KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
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
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
The municipality of Bethlehem
removed a monument depicting the Palestinian state as covering the
entire area from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea ahead of US
President Barack Obama’s visit to the city last Friday, Palestinian
Media Watch revealed on Sunday.Obama’s route into the city would have taken
him past the monument, called “The State Monument,” and said to show the
“State of Palestine,” PMW said. The model of “Palestine” also includes
all of Israel, thereby erasing it completely, the watchdog group noted.The Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat
Al-Jadidah first reported the removal of the map — commemorating
the successful UN bid for non-member status last November, and “the
outbreak of the glorious revolution” in 1965, a reference to the first
PLO/Fatah terror attack against Israel – on March 19. Obama visited the
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem three days later.“It seems that in the city, there are those
who not only welcome the visit of the American President, but are
willing to go even further,” the article read, disapprovingly.“Residents were surprised to find that a model
of the map of Palestine engraved with details about the Nakba [the
catastrophe, a Palestinian term denoting the establishment of Israel]
and an olive tree were removed from the Al-Karkafa Square, to be
replaced by a model of what was described as a peace dove. This enraged
many people who gathered there.”The following day, Bethlehem Mayor Vera Baboun
and Bethlehem Governor Abdul Fattah Hamail held a press conference,
claiming that the monument was removed in order to place a new monument
of a peace dove next to it, representing “the Palestinian people’s
pursuit of freedom and peace.”Governor Hamail denied that the move had
anything to do with Obama’s visit, and rejected the idea that the
monument, in Palestinian Authority-controlled Bethlehem, had been
shifted in a bid to mask the map’s effective removal of the state of
Israel. “Everyone knows that Americans do not dictate any Palestinian
decisions,” Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah quoted him as saying.Fatah activist Mundhir Amirah was not
convinced. He told the Al-Quds daily that the moment he got word of the
map’s removal, after Obama’s visit, he headed to the area with regional
Fatah secretary Youssef Al-Aref, forcing the municipality workers to
reinstate it and reinforcing the monument with concrete.“We sent a letter to the mayor stressing our utter rejection of this move,” Amirah told Al-Quds.A recent study
carried out on Israeli and Palestinian textbooks found that 96% of maps
in Palestinian schoolbooks do not acknowledge the state of Israel.In 2008, before his first election, Obama
criticized maps that anticipate a world without Israel, calling them a
threat to Israel’s security, PMW noted.
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
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
UN reports major increase in Israeli air activity over Lebanon
10 days ago, in particularly unusual incident, 25 Israeli jets flew missions along the Lebanese coast, reports say; Israeli drones also flew over Hezbollah areas in south
March 25, 2013, 1:23 pm
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Israel has doubled its
overflights in Lebanese airspace thus far in 2013, compared to the
previous year. This move, according to sources in the United Nations
force stationed in southern Lebanon on Monday, may point to imminent
potential maneuvers against Syria.In one particularly unusual recent incident,
on March 14, “some 25 Israeli jets — a mix of F-16s and F-15s in four
separate flights — [flew] north up the coast of Lebanon before turning
south just short of Tartus in Syria,” according to a UNIFIL source
quoted in a Lebanese Daily Star
report Monday. Israel also reportedly flew seven drone missions over
areas of southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, where Hezbollah has a
strong presence, on March 13 and 14.The unprecedented scope of the overflights
“could have been a training exercise to target Syrian coastal radar and
air defense systems” in what could be considered “a muscle-flexing
gesture to let Damascus know that the Israeli Air Force is primed for
action,” the UNIFIL source said.Israeli aircraft have routinely overflown
southern Lebanon since Israel’s withdrawal in 2000, but recent months
have seen increased activity amid the worsening Syria crisis and growing
concern over the fate of Damascus’s chemical weapons arsenal.
Israel has repeatedly warned that Syria could
transfer weapons of mass destruction to Hezbollah, and has indicated
that it would not hesitate to prevent such a scenario with military
force.In late January, an airstrike reportedly carried out by Israeli warplanes near the Lebanese-Syrian border targeted a shipment of sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles bound for Hezbollah.Lebanon has repeatedly complained to the United Nations over what it termed Israeli violations of its sovereignty.
ISAIAH 17:1,12-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
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.
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
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.
Assad fires chemical weapons at rebels, opposition says
Syrian forces reportedly use ‘phosphorous’ near Damascus, killing two and injuring 23
March 25, 2013, 3:05 am-The Times of Israel
Syrian opposition sources said
President Bashar Assad’s forces used chemical weapons overnight Sunday
against rebels who surrounded an army base near Damascus.Two fighters were reportedly killed and 23 wounded in the attack, which occurred in the town of Adra.“Doctors are describing the chemical weapon
used as phosphorus that hits the nervous system and causes imbalance and
loss of consciousness,” said Mohammad al-Doumani, an activist.“The two fighters were very close to where the
rockets exploded and they died swiftly. The rest are being treated with
Atropine,” he added.There was no independent confirmation of the
attack, but it comes on the heels of accusations from both the Assad
camp and the rebels, each side claiming that the other has used chemical
weapons. US officials voiced skepticism last week over the use of such
weapons, and UN chief Ban Ki-moon promised an investigation into the
allegations.According to UN estimates, more than 70,000 people have died in the two-year-old civil war in Syria.
Senior Syrian rebel leader wounded in bomb attack
By | Associated Press – 54 mins ago MAR 25,13
BEIRUT (AP) — A rebel military leader who was among the first to call openly for armed insurrection against President Bashar Assad was wounded by a bomb planted in his car in eastern Syria, rebels and activists said Monday.Col. Riad al-Asaad, leader of a now-sidelined rebel umbrella group known as the Free Syrian Army,
had his right foot amputated following the blast late on Sunday,
according to an activist in the town of Mayadeen where the attack took
place.Calls to al-Asaad's cell phone went unanswered.
__ Associated Press writer Albert Aji contributed reporting from Damascus, Syria.
Louay Almokdad, a rebel
spokesman, confirmed the attack to The Associated Press by phone and
said the extent of the injury meant that amputation was likely, though
he had not received confirmation it had been carried out. He said
Al-Asaad was in stable condition in Turkey.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.Al-Asaad, a former colonel in the Syrian air force who defected and fled to Turkey
in 2011, became the head of the Free Syrian Army, a group of army
defectors who were among the first to declare armed struggle the only
way to topple Assad."They will soon discover that armed rebellion is the only way to
break the Syrian regime," al-Asaad told The Associated Press in October
2011, soon after his group was formed.At the time, most Syrian
activists were inspired by the uprisings that had successfully toppled
dictators in Tunisia and Egypt and thought popular protests would bring
about the same result in Syria. But the Syrian government's vast, violent crackdown on opposition caused many to resort to arms.
Today, hundreds of independent rebel groups are fighting a civil war
against Assad's forces across the country and many activists no longer
bother to stage unarmed protests. The U.N. says more than 70,000 people
have been killed since the first protests in March, 2011.During that transition, al-Asaad,
who spent most of his time in a refugee camp in Turkey, never managed
to build effective links with most rebel groups
or provide the support that would have made them recognize him as their
leader. While most fighters in Syria refer to themselves as part of the
"Free Army," those who say they follow al-Asaad are rare.More recently, al-Asaad's group
has been superseded by the Office of the Chiefs of Staff, which is
associated with the opposition Syrian National Coalition
and led by Gen. Salim Idris. That body, too, has failed to project
widespread authority inside Syria, where most groups still cobble
together their own funding and arms.
The Mayadeen activist said via Skype that a bomb planted in the seat of the car al-Asaad was riding in blew up as he toured the town.The activist said rebels now control the town and most of the
surrounding areas, although President Assad still has supporters, whom
the activist blamed for the attack. He spoke on condition of anonymity
out of concern for his safety.Al-Asaad was traveling with an aide and a local activist, Barakat
al-Haweish, both of whom were slightly injured, the activist said.
Al-Asaad was taken to a local field hospital, where doctors amputated
his right foot before transporting him to Turkey.Also Monday, the opposition's exile political leadership, the Syrian
National Coalition, said a delegation was heading to Doha, where the
Gulf state of Qatar will host a two-day Arab League summit starting
Tuesday.Foreign ministers of the League's member states decided Monday to
grant Syria's seat in the body to the opposition. The Syria government's
membership was suspended earlier in the uprising.Heading the delegation is Mouaz al-Khatib, the Coalition said in a
statement on its Facebook page. He is going despite having resigned his
position as Coalition leader on Sunday, citing restriction on his work
inside the group and frustration with the level of international aid for
the opposition.Al-Khatib, a respected Muslim preacher before being chosen last year
to head the Coalition, said in a post on his own Facebook page that he
would address the summit "in the name of the Syrian people." He said the
move had nothing to do with his resignation, "which will be discussed
later."The Coalition refused his resignation and has asked him to keep his job.Also in the delegation is Ghassan Hitto, whom the coalition elected
last week to head a planned interim government to govern rebel-held
areas.In Damascus, a series of mortar strikes near a downtown traffic
circle on Monday killed two people and wounded several others, state TV
said.Umayyad Square, at the center of a large intersection west of
downtown, sits near the government TV headquarters, a number of
faculties of the University of Damascus and is less than a kilometer
(mile) from Assad's formal residence. The office of Syria's general
military command is also nearby.It is unclear if Assad still uses the official residence.No one claimed responsibility for the attack, reflecting the often
chaotic nature of Syria's two-year-old civil war pitting hundreds of
independent rebel groups against the forces of Assad. The U.N. says more
than 70,000 people have been killed since the conflict began with
political protests in March, 2011.Such sporadic strikes on Damascus have grown more common in recent
weeks and often appear to target government buildings. Most cause only
material damage, but spread fear in Damascus that the capital, which has
so far managed to avoid the widespread clashes that have destroyed
other cities, could soon face the same fate.Damascus residents reported hearing intensive shelling on Monday, though it was hard to tell where it was coming from.__ Associated Press writer Albert Aji contributed reporting from Damascus, Syria.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT-NEW AGE MOVEMENT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT-NEW AGE MOVEMENT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
UK and France: only weapons will make al-Assad talk
24.03.13 @ 17:37
BRUSSELS - Britain and France have said
the only way to get Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk is to
threaten him with arming rebels.
The foreign ministers of the EU's top military powers - William Hague
and Laurent Fabius - made their case in a joint letter, seen by
EUobserver, sent to EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton on 21
March.
They said the EU should exempt the National Coalition, an opposition umbrella group, from its arms embargo on Syria when the ban is reviewed in May.They underlined that they want peace talks.But they noted "the regime has yet to show readiness to engage in a genuine transition process or in meaningful political dialogue."They added: "It is only by increasing the pressure on the regime that we can help bring them to the negotiating table and keep open the prospect of a political solution. This decision is not - and this is the key - an alternative to a political resolution, it is an essential enabler."They warned that the status quo will see more killing and more escalation.They said "there is a cruel imbalance between the forces in the field, causing ever more civilian casualties" and that "the opposition needs to be able to protect the areas it controls."They noted that jihadists are flocking to Syria, that refugees are causing instability in neighbouring countries and that they "are increasingly concerned about the regime's willingness to use chemical weapons."
The Anglo-French appeal did little to end EU divisions at foreign ministers' talks in Dublin on Friday (22 March).Speaking after the event, Ashton said: "If you were in the room, you would have heard many, many contributions about what we can do."Some countries openly disagreed with Britain and France.Germany's Guido Westerwelle said he is "still reluctant on delivery of offensive weapons." Eamonn Gilmore of Ireland, the EU presidency, noted "the more guns that get into Syria … the more casualties there will be."
Britain and France previously threatened to veto the renewal of the Syria sanctions if they do not get their way.But if it comes to that, it would cause a major mess.The EU sanctions package also covers visa bans, asset freezes and a ban on Syrian oil imports.If it goes in the bin, member states would have to create 27 national-level measures on how to control arms transfers and how to stop al-Assad's people from travelling, using their money and selling oil.The nay-sayers' main concern is that Western weapons might end up in the hands of extremists.The Anglo-French letter described the National Coalition, which embraces the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the main rebel fighting force, as "genuine[ly] moderate and democratic."The Liberal group in the European Parliament recently brought the FSA's commander in chief, Salim Idriss, to Brussels to talk to MEPs and diplomats.Ashton on Saturday said only that she and Idriss "discussed the kind of support that he needed."But for his part, Liberal leader and former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt, one of whose advisors in February spent several days with the FSA in Syria, believes Idriss is the right man for the EU to back."We are stronger as a Union if we act together. But a Union of indecision is an invitation for member states to act alone," he said after the Dublin talks.
EZEKIEL 38:4-8
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.
"ALL-WEATHER FRIENDS"
"The Sino-Tanzania relationship has endured a lot," said Tanzania's Kikwete, whose nation built close ties with China in the early years after independence from the British in 1964. "Now we have become all-weather friends."China built a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia in the 1960s and early 1970s.
The two leaders witnessed the signing of trade and other deals, including plans to co-develop a new port and industrial zone complex, a loan for communications infrastructure and an interest free loan to the government. No details were given on the size of the loans or the industrial projects.Xi's next stop is South Africa for a BRICS summit on Tuesday and Wednesday where he could endorse plans for a joint foreign exchange reserves pool and an infrastructure bank.Those proposals respond to frustrations among emerging markets at having to rely on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which are seen as reflecting the interests of the United States and other industrialized nations.Nigeria's central bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, wrote in the Financial Times this month that the trade imbalance between China and Africa was "the essence of colonialism" and cautioned the continent was vulnerable to a new form of imperialism.China is keen not to be perceived as an imperial master."The legacy of (the) West is the feeling that Africa should thank them, and that Africa should recognize that it is not as good as the West," Zhong Jianhua, China's special envoy to Africa, said before Xi's trip. "That is not acceptable."
Lu Shaye, head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's African affairs department, said it was the West which was only interested in African resources, not China."What have Western countries done for Africa in the 50 years since independence? Nothing. All they have done is criticize China and that is unfair," he told a Hong Kong television station, in remarks carried on the ministry's website.Xi's African tour ends in Republic of Congo, from where China imported 5.4 billion metric tons (5.95 billion tons) of oil last year, just 2 percent of its total oil imports, but potentially the source of a lot more.(Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing; Writing by Edmund Blair and Richard Lough; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
They said the EU should exempt the National Coalition, an opposition umbrella group, from its arms embargo on Syria when the ban is reviewed in May.They underlined that they want peace talks.But they noted "the regime has yet to show readiness to engage in a genuine transition process or in meaningful political dialogue."They added: "It is only by increasing the pressure on the regime that we can help bring them to the negotiating table and keep open the prospect of a political solution. This decision is not - and this is the key - an alternative to a political resolution, it is an essential enabler."They warned that the status quo will see more killing and more escalation.They said "there is a cruel imbalance between the forces in the field, causing ever more civilian casualties" and that "the opposition needs to be able to protect the areas it controls."They noted that jihadists are flocking to Syria, that refugees are causing instability in neighbouring countries and that they "are increasingly concerned about the regime's willingness to use chemical weapons."
The Anglo-French appeal did little to end EU divisions at foreign ministers' talks in Dublin on Friday (22 March).Speaking after the event, Ashton said: "If you were in the room, you would have heard many, many contributions about what we can do."Some countries openly disagreed with Britain and France.Germany's Guido Westerwelle said he is "still reluctant on delivery of offensive weapons." Eamonn Gilmore of Ireland, the EU presidency, noted "the more guns that get into Syria … the more casualties there will be."
Britain and France previously threatened to veto the renewal of the Syria sanctions if they do not get their way.But if it comes to that, it would cause a major mess.The EU sanctions package also covers visa bans, asset freezes and a ban on Syrian oil imports.If it goes in the bin, member states would have to create 27 national-level measures on how to control arms transfers and how to stop al-Assad's people from travelling, using their money and selling oil.The nay-sayers' main concern is that Western weapons might end up in the hands of extremists.The Anglo-French letter described the National Coalition, which embraces the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the main rebel fighting force, as "genuine[ly] moderate and democratic."The Liberal group in the European Parliament recently brought the FSA's commander in chief, Salim Idriss, to Brussels to talk to MEPs and diplomats.Ashton on Saturday said only that she and Idriss "discussed the kind of support that he needed."But for his part, Liberal leader and former Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt, one of whose advisors in February spent several days with the FSA in Syria, believes Idriss is the right man for the EU to back."We are stronger as a Union if we act together. But a Union of indecision is an invitation for member states to act alone," he said after the Dublin talks.
EZEKIEL 38:4-8
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.
China's Xi tells Africa he seeks relationship of equals
By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala and George Obulutsa | Reuters – 1 hr 13 mins ago MAR 25,13
By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala and George Obulutsa
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - China's new president told Africans on Monday he wanted a relationship
of equals that would help the continent develop, responding to concerns
that Beijing is only interested in shipping out its raw materials.On the first stop on an African tour that will include a BRICS summit of major emerging economies, Xi Jinping told Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete that China's involvement in Africa would help the continent grow richer."China sincerely hopes to see faster development in
African countries and a better life for African people," Xi said in a
speech laying out China's policy on Africa, delivered at a conference
center in Dar es Salaam built with Chinese money.Renewing an offer of $20 billion of loans to Africa
between 2013 and 2015, Xi pledged to "help African countries turn
resource endowment into development strength and achieve independent and
sustainable development".Africans broadly see China as a healthy counterbalance
to Western influence but, as ties mature, there are growing calls from
policymakers and economists for a more balanced trade deal."China will continue to offer, as always, necessary assistance to Africa with no political strings attached," Xi said to applause. "We get on well and treat each others as equals."But gratitude for that aid is increasingly tinged with
resentment about the way Chinese companies operate in Africa where
industrial complexes staffed exclusively by Chinese workers have
occasionally provoked riots by locals looking for work.Countering concerns that Africa is not benefitting from
developing skills or technology from Chinese investment, Xi said China
would train 30,000 African professionals, offer 18,000 scholarships to
African students and "increase technology transfer and experience"."ALL-WEATHER FRIENDS"
"The Sino-Tanzania relationship has endured a lot," said Tanzania's Kikwete, whose nation built close ties with China in the early years after independence from the British in 1964. "Now we have become all-weather friends."China built a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia in the 1960s and early 1970s.
The two leaders witnessed the signing of trade and other deals, including plans to co-develop a new port and industrial zone complex, a loan for communications infrastructure and an interest free loan to the government. No details were given on the size of the loans or the industrial projects.Xi's next stop is South Africa for a BRICS summit on Tuesday and Wednesday where he could endorse plans for a joint foreign exchange reserves pool and an infrastructure bank.Those proposals respond to frustrations among emerging markets at having to rely on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which are seen as reflecting the interests of the United States and other industrialized nations.Nigeria's central bank governor, Lamido Sanusi, wrote in the Financial Times this month that the trade imbalance between China and Africa was "the essence of colonialism" and cautioned the continent was vulnerable to a new form of imperialism.China is keen not to be perceived as an imperial master."The legacy of (the) West is the feeling that Africa should thank them, and that Africa should recognize that it is not as good as the West," Zhong Jianhua, China's special envoy to Africa, said before Xi's trip. "That is not acceptable."
Lu Shaye, head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's African affairs department, said it was the West which was only interested in African resources, not China."What have Western countries done for Africa in the 50 years since independence? Nothing. All they have done is criticize China and that is unfair," he told a Hong Kong television station, in remarks carried on the ministry's website.Xi's African tour ends in Republic of Congo, from where China imported 5.4 billion metric tons (5.95 billion tons) of oil last year, just 2 percent of its total oil imports, but potentially the source of a lot more.(Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing; Writing by Edmund Blair and Richard Lough; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
2 CHRONICLES 7:12-14
12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Israel fights off locust scourge on Passover eve
Crop dusters bombard latest swarm of grasshoppers with pesticide in an effort to save south’s crops
March 25, 2013, 11:41 am
0-The Times of Israel
Aircrafts spraying pesticides over agricultural fields in Ramat Negev, March 11, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
Crop-dusting planes on Monday
bombarded a scourge of locusts with pesticides in an effort to cull the
biblically timed plague that threatened to annihilate crops in southern
Israel.Israel has battled swarm after swarm of the
voracious insects for the past three weeks, with ever-larger plagues of
the destructive insects arriving daily from neighboring Egypt. At the
start of the month, the Agriculture Ministry launched a major
crop-dusting campaign to kill the aerial invaders.Unlike previous swarms that have entered
Israel in the past month, the locusts that hit Israel Sunday are yellow
and fertile and, in this stage of their metamorphosis, pose less risk to
crops because they eat significantly less. Once the insects lay eggs
and they hatch, however, Israeli farmers will face the threat of this
wave’s insatiable brood, which will eat anything green in their path.
“The planes spray the swarms and stop them from going further into the country,” a Ramat Negev Regional Council official said.“You spray them early in the morning to stop
them from arriving at moister areas, where they would lay eggs and the
larvae would eat everything in sight.”The latest swarm to hit Israel on Passover eve
carries biblical significance: Of the 10 plagues which, according to
the Bible, smote Pharaoh to ensure the release of the Israelites from
bondage in Egypt, the eighth was locusts.
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)
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)
Monument with ‘Palestine’ replacing Israel was hidden from Obama
Palestinian authorities in Bethlehem removed ‘State Monument,’ put peace dove in its stead, three days before president came to pray at Church of the Nativity
March 25, 2013, 2:15 am
13-The times of Israel
The monument of the Palestinian map in Bethlehem (photo credit: screenshot YouTube)
Eurozone agrees Cyprus bailout 2.0
Today @ 07:29 MAR 25,13
Berlin - Marathon meetings in Brussels
ended in the early hours of Monday (25 March) with eurozone finance
ministers and international creditors agreeing a second bailout deal for
Cyprus.Unlike the agreement last week, which saw all depositors in Cyprus
take a hit and which was rejected by the Cypriot parliament, this time
the deal only affects deposits in the two largest banks - Laiki and the
Bank of Cyprus - accounting for about 40 percent of total deposits in
the country.Under the deal, Laiki will be "wiped out completely," while its
"good" assets - including deposits under €100,000 - will be placed in a
"good bank" which will be taken over by the Bank of Cyprus, Eurogroup
chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem explained in a press conference.
Laiki depositors above €100,000 - including many wealthy Russians - will see their savings gone, bringing in an estimated €4.2 billion in terms of Cyprus' own contribution to the €10bn bailout.Technically, these deposits, along with Laiki bonds and other liabilities will be put in a "bad bank" and gradually wound down, Dijsselbloem explained.Depositors in the Bank of Cyprus - which will include the small savers transferred from Laiki - will also be hit to a lesser extent."We want Bank of Cyprus to stay alive and continue, but it needs recapitalisation from senior, junior bondholders, also small savers," Dijsselbloem said.For his part, EU economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn noted that deposits under €100,000 will be guaranteed across the board.But details on the losses for bondholders and depositors in both Laiki and Bank of Cyprus remain sketchy for now.The only clear aspect is that a Monday deadline set by the European Central Bank to avoid a full collapse of the banking sector and state bankruptcy in Cyprus has been met.But none of the officials could predict when banks will re-open and how long capital controls will stay in place.The Cypriot Parliament on Saturday approved emergency legislation making the tiny island the first eurozone country ever to limit bank withdrawals and cross-border monetary transactions. The measure aims to limit a bank run once the Cypriot banks - now closed for over 10 days - get back to work.Dijsselbloem and other finance ministers said it was the best deal possible given "worsening circumstances" since last week, when the Eurogroup agreed on a levy on all deposits in Cypriot banks, previously a taboo in the EU.EU Council chief Herman Van Rompuy - a skilled Belgian negotiator - was brought in this time around to pave way for a deal with the Cypriot President and the heads of the EU commission, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank. The talks, which started early Sunday afternoon, dragged on until late at night and delayed the start of the eurozone finance ministers' meeting by four hours.German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and IMF chief Christine Lagarde - who last week had pushed for only big savers in the two largest banks to be hit, but were rejected by the Cypriot side - seemed vindicated."There was not enough political support last week and the idea was a total no-go a few weeks ago, but now we got to the position the German government always wanted," Schaeuble told reporters on his way out.Lagarde said that by reducing the size of the banking sector and "bailing in" the two largest banks, Cyprus's debt will not exceed "around 100 percent" of GDP - a key condition for the IMF.According to the head of the eurozone bailout fund, Klaus Regling, first payments are to flow to Cyprus in early May.The deal still needs the approval of national parliaments in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands. Extra legislation may be needed in Cyprus, but most of the bills required for the deal were already passed on Saturday.Both Dijsselbloem and Schaeuble tried to sell the bailout deal as meeting all their national parliaments' requirements: an overall envelope capped at €10 billion, a massive reduction of the oversized banking sector and extra scrutiny on money laundering, with a pending audit to be completed by the end of next week.But Moody's ratings agency warned that even with a deal approved, Cyprus still remains "at risk" of default and of a euro-exit, noting that the "policymakers' ability to contain contagion is not assured."The Cyprus brinkmanship over the past week also translates into a negative outlook for all eurozone countries, with further downgrades possible, Moody's said.
Laiki depositors above €100,000 - including many wealthy Russians - will see their savings gone, bringing in an estimated €4.2 billion in terms of Cyprus' own contribution to the €10bn bailout.Technically, these deposits, along with Laiki bonds and other liabilities will be put in a "bad bank" and gradually wound down, Dijsselbloem explained.Depositors in the Bank of Cyprus - which will include the small savers transferred from Laiki - will also be hit to a lesser extent."We want Bank of Cyprus to stay alive and continue, but it needs recapitalisation from senior, junior bondholders, also small savers," Dijsselbloem said.For his part, EU economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn noted that deposits under €100,000 will be guaranteed across the board.But details on the losses for bondholders and depositors in both Laiki and Bank of Cyprus remain sketchy for now.The only clear aspect is that a Monday deadline set by the European Central Bank to avoid a full collapse of the banking sector and state bankruptcy in Cyprus has been met.But none of the officials could predict when banks will re-open and how long capital controls will stay in place.The Cypriot Parliament on Saturday approved emergency legislation making the tiny island the first eurozone country ever to limit bank withdrawals and cross-border monetary transactions. The measure aims to limit a bank run once the Cypriot banks - now closed for over 10 days - get back to work.Dijsselbloem and other finance ministers said it was the best deal possible given "worsening circumstances" since last week, when the Eurogroup agreed on a levy on all deposits in Cypriot banks, previously a taboo in the EU.EU Council chief Herman Van Rompuy - a skilled Belgian negotiator - was brought in this time around to pave way for a deal with the Cypriot President and the heads of the EU commission, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank. The talks, which started early Sunday afternoon, dragged on until late at night and delayed the start of the eurozone finance ministers' meeting by four hours.German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and IMF chief Christine Lagarde - who last week had pushed for only big savers in the two largest banks to be hit, but were rejected by the Cypriot side - seemed vindicated."There was not enough political support last week and the idea was a total no-go a few weeks ago, but now we got to the position the German government always wanted," Schaeuble told reporters on his way out.Lagarde said that by reducing the size of the banking sector and "bailing in" the two largest banks, Cyprus's debt will not exceed "around 100 percent" of GDP - a key condition for the IMF.According to the head of the eurozone bailout fund, Klaus Regling, first payments are to flow to Cyprus in early May.The deal still needs the approval of national parliaments in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands. Extra legislation may be needed in Cyprus, but most of the bills required for the deal were already passed on Saturday.Both Dijsselbloem and Schaeuble tried to sell the bailout deal as meeting all their national parliaments' requirements: an overall envelope capped at €10 billion, a massive reduction of the oversized banking sector and extra scrutiny on money laundering, with a pending audit to be completed by the end of next week.But Moody's ratings agency warned that even with a deal approved, Cyprus still remains "at risk" of default and of a euro-exit, noting that the "policymakers' ability to contain contagion is not assured."The Cyprus brinkmanship over the past week also translates into a negative outlook for all eurozone countries, with further downgrades possible, Moody's said.
