8 as evening approached at 5:24 p.m. (1054 GMT).The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Myanmar said the first quake was also felt in Thailand, Laos and Yunnan province in China.
"Information available at this stage indicates that the event did not result in serious damage," it said in a statement.Myanmar is among Asia's poorest countries.A quasi-civilian government has opened up the country since taking over in March 2011 from the military, which had ruled for nearly 50 years.The military regime was condemned by humanitarian agencies in 2008 for initially refusing international help to cope with Cyclone Nargis, which killed more than 130,000 people.President Barack Obama is set to become the first U.S. leader to visit Myanmar this month, the strongest international endorsement of the country's fragile democratic transition.Obama will travel to Myanmar during a November 17-20 tour of Southeast Asia that will also take in Thailand and Cambodia. It will be his first international trip since winning a second term last week.(Additional reporting by Thin Lei Win in Bangkok; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Ron Popeski)
"Those injured are not in a critical condition. We are still monitoring the damage and casualties in the environs," he said.Several strong aftershocks hit the region, including one put at magnitude 5.8 as evening approached at 5:24 p.m. (1054 GMT).The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Myanmar said the first quake was also felt in Thailand, Laos and Yunnan province in China.
"Information available at this stage indicates that the event did not result in serious damage," it said in a statement.Myanmar is among Asia's poorest countries.A quasi-civilian government has opened up the country since taking over in March 2011 from the military, which had ruled for nearly 50 years.The military regime was condemned by humanitarian agencies in 2008 for initially refusing international help to cope with Cyclone Nargis, which killed more than 130,000 people.President Barack Obama is set to become the first U.S. leader to visit Myanmar this month, the strongest international endorsement of the country's fragile democratic transition.Obama will travel to Myanmar during a November 17-20 tour of Southeast Asia that will also take in Thailand and Cambodia. It will be his first international trip since winning a second term last week.(Additional reporting by Thin Lei Win in Bangkok; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Ron Popeski)
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
ISRAELS PROMISED LAND
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
70 PLUS ROCKETS HAVE BEEN SHOT AT ISRAEL FROM GAZA AGAIN.AT LEAST 15,000 SINCE 2005.WHEN WILL THE ARAB/MUSLIMS EVER LEARN TO QUIT SHOOTING AT ISRAEL.OR ONE OF THESE TIMES IT WILL BE THE LAST ROCKETS EVER SHOT FROM GAZA(CAN YOU SAY ATOMIC BOMB).
Iron Dome intercepts Grad rockets over Beersheba; four injured in Sha’ar Hanegev
Some 70 projectiles fired at Israel over weekend; school canceled throughout towns adjoining the Strip
Palestinian media reported that Islamic
Jihad’s military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility for
the majority of the rockets fired at southern Israel, while the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigade of the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and various other factions,
claimed responsibility for the remainder of the attacks.Hamas said it had ordered its facilities evacuated in anticipation of air strikes.The dramatic escalation came after an anti-tank missile fired from the Gaza Strip struck and penetrated an Israeli army jeep patrolling some 200 meters inside the Israeli border with Gaza and injured four soldiers on Saturday evening.
Retaliatory strikes by the IDF against terrorists in the Gaza Strip left four Palestinians killed and roughly 30 wounded.
Palestinians bring a wounded man to a hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 10 (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)
Ashraf al-Kidra, a Gaza health ministry
spokesman, said all four Palestinians killed were civilians between the
ages of 16 and 18 and that among the wounded were some children.In a text message to reporters, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum threatened to respond.“Targeting civilians is a dangerous escalation
that cannot be tolerated. The resistance has the full right to respond
to the Israeli crimes,” he said.The upsurge in rocket attacks followed soon after.A statement issued by Hamas, which rules Gaza,
said that like all Israeli military targets, the jeep was a
“legitimate” object of attack.Likud Knesset member Danny Danon urged the
government to cut off electricity supplies to Gaza. Diaspora Affairs
Minister Yuli Edelstein called for the IDF to “deliver a decisive blow”
against Gaza’s terror cells.IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz
convened with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Barak late Saturday
to assess the situation along the border.
Former IDF chief of staff, Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz said that Gaza required “thorough treatment.”
“The terror organizations should be busy running for their lives instead of carrying out attacks,” said Mofaz
Television reports noted that recent
cross-border fire from Gaza had included highly accurate Katyusha
rockets, capable of doing far more damage than previous rocket fire. Only ‘the nuclear option’ can work against Iran, former IDF chief says
But, Dan Halutz tells the Sunday Times, ‘I hope Bibi is not mad enough to think about it’
November 11, 2012, 2:42 pm
1-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel says may escalate as Hamas joins Gaza clashes
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams | Reuters – 27 mins ago NOV 11,12
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it was poised to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip on Sunday following a surge of rocket and mortar salvoes by Hamas and other Palestinian factions.A missile strike wounded four Israeli troops on jeep patrol along the Gaza
boundary on Saturday, triggering army shelling that killed four
Palestinian civilians and, in turn, dozens of short-range rocket
launches out of Gaza that paralyzed Israel's southern border towns.Two Gaza militants died in the ensuing Israeli air
strikes. Two workers were wounded later when a plastics factory in
northern Gaza Strip caught fire after it was hit by an Israeli tank
shell, emergency workers said.Israel's Iron Dome defense system knocked out a
longer-range "Grad" rocket that was aimed at the southern city of
Beersheba, the army said.Thousands of
Palestinians marching in the funerals of six people killed in the past
24 hours cried: "Revenge, revenge". One man said an Israeli tank fired at children then fired on adults who rushed to the scene.The Israeli
military said the tank had shot back at the spot where shortly before
militants had fired an anti-tank missile at the army patrol. "It is very
unfortunate that these terrorists use their own people as human
shields," said Major Arye Shalicar, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).Israel went to war
against Hamas in the winter of 2008-2009 but has shown little appetite
for a new round that could strain fraught relations with the new
Islamist-rooted government in neighboring Egypt, which made peace with
Israel in 1979.But conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may
be reluctant to seem weak ahead of a January 22 general election that
opinion polls currently predict he will win."The world needs to understand that Israel will not sit
with arms crossed when faced by attempts to hurt us. And we are
prepared to harshen the response," Netanyahu told his cabinet in remarks
aired by Israeli broadcasters.After not openly taking part in Saturday's fighting,
which included the firing of dozens of Palestinian short-range rockets
and mortar bombs, Hamas issued a joint statement with five other
factions claiming responsibility for Sunday's fresh salvoes.
ON THE FENCE
"WE WILL RESPOND"
ON THE FENCE
Though hostile to the Jewish state, Islamist Hamas has
in the past avoided clashes as it consolidates its Gaza rule and
convince Egypt's new rulers it can be a stabilizing force.Israeli officials have at times noted Hamas's efforts to impose calm in Gaza,
which it has governed since 2007, and maintain a policy of holding it
solely responsible for any violence from the coastal territory, whoever
is firing.Four Israelis were wounded by rockets on Sunday, a
military spokeswoman said. Southern Israeli municipalities ordered
residents to shelters and shuttered some schools.Islamic Jihad, a smaller faction than Hamas which often
operates independently, said one rocket crewman was killed by an
Israeli air strike on Sunday, after another member was killed on
Saturday while photographing the fighting.Defence Minister
Ehud Barak, a centrist in Israel's coalition government, played down
speculation that the upcoming election was affecting Gaza policy."I don't think the election should be a consideration
in how we respond. It is not meant to make us avoid action ... nor is it
meant to provoke us into grabbing some kind of opportunity for an
operation," Barak told Israel's Army Radio.The 2008-2009 Gaza coincided with an election campaign and some Israeli analysts see the same dynamics building.Barak described
Saturday's jeep ambush as part of a Palestinian strategy of raising the
cost of Israel's countermeasures against cross-border infiltration.
Israeli forces often mount hunts for tunnels and landmines on the inside
of the Gaza boundary, creating a no-go zone for Palestinians."Of course we don't
accept their attempt to change the rules," Barak said. "The essence of
the struggle is over the fence. We intend to enable the IDF to work not
just on our side but on the other side as well."Palestinians said
four of Saturday's dead were civilians hit by a tank shell while paying
respects at a mourning tent in Gaza's Shijaia neighborhood. Israel
denies targeting civilians.(Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Crispian Balmer, Douglas Hamilton and Jason Webb)
Israel drawn into Syria fighting for first time
By | Associated Press – 1 hr 26 mins ago NOV 11,12
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel
was drawn into the Syrian civil war for the first time on Sunday,
firing warning shots into the neighboring country after a stray mortar
shell fired from Syrian territory hit an Israeli military post.The Israeli military said the mortar fire caused no injuries or damage at the post in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria
in the 1967 Mideast war and then annexed. But in recent weeks,
incidents of errant fire from Syria have multiplied, leading Israel to
warn that it holds Syria responsible for fire on Israeli-held territory."A
short while ago, a mortar shell targeted an IDF (Israel Defense Forces)
post in the Golan Heights," said army spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich. "We answered with a warning shot toward Syrian areas. We understand this was a mistake and was not meant to target Israel and then that is why we fired a warning shot in retaliation."The
Israeli military also said it has filed a complaint through United
Nations forces operating in the area, stating that "fire emanating from
Syria into Israel will not be tolerated and shall be responded to with
severity."Israel and Syria are bitter foes who have fought
several wars, but their shared border has been mostly quiet since a 1974
cease-fire. Still, Israel worries that Syria's civil war could spill
across into the Golan, and repeated errant fire has intensified that
concern.Israel fears that if Syrian President Bashar Assad's
regime is toppled, the country could fall into the hands of Islamic
extremists or descend into sectarian warfare, destabilizing the region.Israeli
officials do not see Assad trying to intentionally draw Israel into the
fighting, but have raised the possibility of his targeting Israel in an
act of desperation. They also fear that Syria's stockpile of chemical
weapons or other weapons could slip into the hands of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group — a close Syrian ally — or reach other militants if Assad loses power.Israeli officials also worry that the frontier region could turn into a lawless area like Egypt's Sinai desert, which Islamic militants now use as a launching ground for strikes against southern Israel.Speaking
to his Cabinet on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel
is "closely monitoring" the border with Syria and is "ready for any
development."
Israel fires warning shots at Syria over Golan shelling
By Dan Williams | Reuters – 1 hr 57 mins ago NOV 11,12
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces fired into Syria on Sunday in what the military called a warning, after stray munitions from fighting between Syrian troops and rebels hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The incident, described by Israel Radio as the first direct engagement of the Syrian military
on the Golan since the countries' 1973 war, highlighted international
fears that Syria's civil war could ignite wider regional conflict.An Israeli security source said the military fired in
the direction of a Syrian army mortar crew that had launched a shell
which overshot the Golan disengagement fence on Sunday, exploding near a
Jewish settlement without causing casualties.In a statement, the Israeli military said soldiers had "fired warning shots towards Syrian areas"."The IDF (Israel
Defence Force) has filed a complaint through the UN forces operating in
the area, stating that fire emanating from Syria into Israel will not be tolerated and shall be responded to with severity," the statement said.There was no immediate comment from the 1,000-man United Nations Disengagement Observer Force which patrols the area.Spillover violence this month from Syria onto the Golan
has jangled the nerves of Israelis worried that the once-quiet front
will add to threats facing the Jewish state from Islamic militants in
neighboring Lebanon, Gaza and Egypt's Sinai.There have been similar worries in Turkey, Jordan and
Lebanon about incidents on their own borders with Syria, where forces
loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been battling rebels for 19
months."WE WILL RESPOND"
Interviewed by Israel's Army Radio earlier on Sunday, Defence Minister Ehud Barak
was asked about public warnings he and another senior official issued
to Assad last week to rein in Syrian sweeps against rebels near the
Golan."The message has certainly been relayed. To tell you
confidently that no shell will fall? I cannot. If a shell falls, we will
respond," Barak said, without elaborating.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also speaking before
Sunday's mortar strike on the Golan, told his cabinet that Israel was
"closely following what is happening on our border with Syria .. and
(is) prepared for any development".Israel captured the Golan in the 1967 Middle East war
and annexed the strategic plateau in 1981, a move not recognized
internationally. In all past peace talks with Israel, Syria has insisted
on the Golan's return.The two countries signed a disengagement agreement in
1974, a year after another Arab-Israeli conflict, and though they are
still technically at war the Golan had been mostly quiet since.Another Syrian
mortar bomb, one of a salvo, struck a Golan settlement on Thursday but
did not explode. Separately, Israel complained to the United Nations
this month after three Syrian tanks entered the Golan demilitarized
zone, and said one of its army jeeps had been hit by Syrian gunfire. No
one was hurt.Israel has tried to
stay out of the insurgency next door, reluctant to be drawn into
another war and unclear about whether a post-Assad Syria might prove
more hostile.But Barak has said
he hopes the rebels will win, Assad will fall and "a new stage in the
life of Syria will begin".Israel's military chief, Lieutenant-General Benny
Gantz, warned troops on the Golan Heights a week ago: "This is a Syrian
issue that could become our issue."(Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Douglas Hamilton and Jason Webb)
