KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUS YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/user/IsraeliPM?feature=watch
By Arutz Sheva-First Publish: 5/13/2013, 3:17 PM-Israelnationalnews
The Beit Orot yeshiva on the Mount of Olives (Har Hazeitim) carried out a unique and inspiring activity on Jerusalem Day. It erected a 60 meter high platform in the sky above Mount Scopus, affording visitors a bird's eye view of the capital.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat ascended the platform and chose to descend from it the scary way, by dangling from a wire.Arutz Sheva's Yoni Kempinski was on the platform as well, and he sent these reports.
Beit Orot represents the first living Jewish presence in two millennia on Har Hazeitim, the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem. The Irving Moskowitz Yeshiva & Campus, a hesder yeshiva, is the nucleus of a new Jewish neighborhood on the strategically crucial northern ridge of Har Hazeitim."By virtue of its location and philosophy," its website says, "Beit Orot is at once defending the sacred traditions of our nation, the physical security of Eretz Yisrael and the integrity of Yerushalayim as the undivided capital of Israel and the Jewish people."
By Arutz Sheva Staff-First Publish: 5/13/2013, 5:15 AM-Israelnationalnews
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met on Sunday with children from the Valley of Springs (Emek Hamaayanot) Regional Council ahead of the holiday of Shavuot, which begins at sundown on Tuesday.
The children brought the Prime Minister a basket of locally grown fruits, in memory of the Biblical commandment for farmers to bring the "first fruits" (bikurim in Hebrew) to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. "First fruits" had to be one of the seven species that the Bible lists as Israel's best crops - wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates and each year's "first fruits" would be brought to the Temple from the holiday of Shavuot on. Farmers would go to their orchards early in the season and mark the first fruits that appeared on the trees so that once they ripened, they could be brought to the Temple, accompanied by joyful song and music in gratitude for the harvest.Prime Minister Netanyahu told the children, "I thank you for the basket of first fruits and I wish you and all Israelis a happy Shavuot. The first fruits are a symbol of growth, development and renewal; may all our efforts bear fruit."The first fruits were from a new, educational section of a 70-year-old experimental farm in the Valley of Springs Regional Council area that was developed in order to preserve local children's and residents' links to the soil and the achievements of both the experimental farm and local farmers.In the video below (in Hebrew), Netanyahu is seen with the children as they explain about the fruits they have brought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6D6ANTbAnL4
For the first time
since the establishment of the State of Israel, a Russian warship docked
at the port city of Haifa earlier this month. The "Azov" of Russian's
Black Sea Fleet came to Israel at the request of the Association of
Russian War Veterans to help celebrate the anniversary of the victory
over Nazi Germany.
Jewish veterans of the Red Army who later immigrated to Israel were invited to participate in a ceremony aboard the massive ship.However, there was another even more important, even historical, reason for the visit - with the looming collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, Russia is on the lookout for new Middle East alliances.Russia has long maintained a large naval base in Tartus, the second largest port city in Syria. But with Syria's ongoing civil war likely to end in that country descending into factional warfare and chaos, Russia is concerned for its interests in the region.Recent reports are that Moscow is searching for a new Mediterranean seaport to maintain strategic balance in the region. Russian delegations have reportedly examined Egypt and Algeria.But Israeli officials say that the Arab Spring has changed Russia's view of Israel, and Moscow now understands that in this volatile and unpredictable region, the Jewish state is an anchor of stability."There are things on which we do not agree with Russia, but there is a general understanding that we defend the same principles of democracy and security," said one official in Jerusalem. "They share our concern over Islamic fundamentalism taking over the Middle East. The Russians realize now more than ever that you can rely on Israel."The Russians very loudly publicized the Azov's visit to Israel, and their decision to mark the victory over the Nazis together with Jewish veterans. "Russia is proud of its connection to this historical event, and wants to remind everyone that we fought on the right side," read a statement from the Russians. "There is something to be understood from this for the contemporary Middle East. Where we decided to make anchor is a clear statement, both to the Israelis and the entire region."There was a general understanding that the Azov's visit was not a one-time event, and that other Russian warships would come calling in the near future. Israelis officials did not deny that they are open to further cooperation with Moscow.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) 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#!
BENJAMIN NETANYAHUS YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/user/IsraeliPM?feature=watch
Bird's-Eye View Connects Visitors to Jerusalem
Arutz Sheva joins Mayor Barkat for a unique activity at 60 meters above Mount Scopus.
The Beit Orot yeshiva on the Mount of Olives (Har Hazeitim) carried out a unique and inspiring activity on Jerusalem Day. It erected a 60 meter high platform in the sky above Mount Scopus, affording visitors a bird's eye view of the capital.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat ascended the platform and chose to descend from it the scary way, by dangling from a wire.Arutz Sheva's Yoni Kempinski was on the platform as well, and he sent these reports.
Beit Orot represents the first living Jewish presence in two millennia on Har Hazeitim, the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem. The Irving Moskowitz Yeshiva & Campus, a hesder yeshiva, is the nucleus of a new Jewish neighborhood on the strategically crucial northern ridge of Har Hazeitim."By virtue of its location and philosophy," its website says, "Beit Orot is at once defending the sacred traditions of our nation, the physical security of Eretz Yisrael and the integrity of Yerushalayim as the undivided capital of Israel and the Jewish people."
PM Netanyahu Receives "First Fruits" for Shavuot Holiday
Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met children from the Valley of Springs
Regional Council, who brought him "bikurim" (first fruits).
Netanyahu receives baskets of first fruits from children-Flash 90
The children brought the Prime Minister a basket of locally grown fruits, in memory of the Biblical commandment for farmers to bring the "first fruits" (bikurim in Hebrew) to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. "First fruits" had to be one of the seven species that the Bible lists as Israel's best crops - wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates and each year's "first fruits" would be brought to the Temple from the holiday of Shavuot on. Farmers would go to their orchards early in the season and mark the first fruits that appeared on the trees so that once they ripened, they could be brought to the Temple, accompanied by joyful song and music in gratitude for the harvest.Prime Minister Netanyahu told the children, "I thank you for the basket of first fruits and I wish you and all Israelis a happy Shavuot. The first fruits are a symbol of growth, development and renewal; may all our efforts bear fruit."The first fruits were from a new, educational section of a 70-year-old experimental farm in the Valley of Springs Regional Council area that was developed in order to preserve local children's and residents' links to the soil and the achievements of both the experimental farm and local farmers.In the video below (in Hebrew), Netanyahu is seen with the children as they explain about the fruits they have brought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6D6ANTbAnL4
Russian warship docks in Israel for first time
Monday, May 13, 2013 |
Yossi Aloni ISRAEL TODAY
Jewish veterans of the Red Army who later immigrated to Israel were invited to participate in a ceremony aboard the massive ship.However, there was another even more important, even historical, reason for the visit - with the looming collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, Russia is on the lookout for new Middle East alliances.Russia has long maintained a large naval base in Tartus, the second largest port city in Syria. But with Syria's ongoing civil war likely to end in that country descending into factional warfare and chaos, Russia is concerned for its interests in the region.Recent reports are that Moscow is searching for a new Mediterranean seaport to maintain strategic balance in the region. Russian delegations have reportedly examined Egypt and Algeria.But Israeli officials say that the Arab Spring has changed Russia's view of Israel, and Moscow now understands that in this volatile and unpredictable region, the Jewish state is an anchor of stability."There are things on which we do not agree with Russia, but there is a general understanding that we defend the same principles of democracy and security," said one official in Jerusalem. "They share our concern over Islamic fundamentalism taking over the Middle East. The Russians realize now more than ever that you can rely on Israel."The Russians very loudly publicized the Azov's visit to Israel, and their decision to mark the victory over the Nazis together with Jewish veterans. "Russia is proud of its connection to this historical event, and wants to remind everyone that we fought on the right side," read a statement from the Russians. "There is something to be understood from this for the contemporary Middle East. Where we decided to make anchor is a clear statement, both to the Israelis and the entire region."There was a general understanding that the Azov's visit was not a one-time event, and that other Russian warships would come calling in the near future. Israelis officials did not deny that they are open to further cooperation with Moscow.
HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) 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#!
Dollar Gone Wild' Prompts Unusual Bank of Israel Move
Interest rates will go down by a quarter point on Friday, an unusual mid-month move by outgoing BOI Chairman Stanley Fischer
-By David Lev-First Publish: 5/13/2013, 4:05 PM-Israelnationalnews
Professor Stanley Fischer-Flash 90
Interest rates will go down by a quarter point on Friday, an unusual
mid-month move by outgoing Bank of Israel Chairman Stanley Fischer.
Generally, such changes are made at the end of a calendar month, but it
appeared that he was responding to pressure from exporters who claim
they are suffering from the high value of the shekel. The new prime
interest rate will be 1.5%.In addition to the interest rate reduction, the BOI announced that it
would step up purchases of foreign currency. Both moves are expected to
reduce demand for shekels, letting the Israeli currency “breathe” and
devalue somewhat against the dollar, against which it has been very
strong of late. By the end of the year, the BOI intends to sop up some
$2 billion.In a statement, the Bank said that much of the appreciation of the
shekel in recent months – an average of some 3% per month over the past
three months – was due to the expected flood of foreign currency in the
wake of sales of gas from the Tamar field. In addition, central banks
around the world have been cutting interest rates, leaving Israel with a
relatively high rate, which was attracting foreign currency traders seeking to make more money in shekel investments.
The purchase of the dollars at a hopefully lower dollar (and higher
shekel) value, along with the likelihood that fewer foreign investors
will put their money in Israeli banks, will stem the rise of the shekel
and even reverse it, the Bank hopes.On Monday, the shekel closed 0.36% higher, at NIS 3.57, after jumping
as much as 1.6% during the day to NIS 3.6, indicating that the BOI
moves were already having the desired effect, economists said.But solving one problem could cause another. With a lower interest rate,
loans – especially mortgages – become more popular. Higher inflation
for goods and services is also a possibility as fewer people save money
because they are earning less on their savings, but the major worry for
the Bank is a possible rise in the cost of homes, a major problem for
many young couples who, as it is, cannot afford to buy homes. In its
statement, the Bank said that inflation in general has been below the
targets set at the beginning of the year, and that it had increased it
supervision of banks to ensure that all the mortgages granted were in
line with the rules, which prevent people who already own homes from
getting preferred interest rates.
By Daniel Perez-First Publish: 5/13/2013, 1:27 PM-Israelnationalnews
Prior to delivering his speech at the American Friends of Ateret Cohanim's 34th
Anniversary Gala, Ralph Peters, Lt. Col. U.S. Army (ret.), showed
himself to be the very embodiment of the phrase “an officer and a
gentleman,” and despite his highly demanding schedule,
found time to grant us the following interview. Though Peters is
himself not Jewish, he spoke of his affinity for Israel, throughout both
the interview and his keynote address, in terms of a common
civilization based on shared Judeo-Christian values.Daniel Perez: Lt. Col. Peters, if you wouldn't mind explaining for our readers, what was your role during your time in the service? Ralph Peters: I started as an enlisted man in Military
Intelligence. I became an officer, spending a few years in an infantry
battalion. Then I became a strategic scout, a Foreign Area Officer, not
to be confused with Foreign Service Officer [the latter term referring to civilian U.S. diplomats working for the State Department -ed],
in the Army. I was a specialist on the former Soviet Union, but I wound
up working in Panama, Pakistan, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia,
Laos, Turkey, the Caucasus, you name it. It was a great opportunity to
see the world firsthand. And I think my views and politics are informed
by having seen it, not from the embassy balcony, but seeing it from the
street level, the reality. And the reality isn't always pretty.DP: You are widely known for your work as a military
strategist, political commentator, and more recently, a novelist. What
exactly is your connection to Ateret Cohanim, and Israel activism in
general? RP: My connection is that since childhood I have
believed in Israel. I believe in not only Israel's right to exist, but
in Israel's mission.
DP: Which is...? RP: The French would call it the mission civilisatrice; [Israel] is the only civilizing force in the Middle East. The culture of the Arab world, and of Iran, had a great run centuries ago. But over the last several centuries, it has broken down, it has lagged behind, it has become—and it is not politically correct to say it—barbaric. Barbaric in its treatment of women, in its corruption, in its lack of a work ethic, its lack of respect for education, and in its fundamental tyranny on a political, social, and even familial level.DP: And in what way do you see Israel as a counterbalance to this “barbarity”? RP: To me, when I look at Israel, I see not only a Jewish state rebuilt on the ancient Jewish homeland, I see an outpost of the civilization in which I believe. Because I do not believe that all civilizations are equivalent. I don't believe in a civilization that torments women and children, that's woefully corrupt, that in the 21st century, not only cannot build a competitive automobile, but cannot even build a competitive bicycle! And while I wish the Arabs well—I wish no man harm, with the exception of a few terrorists here or there—nonetheless, to me, Israel is a beacon of justice, for rule of law, humanity, decency, culture... in short, Israel belongs to the Jews; it belongs to my civilization.DP: And how, in your estimation, should this belief in the justice of the Zionist cause translate into action? RP: I believe that it is important for non-Jewish Americans to actively support Israel, and to, when possible, educate our fellow Americans about the reality, as opposed to the often twisted and perverse version of Israel you get in the press, where the Israelis are somehow the aggressors, and Hamas and Hezbollah, who are raining rockets down on Israeli children, are somehow the good guys... this is madness! DP: Would that more leaders in our nation's defense establishment shared your moral clarity when it comes to Israel.RP: Of course the United States of America must act in its own self-interest, and security interests. But what you've got to drive home is that you can't let them chip away at Israel. Because Israel shares our fate. We share Israel's fate because we are—Jews, Christians, and others—brothers and sisters in the practical world of this civilization. And instead of seeing our antitheses, or the differences between us, we've got to learn to defend our common way of life.DP: So do you see Israel, then, as the proverbial “canary in the coal mine”? RP: That's certainly one way to look at it. If Israel falls, it is not going to appease the fanatics. And G-d willing, Israel will never fall. But I think too many in the West, in America and especially Europe, believe that Israel is the problem. Israel is not the problem! The problem is the catastrophic breakdown of the Muslim civilization of the Middle East. And there is one thing that Arab world will never forgive Israel for, and that is for succeeding.DP: Indeed. I recently read an article by an expert on Islamic anti-Semitism, and attended a speech by former Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Avner, both of which seemed to touch upon this same issue; namely, that the Jewish people's re-emergence as a subject of history rather than a mere object, and as a sovereign nation (i.e. Israel), is one of the key factors underlying the surge of Jew-hatred in the modern-day Middle East. Not that it didn't exist before, but rather, that this new wave of Jewish success brought this anti-Jewish sentiment bubbling to the surface, as it were.RP: Well, to be fair, let's turn the tables. Suppose our civilization was in utter collapse and failure; the things we valued didn't work anymore. And here you have the Arab civilization, their traditional values don't work. They didn't work in the 19th century, they didn't work in the 20th, and they certainly don't work in the 21st. They're humiliated, and when people are humiliated, they don't really want to know what the problem is; they want somebody to blame. So, instead of rolling up their sleeves and fixing it—and some of the leaders of the so-called “Arab Spring” are trying, but failing—they blame Israel, they blame the United States. Israel and the United States share that. Our “crime” is success.DP: Thank you very much for taking the time to speak with me, , Lt. Col. Peters.RP: It was my pleasure.
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-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
Ralph Peters: Israel is a Civilizing Force
Commentator and strategist says, "The culture of the Arab world, and of Iran … has become barbaric."
Peters with Dr. Joe Frager, Dr. Paul Brody-Arutz Sheva
DP: Which is...? RP: The French would call it the mission civilisatrice; [Israel] is the only civilizing force in the Middle East. The culture of the Arab world, and of Iran, had a great run centuries ago. But over the last several centuries, it has broken down, it has lagged behind, it has become—and it is not politically correct to say it—barbaric. Barbaric in its treatment of women, in its corruption, in its lack of a work ethic, its lack of respect for education, and in its fundamental tyranny on a political, social, and even familial level.DP: And in what way do you see Israel as a counterbalance to this “barbarity”? RP: To me, when I look at Israel, I see not only a Jewish state rebuilt on the ancient Jewish homeland, I see an outpost of the civilization in which I believe. Because I do not believe that all civilizations are equivalent. I don't believe in a civilization that torments women and children, that's woefully corrupt, that in the 21st century, not only cannot build a competitive automobile, but cannot even build a competitive bicycle! And while I wish the Arabs well—I wish no man harm, with the exception of a few terrorists here or there—nonetheless, to me, Israel is a beacon of justice, for rule of law, humanity, decency, culture... in short, Israel belongs to the Jews; it belongs to my civilization.DP: And how, in your estimation, should this belief in the justice of the Zionist cause translate into action? RP: I believe that it is important for non-Jewish Americans to actively support Israel, and to, when possible, educate our fellow Americans about the reality, as opposed to the often twisted and perverse version of Israel you get in the press, where the Israelis are somehow the aggressors, and Hamas and Hezbollah, who are raining rockets down on Israeli children, are somehow the good guys... this is madness! DP: Would that more leaders in our nation's defense establishment shared your moral clarity when it comes to Israel.RP: Of course the United States of America must act in its own self-interest, and security interests. But what you've got to drive home is that you can't let them chip away at Israel. Because Israel shares our fate. We share Israel's fate because we are—Jews, Christians, and others—brothers and sisters in the practical world of this civilization. And instead of seeing our antitheses, or the differences between us, we've got to learn to defend our common way of life.DP: So do you see Israel, then, as the proverbial “canary in the coal mine”? RP: That's certainly one way to look at it. If Israel falls, it is not going to appease the fanatics. And G-d willing, Israel will never fall. But I think too many in the West, in America and especially Europe, believe that Israel is the problem. Israel is not the problem! The problem is the catastrophic breakdown of the Muslim civilization of the Middle East. And there is one thing that Arab world will never forgive Israel for, and that is for succeeding.DP: Indeed. I recently read an article by an expert on Islamic anti-Semitism, and attended a speech by former Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Avner, both of which seemed to touch upon this same issue; namely, that the Jewish people's re-emergence as a subject of history rather than a mere object, and as a sovereign nation (i.e. Israel), is one of the key factors underlying the surge of Jew-hatred in the modern-day Middle East. Not that it didn't exist before, but rather, that this new wave of Jewish success brought this anti-Jewish sentiment bubbling to the surface, as it were.RP: Well, to be fair, let's turn the tables. Suppose our civilization was in utter collapse and failure; the things we valued didn't work anymore. And here you have the Arab civilization, their traditional values don't work. They didn't work in the 19th century, they didn't work in the 20th, and they certainly don't work in the 21st. They're humiliated, and when people are humiliated, they don't really want to know what the problem is; they want somebody to blame. So, instead of rolling up their sleeves and fixing it—and some of the leaders of the so-called “Arab Spring” are trying, but failing—they blame Israel, they blame the United States. Israel and the United States share that. Our “crime” is success.DP: Thank you very much for taking the time to speak with me, , Lt. Col. Peters.RP: It was my pleasure.
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-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
Political science fiction' to become reality, Barroso says
07.05.13 @ 15:35
By Honor Mahony
BRUSSELS - The European Commission will
set out its views on EU treaty change by early next year noting that
ideas that now seem like "political science fiction" will eventually
become reality.The commission will put forward "explicit ideas for treaty change in
order for them to be debated before the European elections," said
president Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday (7 May)."We want to put all the elements on the table even if some of them
may sound like political science fiction today. They will be reality in a
few years' time, sooner than we might think," he told a conference on
shaping economic and monetary union.
While EU powers have been greatly extended - new laws allow the commission to ask for changes to national budgets - a central finance ministry, a eurozone budget and some mutualisation of debt are all considered to be part of a future new-look eurozone.Barroso underlined the importance of the importance EU citizens being aware of and approving the changes being made at the EU level."Europe will be open and democratic, or it will fail," he said.The 'democracy' debate has come to the fore in recent months. Rapid policy-making - generally to give EU institutions more power - to stay ahead of the economic crisis has led to an unease that citizens' views are being bypassed.This feeling is compounded in bailed-out countries - Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus - where spending priorities are in the hands of officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.Meanwhile, fall-out from the crisis - low growth and record levels of unemployment - have led to fears that populist or extremist parties will benefit, particularly during the European Parliament elections, when voters often feel less attached to the potential consequences of their ballot.Barroso urged "mainstream" political parties not to "relinquish the momentum to eurosceptic or europhobic forces. You have to fight with rational arguments and unwavering convictions."But a comment by Portuguese finance minister Vitor Gaspar showed the level of frustration, particularly in southern European countries, with the budget-cutting priorities of Brussels and Germany, the eurozone's most influential member state."We need the European Union to respect a fundamental principle - the principle of the primacy of the national dimension of politics. The European Union must allow its member states to deliver the social goods that their citizens demand," said Gaspar."We just have to look at the dramatic rise in youth unemployment, in particular in programme countries, to realise exactly what this plea means in practice."Statistics for youth unemployment - 58% in Greece and 55% in Spain - have led analysts and politicians to speak of a "lost generation" of Europeans.The issue is to be dealt at a June summit of EU leaders. On Monday the prime ministers of Spain and Italy urged the EU to adopt policies that would avoid social unrest. The two leaders said they would prepare a list of proposals - especially on youth employment - to be presented at the summit.To date, there is a youth employment and training scheme that has to be fine-tuned by member states while a much heralded growth pact - signed off in June 2012 - amounted to little.
While EU powers have been greatly extended - new laws allow the commission to ask for changes to national budgets - a central finance ministry, a eurozone budget and some mutualisation of debt are all considered to be part of a future new-look eurozone.Barroso underlined the importance of the importance EU citizens being aware of and approving the changes being made at the EU level."Europe will be open and democratic, or it will fail," he said.The 'democracy' debate has come to the fore in recent months. Rapid policy-making - generally to give EU institutions more power - to stay ahead of the economic crisis has led to an unease that citizens' views are being bypassed.This feeling is compounded in bailed-out countries - Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus - where spending priorities are in the hands of officials from the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.Meanwhile, fall-out from the crisis - low growth and record levels of unemployment - have led to fears that populist or extremist parties will benefit, particularly during the European Parliament elections, when voters often feel less attached to the potential consequences of their ballot.Barroso urged "mainstream" political parties not to "relinquish the momentum to eurosceptic or europhobic forces. You have to fight with rational arguments and unwavering convictions."But a comment by Portuguese finance minister Vitor Gaspar showed the level of frustration, particularly in southern European countries, with the budget-cutting priorities of Brussels and Germany, the eurozone's most influential member state."We need the European Union to respect a fundamental principle - the principle of the primacy of the national dimension of politics. The European Union must allow its member states to deliver the social goods that their citizens demand," said Gaspar."We just have to look at the dramatic rise in youth unemployment, in particular in programme countries, to realise exactly what this plea means in practice."Statistics for youth unemployment - 58% in Greece and 55% in Spain - have led analysts and politicians to speak of a "lost generation" of Europeans.The issue is to be dealt at a June summit of EU leaders. On Monday the prime ministers of Spain and Italy urged the EU to adopt policies that would avoid social unrest. The two leaders said they would prepare a list of proposals - especially on youth employment - to be presented at the summit.To date, there is a youth employment and training scheme that has to be fine-tuned by member states while a much heralded growth pact - signed off in June 2012 - amounted to little.
Nato chief: EU soft power is 'no power at all'
06.05.13 @ 21:26
BRUSSELS - Nato head Anders Fogh
Rasmussen has said there cannot be a credible EU foreign policy without
the military means to back it up."We Europeans must understand that soft power alone is really no
power at all. Without hard capabilities to back up its diplomacy, Europe
will lack credibility and influence," he told MEPs on the European
Parliament's foreign affairs committee in Brussels on Monday (6 May).
"If European nations do not make a firm commitment to invest in security and defence, then all talk about a strengthened European defence and security policy will just be hot air," he added.Twenty one out of the 27 EU countries are also Nato members.Rasmussen said they lack "transport planes, air-to-air refuelling and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets."He noted that, given the financial crisis, it is "too expensive for any individual [EU] country" to buy the hardware that Nato needs Europe to have.He also indicated that European countries are too dove-ish in their approach to foreign crises."We must also have the political will to use them [military means]. To deal with security challenges on Europe's doorstep. To help manage crises further away that might affect us here at home," he said.Rasmussen spoke in the run-up to an EU summit on defence in December - the first one since the financial crisis erupted in 2008.His remarks on EU foreign policy prompted questions on whether he is interested in taking EU foreign service chief Catherine Ashton's job when she departs next year."I haven't started thinking about the next step," he said, referring to his own career.He envisaged EU-level security co-operation with Nato as a mixture of police missions and diplomacy.Taking the Western Balkans as an example, he said: "Nato has shown its capacity to act quickly and in high intensity crises, while the European Union is able to deploy a wide range of civilian and military expertise to help rebuild nations."He commended Ashton on her recent diplomatic breakthrough in helping Belgrade and Pristina to end a frozen conflict in north Kosovo.But he added: "Both parties wanted assurance that Nato would guarantee the security to implement the agreement."MEPs also quizzed Rasmussen about Syria.The civil war saw two new developments in recent days.Over the weekend, Israeli jets struck several Syrian targets, including a military complex near Damascus. Reports say they killed more than 40 soldiers and that they did it to stop Syrian weapons getting into the hands of Israel's fiercest enemy, the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.A UN investigator, Carla Del Ponte, also told Swiss TV on Sunday "there are strong, concrete suspicions" that Syrian rebels have used Sarin gas, a banned chemical weapon.
The developments saw the Russian foreign ministry ring the alarm on Monday."We are seriously concerned about the signs that global public opinion is being prepared for a possible armed intervention in the Syrian conflict," its foreign ministry spokesman told Russian media.For his part, Rasmussen in Brussels repeated the long-standing Nato line on Syria.He told MEPs there will be no Nato intervention because there is no UN mandate and because the conflict is too "complex." He also said the only way out is a "political solution."
He declined to comment on the Israeli strikes and he claimed he knows no more than what he reads in the papers about chemical weapons.Nato has deployed US, German and Dutch "Patriot" anti-missile defence systems on Nato member Turkey's border with Syria.But Rasmussen noted he has "no indications" of hostile "activity" in the Patriot-covered zone.
"If European nations do not make a firm commitment to invest in security and defence, then all talk about a strengthened European defence and security policy will just be hot air," he added.Twenty one out of the 27 EU countries are also Nato members.Rasmussen said they lack "transport planes, air-to-air refuelling and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets."He noted that, given the financial crisis, it is "too expensive for any individual [EU] country" to buy the hardware that Nato needs Europe to have.He also indicated that European countries are too dove-ish in their approach to foreign crises."We must also have the political will to use them [military means]. To deal with security challenges on Europe's doorstep. To help manage crises further away that might affect us here at home," he said.Rasmussen spoke in the run-up to an EU summit on defence in December - the first one since the financial crisis erupted in 2008.His remarks on EU foreign policy prompted questions on whether he is interested in taking EU foreign service chief Catherine Ashton's job when she departs next year."I haven't started thinking about the next step," he said, referring to his own career.He envisaged EU-level security co-operation with Nato as a mixture of police missions and diplomacy.Taking the Western Balkans as an example, he said: "Nato has shown its capacity to act quickly and in high intensity crises, while the European Union is able to deploy a wide range of civilian and military expertise to help rebuild nations."He commended Ashton on her recent diplomatic breakthrough in helping Belgrade and Pristina to end a frozen conflict in north Kosovo.But he added: "Both parties wanted assurance that Nato would guarantee the security to implement the agreement."MEPs also quizzed Rasmussen about Syria.The civil war saw two new developments in recent days.Over the weekend, Israeli jets struck several Syrian targets, including a military complex near Damascus. Reports say they killed more than 40 soldiers and that they did it to stop Syrian weapons getting into the hands of Israel's fiercest enemy, the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.A UN investigator, Carla Del Ponte, also told Swiss TV on Sunday "there are strong, concrete suspicions" that Syrian rebels have used Sarin gas, a banned chemical weapon.
The developments saw the Russian foreign ministry ring the alarm on Monday."We are seriously concerned about the signs that global public opinion is being prepared for a possible armed intervention in the Syrian conflict," its foreign ministry spokesman told Russian media.For his part, Rasmussen in Brussels repeated the long-standing Nato line on Syria.He told MEPs there will be no Nato intervention because there is no UN mandate and because the conflict is too "complex." He also said the only way out is a "political solution."
He declined to comment on the Israeli strikes and he claimed he knows no more than what he reads in the papers about chemical weapons.Nato has deployed US, German and Dutch "Patriot" anti-missile defence systems on Nato member Turkey's border with Syria.But Rasmussen noted he has "no indications" of hostile "activity" in the Patriot-covered zone.
British ministers voice support for leaving EU
Today @ 07:44 MAY 13,13
By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - Two senior British ministers have said they would vote to leave the EU if there was a referendum now.Speaking on BBC TV on Sunday (12 May), the ruling Conservative
Party's education minister Michael Gove said: "My ideal is exactly what
the majority of the population think, which is that the present
situation is no good, to say that life outside [the EU] would be
perfectly tolerable. We could contemplate it, there would be certain
advantages."Defence minister Philip Hammond told BBC radio later the same day:
"If the choice is between a European Union written exactly as it is
today and not being a part of that then I have to say that I'm on the
side of the argument that Michael Gove has put forward."
Both men nuanced their statements.Gove noted that his "preference is for a change in Britain's relationship with the European Union" rather than for leaving the EU.Hammond said it would be "defeatist" to quit the Union without trying to reform it first.Their remarks come ahead of a vote next week on holding an in/out referendum more quickly.Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to hold it in 2017 - after the next elections and after talks on taking back EU powers in areas such as criminal law and social policy.
But two of his MPs have tabled an amendment to hold it in 2014.The non-binding motion is expected to get just 100-or-so mostly Conservative votes in the 650-seat assembly.Gove himself dismissed it as "letting off steam."But it will add to pressure on Cameron to reconsider the 2017 date.Three Conservative heavyweights - former chancellor Nigel Lawson, former chancellor Norman Lamont and former defence minister Michael Portillo - last week also said Britain should get out.Lawson wrote in an op-ed that: "The relevant economic context nowadays is not Europe but globalisation, including global free trade, with the World Trade Organisation as its monitor."He added the EU has "achieved its historic purpose and is now past its sell-by date."Lamont said on BBC radio: "I think that the economic advantages of the EU are vastly over-stated. I think we could manage on our own, as Switzerland … does."Meanwhile, huge gains by the eurosceptic Ukip party in recent local elections backed up Gove's claim that many ordinary British people want to leave.Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty sets out a protocol for an EU member state to "withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements."It says EU countries "shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that state, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal" - a clause that would allow the UK to create a free trade zone with Europe.For its part, the opposition centre-left Labour Party seized on Gove's statement to hammer Cameron.Its shadow foreign minister, Douglas Alexander, told the Financial Times on Sunday that leaving the EU would harm US relations.He recalled a warning in January by US diplomat Philip Gordon against holding the in/out vote."In doing so he [Gordon] exposed the post-imperial fantasy of Conservative eurosceptics that our relationship with the US is an alternative to our relationship with Europe," Alexander said.Cameron is visiting Washington this week, with the in/out question likely to come up in his US talks.
Both men nuanced their statements.Gove noted that his "preference is for a change in Britain's relationship with the European Union" rather than for leaving the EU.Hammond said it would be "defeatist" to quit the Union without trying to reform it first.Their remarks come ahead of a vote next week on holding an in/out referendum more quickly.Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to hold it in 2017 - after the next elections and after talks on taking back EU powers in areas such as criminal law and social policy.
But two of his MPs have tabled an amendment to hold it in 2014.The non-binding motion is expected to get just 100-or-so mostly Conservative votes in the 650-seat assembly.Gove himself dismissed it as "letting off steam."But it will add to pressure on Cameron to reconsider the 2017 date.Three Conservative heavyweights - former chancellor Nigel Lawson, former chancellor Norman Lamont and former defence minister Michael Portillo - last week also said Britain should get out.Lawson wrote in an op-ed that: "The relevant economic context nowadays is not Europe but globalisation, including global free trade, with the World Trade Organisation as its monitor."He added the EU has "achieved its historic purpose and is now past its sell-by date."Lamont said on BBC radio: "I think that the economic advantages of the EU are vastly over-stated. I think we could manage on our own, as Switzerland … does."Meanwhile, huge gains by the eurosceptic Ukip party in recent local elections backed up Gove's claim that many ordinary British people want to leave.Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty sets out a protocol for an EU member state to "withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements."It says EU countries "shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that state, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal" - a clause that would allow the UK to create a free trade zone with Europe.For its part, the opposition centre-left Labour Party seized on Gove's statement to hammer Cameron.Its shadow foreign minister, Douglas Alexander, told the Financial Times on Sunday that leaving the EU would harm US relations.He recalled a warning in January by US diplomat Philip Gordon against holding the in/out vote."In doing so he [Gordon] exposed the post-imperial fantasy of Conservative eurosceptics that our relationship with the US is an alternative to our relationship with Europe," Alexander said.Cameron is visiting Washington this week, with the in/out question likely to come up in his US talks.
Lithuania unveils EU presidency logo
Today @ 09:21 MAY 13,13
Vilnius - A summer day on the bank of
the Neris river: children fly kites, the smell of barbecue is in the
air, pop songs resound from a small stage.
President Dalia Grybauskaite, a former EU budget commissioner, joined
the crowd in holding the flag. It is then lifted in the air by a kite
and flies over the Neris river, all to the tune of Beethoven's Ode to
Joy, the EU anthem."A kite's flight is the ability to harness the wind for own success.
Lithuania is preparing for a special flight during the next half of the
year: we will have to work shoulder to shoulder consolidating Europe,"
Grybauskaite told the crowd as her country prepares to take over the
rotating EU presidency on 1 July.
By Fredrik Dahl | Reuters – 1 hr 54 mins ago May 13,13
IAEA WANTS BASE ACCESS
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – Sun, May 12, 2013
The brothers of accused kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro have broken
their public silence, giving CNN what's billed as an exclusive sit-down
interview about the case.Pedro, 54, and Onil Casto, 50, told CNN's Martin Savidge that they
had no knowledge of their 52-year-old brother's alleged crimes."It’s going to haunt me down because people going to think, 'Yeah,
Pedro got something to do with this,'" Pedro Castro said in an excerpt
from the interview released Sunday. "And Pedro don’t have nothing to do
with this. If I knew, I would have reported it—brother or no brother.”The full interview with the brothers will air Monday, one week after
three women—Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus—were freed
from Ariel Castro's west Cleveland home where they were beaten and raped
over a decade of captivity, police say. Berry's six-year-old daughter,
who police say was fathered by Ariel Castro, was also rescued.The women had several miscarriages during their captivity, police said.“I can’t explain the pain and suffering these women went through for
so many years,” Pedro said during the interview, which will also be
broadcast on CNN en Español on Monday.“I am very hurt by what has happened and I want the families to know this,” Onil Castro said. “I had nothing to do with this.”All three brothers were arrested on Monday. Pedro and Onil were
questioned and held on on outstanding misdemeanors. They were released
on Thursday. Ariel Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. He is being held on $8 million bail and is currently on suicide watch.In 2012, as excavating crews dug through an empty lot in the neighborhood looking for Berry's remains, Pedro Castro told a local news crew that the search for the missing girl was "a waste of money."
Lithuania will take over the EU presidency on 1 July (Photo: Valentina Pop)
EU flags are being distributed and dozens of teenagers wear sweaters with the same logo that is printed on a huge flag spread out on the grass: the Lithuanian EU presidency logo.
Picked from several ideas submitted by email, the circle-logo was
finalised by a local designer and symbolises a united Europe, while the
plait with Lithuania's national flag colours suggest Baltic and Nordic
cooperation embedded in the wider European Union.The six-month EU presidency is currently held by Ireland. Greece will follow Lithuania from 1 January 2014.A presidency usually has the role of a mediator - chairing EU
ministers' meetings and working on legislation with the EU parliament -
and hosting events in the national capital.The main event hosted in Vilnius will be an Eastern Partnership
summit in November, when Ukraine and Moldova hope to be awarded closer
ties with the EU.Meanwhile, in Brussels, Lithuanian diplomats will be busy finalising
the roughly 70 separate pieces of legislation underpinning the EU budget
for 2014-2020, still to be agreed with the European Parliament.Lithuania takes over the rotating EU presidency on 1 July. Its logo was officially launched in Vilnius on 10 May.
Iran expects 'progress' in U.N. nuclear talks, West skeptical
By Fredrik Dahl | Reuters – 1 hr 54 mins ago May 13,13
By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations' atomic agency, Tehran's nuclear envoy said on Monday, but Western diplomats held out little hope of an end to the deadlock.The International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been trying for more than a year to coax
Iran into letting it resume a stalled investigation into suspected
atomic bomb research by Tehran, which denies any aims to make nuclear weapons.Wednesday's talks
in Vienna will be the 10th round of negotiations between the two sides
since early 2012, so far without an agreement that would give the IAEA the access to sites, officials and documents it says it needs for its inquiry."We have the meeting with the expectation of progress of course," Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, told Reuters. "We are serious in these talks."But a Western diplomat, also based in the Austrian
capital, said he saw "no reason at all for optimism" in view of a series
of failed meetings in the last 17 months. Other envoys also said they
did not expect any breakthrough.In May one year ago, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano
said after visiting Tehran that he expected to sign a deal with Iran
soon to unblock the inquiry, but that hope was later dashed.Western officials accuse Iran of stonewalling the IAEA,
and of seeking to restrict the ability of U.N. inspectors to carry out
their investigation the way they want.Iran says the demands for access go beyond its
obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and that the
allegations against it are based on forged intelligence.IAEA WANTS BASE ACCESS
The IAEA-Iran talks are separate from, but still
closely linked to, broader diplomatic negotiations between Tehran and
six world powers aimed at resolving the decade-old dispute peacefully
and prevent a new Middle East war.Israel and the United States have warned of possible military action against Iran if diplomacy and sanctions fail to make it curb its nuclear program.Tehran says the program is a purely peaceful project to
generate electricity and that it is Israel, widely believed to hold the
Middle East's only atomic arsenal, that threatens peace and stability
in the region.Iran and the six powers - the United States, France,
Germany, Britain, Russia and China - failed to break the diplomatic
impasse in their last meeting, held in early April in Kazakhstan.Also on Wednesday, negotiators from the European Union
and Iran will meet in Istanbul to discuss these diplomatic efforts,
although analysts do not expect any substantive negotiations before
Iran's presidential election on June 14.Some diplomats say Iran is merely using the talks with
the IAEA for leverage in the separate negotiations with world powers
which, unlike the IAEA, have the power to ease sanctions that are
hurting its oil-dependent economy.The IAEA's immediate priority is to visit the Parchin
military base. It suspects explosives tests relevant to nuclear weapons
may have taken place there, perhaps a decade ago, and then been
concealed. Tehran denies the accusation.Iran says it must first agree with the IAEA on how the
investigation should be carried out before allowing such access."Nothing will happen until this framework is negotiated and agreed upon," Soltanieh said.(Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Pedro Castro: ‘If I knew, I would have reported it—brother or no brother’
