KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
By Elad Benari-First Publish: 6/4/2013, 5:16 AM-Israelnationalnews
Delaying the so-called “two-state solution” is an historical mistake, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni claimed on Monday.Livni, who is in
charge of the peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, spoke
at the American Jewish Committee 2013 Global Forum in Washington, D.C. .She warned in
her speech of “devastating consequences” for Israel in case U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest attempt to renew peace talks
fails."Time is working
against those who believe that two states is the only Zionist way to
maintain our identity," Livni said. "There are those who want to
postpone this decision, but it would be an historic mistake of anyone
who calls himself a Zionist."The “two-state
solution”, claimed Livni, “is a pure Israeli interest. It’s something we
need for ourselves, not a favor to the Palestinians or to the President
of the United States."She was essentially echoing the words of Kerry, who spoke before her at the same forum and who warned that if efforts to renew peace talk fail now, they may never get another chance."We are running
out of time. We're running out of possibilities... If we do not succeed
now, we may not get another chance," Kerry said."We can't let
the disappointments of the past hold the future prisoner. We can't let
the absence of peace become a self-fulfilling prophecy," the top U.S.
diplomat urged in one of his most passionate speeches to date on the
search for peace."The absence of
peace becomes perpetual conflict," he stressed, urging the Jewish forum
to reflect on what will happen if his peace bid does not work.In her remarks,
Livni noted the “powerful alliance between the United States and Israel”
and said that it “is critical to the success of recreating the
pragmatic camp and restarting the negotiations. When the President talks
about two states, he is not anti-Israeli. Even if there are
disagreements between us, the United States would not endanger Israel's security.”She then called
to isolate the Hamas terrorist group, which controls Gaza, and to hold
talks with its rival faction Fatah, which is viewed by the West as
“moderate”, despite the fact that its head, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas,
refuses to recognize Israel’s existence as a Jewish state and glorifies terrorists who perpetrated attacks that killed hundreds of Israelis.“We, the U.S.
and the world need to isolate Hamas and hold the peace process with
Fatah," said Livni. "We're trying to kickstart the process and it is not
simple, but it's a necessity and a clear Israeli interest."Following their
speeches, Livni and Kerry met for a one-on-one meeting, after which it
was confirmed that Kerry will return to the Middle East region within
days, for his fifth trip to Israel since he launched his bid to
kickstart the negotiations in early February.The peace talks between Israel and the PA broke
down in 2010, but not because of Israel. The talks broke down because PA
Chairman Mahmoud Abbas refused to negotiate with Israel even though it
agreed to his precondition and froze construction in Judea, Samaria and
eastern Jerusalem for 10 months. Instead, he has continued to impose preconditions
on talks with Israel, including a demand that Israel release terrorists
who were jailed before 1993, freeze construction for a second time and
even present a map of the future Palestinian state before any negotiations take place.In recent weeks, Kerry has been pushing the sides to resume peace talks, and recent reports indicated that he has proposed
that Israel freeze construction east of the 1949 armistice line so the
talks can resume. Prime Minister Netanyahu has not responded to that
suggestion.Livni began her political career
in the right of center Likud party, then moved to the left-centrist
Kadima party with Ariel Sharon and when voted out of her position as its
head, left the Knesset to return in the last elections with a new
left-leaning party formed within a few days. The party, Hatnua, won six
Knesset seats.
The Stern Law, named for MK Elazar
Stern of Tzipi Livni's Hatnua party, would change the makeup of the body
that elects Israel's chief rabbis, and includes other changes that are
seen as promoting the appointment of Rabbi David Stav as the next Head
Ashkenazi rabbi, and religiously liberal rabbis in general.The bill's first articles determine that the justice minister is the
minister in charge of appointing state rabbis, including municipal
rabbis, and that this minister is also the one with whom the chief
rabbis must consult regarding the appointment of 10 members of the
electing body. The law originally defined the religions minister as the
one who is in charge of these matters, and this was later amended to the
prime minister.The present justice minister is the secular Tzipi Livni, who chairs Stern's party.Another change makes it impossible for rabbis who are respected or
even world-renowned Torah scholars, but who are not serving in an
official state capacity from being appointed as chief rabbis.The bill determines that the assembly that elects the chief rabbi
will be made up of 200 members, 105 of whom will be rabbis and 95 public representatives. This is a change from the present situation, in which there are 150 members, of whom 80 are rabbis and 70 are public representatives.Hillel Gershuni, who teaches Talmud at Hebrew University, notes in
his blog, "Stern changes the proportions so that the rabbis have only a
slim advantage, and also widens the body, so that he can add more of
'the right people' to it.”
Another change regards the representation of rabbis of agricultural communities. The present law calls for eight rabbis from moshav-type communities. The new law calls for 10 moshav rabbis and another 10 kibbutz rabbis. Gershuni points to the fact that kibbutzim are leftist almost by definition.Another section calls for 10 rabbis to be appointed by the (justice) minister, in consultation with the government and chief rabbis. These are “another 10 near-automatic votes for Rabbi Stav,” Gershuni notes.When it comes to representation of municipal religious councils, Stern's law opts for reduction, instead of expansion. Their number is diminshed from 18 to 8. Gershuni says this is a well crafted move designed to reduce Shas's influence in the assembly, since the hareidi party is very powerful in the municipal religious councils. However, that is not necessarily going to be the case now that Bayit Yehudi has the Religious Affairs Ministry.Instead of two ministers, the bill calls for four ministers to be members of the assembly – preferably women. Gershuni notes that the female ministers currently in the government are all in favor of the relatively religiously-liberal Stav.Instead of 5 MKs, the bill calls for 12 MKs to be appointed – 8 of them women.In addition, 12 representatives of the public are to be appointed – 8 of them women.Twelve more women are to be appointed “from women's organizations that operate in fields having to do with the roles of the chief rabbis.” Gershuni calls this “a whitewashed name for organizations that usually operate against the Chief Rabbinate, such as Kolech, Mavoi Satum etc.” These groups are usually funded by ultra-leftist funds like the New Israel Fund.In addition, 12 female rabbinical advocates (toanot) or female lawyers are to be appointed. “Again,” says Gershuni, “it is clear from what side of the map they will hail from.”
"Hypocrisy is the very language of corruption. And when Jesus speaks to his disciples, he says: 'let your language be,' Yes, yes! No, no '. Hypocrisy is not a language of truth, because the truth is never given alone. Never! It is always given with love! There is no truth without love. Love is the first truth. If there is no love, there is no truth. They want a true enslaved to their interests. There is a love, of sorts: it is love of self, love for oneself. That narcissist idolatry that leads them to betray others, that leads them to abuse of trust,” Francis said."And the meekness that Jesus wants us to have - the Pope added - has nothing, has nothing of this adulation, this sickly sweet way of going on. Nothing! Meekness is simple, it is like that of a child. And a child is not hypocritical, because it is not corrupt. When Jesus says to us: 'Let your speech be' Yes is yes! No, is no! 'with the soul of a child', he means the exact opposite to the speech of these [hypocrites, Ed.]."
By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 6/4/2013, 2:14 PM-Israelnationalnews
Economics Minister Naftali Bennett
suggested Tuesday that products manufactured in Judea and Samaria be
marked with the label, “Made in the Peace Zone.”This was Bennett's novel idea for counteracting the demands to mark
products manufactured in Judea and Samaria, as demanded by anti-Israel
forces in Europe and elsewhere.
"That way,” he said, “the world will come to Judea and Samaria and see what real coexistence and yearning for peace are.”Bennett spoke as he toured Samaria and visited Ariel University, where an entrepreneurship conference is being held. “No matter what your initiative,” he told the entrepreneurs, “or what your idea is – manpower is the first important thing to take care of in your business. That is what will determine if you rise or fall.”Bennett expressed his satisfaction at the fact that Ariel finally received recognition as a university. “It is such a joy to be able to say 'Hello to the University of Ariel in Samaria,'” he said. He added that the changes in Samaria in the last decade are no less than a revolution and vowed to do his best to support the continued development of the region.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-18
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them;(ATOMIC BOMB) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
By Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters – 1 hr 27 mins ago JUNE 4,13
"SYRIA IN FREE-FALL"
"The war in Syria is a major catastrophe of our time," Pinheiro told the Geneva forum. "Syria is in free-fall.
"Brutality has become a tactic of war," he said.At least 17 massacres were committed in the period under review, making a total of 30 since September, the report said.Syrian leaders must be held accountable for directing a policy that includes besieging and bombing cities and executing civilians, the independent investigators said."The documented violations are consistent and widespread, evidence of a concerted policy implemented by the leaders of Syria's military and government," they said in their fifth report on the 26-month-old war that has killed more than 80,000.Government forces and allied militia have committed war crimes including murder, torture and rape, the report said.For the past two weeks, Syrian government forces have laid siege to the border town of Qusair where aid agencies say hundreds of wounded and other civilians are trapped in dire conditions.Syrian rebels and allied foreign militants have murdered civilians as well as captured soldiers, often after "show trials" in an increasingly sectarian conflict, the report said."They continue to endanger the civilian population by positioning military objectives in civilian areas," it added.However, war crimes by rebels, including murder, torture and hostage-taking, did not reach the intensity and scale of those committed by government forces and affiliated militia.Syria's envoy Khabbaz Hamoui said the report was selective."The commission referred only casually to examples of the crimes perpetrated by the 'takfiri' (extremist) groups including extrajudicial executions, slaying of captives, tearing open the bodies of victims and eating out their guts. Some horrendous scenes that shocked the whole world," he told the talks.
The team called on the U.N. Security Council to ensure that those responsible for crimes face justice, including by possible referral of Syria to the International Criminal Court."Accountability will come," said Carla del Ponte, a former U.N. war crimes prosecutor and a member of the commission.(Writing by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Alistair Lyon and Giles Elgood)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
By | Associated Press – 35 mins ago JUNE 4,13
By | Associated Press – 26 mins ago JUNE 4,13
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Livni: Delaying 'Two-State Solution' is an Historical Mistake
Justice
Minister claims that delaying the two-state solution would be a mistake
on the part of those who call themselves Zionists.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni-Flash 90
What is the Stern Law, Anyway?
A detailed look at the bill for changing the body that selects chief rabbis.
By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 6/4/2013, 2:57 PM-Israelnationalnews
MK Elazar Stern-Arutz Sheva
Another change regards the representation of rabbis of agricultural communities. The present law calls for eight rabbis from moshav-type communities. The new law calls for 10 moshav rabbis and another 10 kibbutz rabbis. Gershuni points to the fact that kibbutzim are leftist almost by definition.Another section calls for 10 rabbis to be appointed by the (justice) minister, in consultation with the government and chief rabbis. These are “another 10 near-automatic votes for Rabbi Stav,” Gershuni notes.When it comes to representation of municipal religious councils, Stern's law opts for reduction, instead of expansion. Their number is diminshed from 18 to 8. Gershuni says this is a well crafted move designed to reduce Shas's influence in the assembly, since the hareidi party is very powerful in the municipal religious councils. However, that is not necessarily going to be the case now that Bayit Yehudi has the Religious Affairs Ministry.Instead of two ministers, the bill calls for four ministers to be members of the assembly – preferably women. Gershuni notes that the female ministers currently in the government are all in favor of the relatively religiously-liberal Stav.Instead of 5 MKs, the bill calls for 12 MKs to be appointed – 8 of them women.In addition, 12 representatives of the public are to be appointed – 8 of them women.Twelve more women are to be appointed “from women's organizations that operate in fields having to do with the roles of the chief rabbis.” Gershuni calls this “a whitewashed name for organizations that usually operate against the Chief Rabbinate, such as Kolech, Mavoi Satum etc.” These groups are usually funded by ultra-leftist funds like the New Israel Fund.In addition, 12 female rabbinical advocates (toanot) or female lawyers are to be appointed. “Again,” says Gershuni, “it is clear from what side of the map they will hail from.”
06/ 4/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Saying no to hypocrisy gives us the courage to speak the truth, says Francis
Pope Francis at St. Martha's House
The Pope spoke out against political correctness at this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House, later tweeting: “Christ leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others”
vatican insider staff Rome “Hypocrisy is the very language of corruption. A Christian should not use a “socially mannered language", prone to hypocrisy, but speak the truth of the Gospel with the transparency of a child,” Pope Francis said during the mass he celebrated this morning in St. Martha’s House. The president of Italian state broadcasting company, RAI, Anna Maria Tarantola and Director General, Luigi Gubitosi, attended the celebration.“From the corrupt to their language of choice: hypocrisy. Pope Francis continued his thread of thought from Monday’s homily in his reflections on the episode recounted in the Gospel of the day: The tribute due to Caesar, and the Pharisees and of the Herodians’ subtle questioning of Christ on the legitimacy of that tribute,” Vatican Radio reported."Let us think closely today: What is our language? – the Pope asked – Do we speak in truth, with love, or do we speak with that social language to be polite, even say nice things, which we do not feel? Let our language be evangelical brothers and sisters! Then these hypocrites that start out with flattery, adulation and all of that, end up, through false witnesses, with accusing the very ones they had flattered.” “Those who now approached Jesus and "seem so amiable in their language, are the same people who will go to fetch him on Thursday evening in the Garden of Olives,” Vatican Radio quoted the Pope saying.Centering his reflection on hypocrisy being the language of the corrupt, the Pope recalled how the Pharisees spoke to Jesus “with soft words, with beautiful words, with overly sweet words.”They try to show themselves his friends." But it is all false because "they do not love the truth" but only themselves, "and so they try to deceive, to involve others in their deceit, their lies. They have a lying heart, they cannot tell the truth.”"Hypocrisy is the very language of corruption. And when Jesus speaks to his disciples, he says: 'let your language be,' Yes, yes! No, no '. Hypocrisy is not a language of truth, because the truth is never given alone. Never! It is always given with love! There is no truth without love. Love is the first truth. If there is no love, there is no truth. They want a true enslaved to their interests. There is a love, of sorts: it is love of self, love for oneself. That narcissist idolatry that leads them to betray others, that leads them to abuse of trust,” Francis said."And the meekness that Jesus wants us to have - the Pope added - has nothing, has nothing of this adulation, this sickly sweet way of going on. Nothing! Meekness is simple, it is like that of a child. And a child is not hypocritical, because it is not corrupt. When Jesus says to us: 'Let your speech be' Yes is yes! No, is no! 'with the soul of a child', he means the exact opposite to the speech of these [hypocrites, Ed.]."
Bennett: Mark 'Settler' Products 'Made in Peace Zone'
Economics minister has novel idea regarding labeling of products manufactured in Judea and Samaria.
Minister Bennett-Israel news photo: Flash 90
"That way,” he said, “the world will come to Judea and Samaria and see what real coexistence and yearning for peace are.”Bennett spoke as he toured Samaria and visited Ariel University, where an entrepreneurship conference is being held. “No matter what your initiative,” he told the entrepreneurs, “or what your idea is – manpower is the first important thing to take care of in your business. That is what will determine if you rise or fall.”Bennett expressed his satisfaction at the fact that Ariel finally received recognition as a university. “It is such a joy to be able to say 'Hello to the University of Ariel in Samaria,'” he said. He added that the changes in Samaria in the last decade are no less than a revolution and vowed to do his best to support the continued development of the region.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-18
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
Putin defends arms sales to Syrian regime
Russian
president says Moscow is not seeking to upset region's military balance
but insists sales to Assad are in line with international law
Vladimir Putin speaks
after a summit with European Union leaders. He said Moscow had not yet
delivered advanced S-300 air defence systems to Damascus. Photograph:
Itar-Tass/Barcroft Media
Vladimir Putin
has defended Russian arms sales to the Syrian government but said
Moscow had not yet delivered advanced S-300 air defence systems to
Damascus.On Tuesday, the Russian president told a news conference after a summit with European Union leaders that Russia did not want to upset the military balance in the region and all its arms sales to Syria were in line with international law.Syria's
president, Bashar al-Assad, claimed last week the missiles were on
their way but later reports in the Russian media said the first shipment
would not arrive until the middle of next year.One defence
source told the Kommersant daily that according to contracts signed in
2010, Moscow is due to deliver six sets of the S-300 systems by spring
2014. Another source said it would take another six months for the
Syrian military to be trained to use them.
Russia's foreign ministry has been reluctant to discuss an exact time frame for the missile shipments. The deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, last week said: "I can only say that we won't cancel the contracts."
Russia's foreign ministry has been reluctant to discuss an exact time frame for the missile shipments. The deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, last week said: "I can only say that we won't cancel the contracts."
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them;(ATOMIC BOMB) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
U.N. rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria
By Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters – 1 hr 27 mins ago JUNE 4,13
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - United
Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable
grounds" to believe that limited amounts of chemical weapons had been used in Syria and warned that the shattered country was in "free-fall".In their latest report, they said they had received allegations that Syrian government forces and rebels had used the banned weapons, but most testimony related to their use by state forces.Increasing reports from the battlefield of the use of chemical
weapons have sounded alarm bells in the West, lending urgency to a new
diplomatic push to end the war. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said
last week that the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable.The U.N. commission said it examined four reported toxic attacks in March and April but could not determine which side was behind them."There are reasonable grounds to
believe that limited quantities of toxic chemicals were used. It has
not been possible, on the evidence available, to determine the precise
chemical agents used, their delivery systems or the perpetrator," Paulo Pinheiro, who chairs the U.N. commission of inquiry, told a news conference in Geneva.
"The witnesses that we have interviewed include victims, refugees
who fled some areas, and medical staff," Pinheiro said, declining to be
more specific for reasons of confidentiality.President Bashar al-Assad's government and its opponents have accused each other of using chemical weapons.Syria's
ambassador, Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui, in a debate at the U.N. Human Rights
Council on Tuesday, questioned the "neutrality and professionalism" of
the panel.Russian Ambassador Alexey Borodavkin called for sending U.N. experts
to Khan al-Assal in the northern Aleppo province, where an alleged
chemical weapon strike took place on March 19, one of the four cited by
the inquiry."In this connection, we should recall that Damascus is ready to accept this group," he said.A U.N. team of inspectors has so far been denied access to Syria and
has been unable to establish whether chemical weapons have been used.The U.N. rights team of more than 20 investigators conducted 430
interviews from January 15 to May 15 among refugees in neighboring
countries and by Skype with people still in Syria.But findings remained inconclusive and it was vital that a separate
team of experts be given full access to Syria to collect samples from
victims and sites of alleged attacks, the rights investigators said.In any case, atrocities committed with conventional weapons far
outweighed any casualties from the use of chemical agents, Pinheiro
said, noting the absence of a large-scale toxic attack."SYRIA IN FREE-FALL"
"The war in Syria is a major catastrophe of our time," Pinheiro told the Geneva forum. "Syria is in free-fall.
"Brutality has become a tactic of war," he said.At least 17 massacres were committed in the period under review, making a total of 30 since September, the report said.Syrian leaders must be held accountable for directing a policy that includes besieging and bombing cities and executing civilians, the independent investigators said."The documented violations are consistent and widespread, evidence of a concerted policy implemented by the leaders of Syria's military and government," they said in their fifth report on the 26-month-old war that has killed more than 80,000.Government forces and allied militia have committed war crimes including murder, torture and rape, the report said.For the past two weeks, Syrian government forces have laid siege to the border town of Qusair where aid agencies say hundreds of wounded and other civilians are trapped in dire conditions.Syrian rebels and allied foreign militants have murdered civilians as well as captured soldiers, often after "show trials" in an increasingly sectarian conflict, the report said."They continue to endanger the civilian population by positioning military objectives in civilian areas," it added.However, war crimes by rebels, including murder, torture and hostage-taking, did not reach the intensity and scale of those committed by government forces and affiliated militia.Syria's envoy Khabbaz Hamoui said the report was selective."The commission referred only casually to examples of the crimes perpetrated by the 'takfiri' (extremist) groups including extrajudicial executions, slaying of captives, tearing open the bodies of victims and eating out their guts. Some horrendous scenes that shocked the whole world," he told the talks.
The team called on the U.N. Security Council to ensure that those responsible for crimes face justice, including by possible referral of Syria to the International Criminal Court."Accountability will come," said Carla del Ponte, a former U.N. war crimes prosecutor and a member of the commission.(Writing by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Alistair Lyon and Giles Elgood)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Death toll hits 10 in European flooding
By | Associated Press – 35 mins ago JUNE 4,13
BERLIN (AP) — Germany dispatched thousands of soldiers Tuesday to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers — reinforcements that came a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501.The death toll rose to at least 10, including seven in the neighboring Czech Republic,
where a man was found dead in the water in eastern Bohemia. Another
nine people have been reported missing in the floods that have also
swept through Austria and Switzerland.
Chancellor Angela Merkel toured flooded German regions, pledging at
least 50 million euros ($65 million) in immediate federal help and
holding out the possibility for more. She told reporters in Passau, a
city of 50,000 on the Austrian border, that the damage looked even worse
than during the massive flooding that hit central Europe in 2002.Some 4,000 German soldiers were called in as well as more than 2,000
federal disaster workers and 600 federal police to sandbag areas in
danger of flooding and provide other assistance. Water levels were still
rising in major rivers such as the Danube and Elbe as well as
tributaries.In the Czech Republic, authorities evacuated animals from the Prague zoo and closed a major bridge in the capital on Tuesday.The rain in Prague has halted but the Vltava river that runs through the city and flows into the Elbe was still raging, with currents and water levels far exceeding the norm. The famous Charles Bridge was closed as a precaution.On the outskirts of Prague, a major Staropramen beer brewery on the
river bank was closed as a protective measure — as were several major
chemical factories. One of them — Spolana — released dangerous toxic
chemicals into the Elbe during the devastating floods of 2002.Authorities said the level of the Vltava in Prague has now begun to
drop but excess water was expected to soon hit the Elba river, into
which it flows downstream.This year's spike in water levels has been far less than in 2002 so
far, but still forced the Prague Zoo to evacuate animals after the lower
side of the park was submerged and will once again need major
reconstruction.Passau, a city built around the intersection of the Danube, the Inn
and the Ilz rivers, has been one of the worst hit by the flooding in
central Europe.After hitting the highest level in more than 500 years in Passau on
Monday, the floodwaters there had dropped by an estimated 2.5 meters
(nearly 8 feet) Tuesday but cities downstream like Regensburg were
bracing for the water's arrival.Peak floodwaters coursing out of the Czech Republic were expected to
hit Dresden, capital of the German province of Saxony, along the Elbe in
three to four days. Already, the German cities of Pirna and Meissen
were reporting flooding in their historic centers.Cities and towns in the German states of Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia and Brandenburg were also hit with flooding._____Karel Janicek contributed to this report from Prague.Egypt: Court convicts nonprofit workers
By | Associated Press – 26 mins ago JUNE 4,13
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43
nonprofit workers, including at least 16 Americans, of illegally using
foreign funds to foment unrest in the country, sentencing them to up to
five years in jail.Most of the Americans had left the country. They include Sam LaHood,
son of the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. He received a
five-year jail term.Present at Tuesday's hearing was American Robert Becker, who received a two-year sentence. Becker has maintained that his refusal to flee Egypt with fellow Americans who were in the country at the time of the crackdown on nonprofit groups was to show solidarity with his Egyptian colleagues.The verdict read out by judge
Makram Awad also ordered the closure and seizure of the offices and
assets in Egypt belonging to U.S. nonprofit groups as well as one German
organization for which the defendants worked. These are the
International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute,
Freedom House, a center for training journalists and Germany's Konrad Adenauer Foundation.Of the 43 defendants, 27 received five-year jail terms. Another five
received two years and 11 got one year. Defendants tried in absentia
typically are convicted and receive the maximum sentence but also get an
automatic retrial. All 43 were fined 1,000 Egyptian pounds ($143).Beside the Americans, eight other foreigners of Serbian, Jordanian, Lebanese, and other nationalities were tried.The trial began in early 2012
during the nearly 17 months of military rule that followed the ouster in
the previous year of U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak.
The case led to a period of tension in U.S.-Egyptian relations, with
Washington warning that, unless resolved, it could lead to the loss of
American aid.There was no immediate comment
from the Obama administration on the verdicts, but a senior U.S.
congressman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce,
condemned the ruling in a statement and urged Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to allow nonprofit groups to work toward a democratic Egypt."This is another assault on Egyptian civil society. As if these trials were not bad enough, the Egyptian government
is pushing a new law targeting NGOs (non-governmental organizations)
that will further suffocate civil society," said Royce, a Republican
from California. "President Morsi
should immediately reverse course and allow for Egyptian domestic and
international NGOs to work toward a democratic and secure Egypt."In Berlin, the German foreign minister said his country was outraged by the verdicts and will work for their overturn."The actions of the Egyptian judiciary are troubling. They weaken
civil society, which is an important pillar of democracy in the new
democratic Egypt," the minister, Guido Westerwelle, said in a statement.
"The German political foundations are doing wonderful work in Egypt.
They are doing exemplary work during a historical phase for Egypt,
laying the foundations for democracy, rule of law, pluralism and
intercultural dialogue."The former head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation received a five-year sentence on Tuesday and an employee was jailed for two.Egypt and the United States have been close allies for more than
three decades, with the Egyptian military receiving more than $1 billion
in aid annually. The aid is linked to Egypt's adherence to an
American-mediated 1979 peace treaty with Israel, Washington's closest
Middle East ally. Besides the $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid, Egypt
also receives about $250 million in economic aid every year.Mubarak, the military rulers who followed him, and now Morsi's
government have all been at odds with nonprofits over both their
activities and their funding. Last week, the New York-based Human Rights
Watch and 40 Egyptian rights groups said an Egyptian draft law
regulating non-governmental organizations would restrict the funding and
operation of independent groups.The contentious bill, proposed by Morsi and shortly to be debated by
the country's interim legislature, would allow the state to control
nonprofits' activities as well as their domestic and international
funding, HRW said. The current form of the bill is a serious regression
from earlier versions, it added.In a joint statement, the 40 Egyptian rights groups accused Morsi's
Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm of seeking to curb the freedom
of rights groups through legal restrictions. They said the proposed law
potentially gives Egypt's security apparatus the power to suppress
rights group, drawing parallels to Egypt's recent past under Mubarak's
29-year rule.They also expressed fears foreign nonprofits would be treated with
hostility and that vaguely worded legislation would hinder operations or
the issuance of work permits.A spokesperson for Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign affairs chief,
said Morsi's bill contained elements that would constrain the work of
nonprofit groups and hinder the European Union's own capacity as a
foreign donor to support their work."The draft law has to be in line with international standards and obligations of Egypt," the spokesperson said in a statement issued Sunday.Nonprofit pro-democracy groups have trained thousands of young
Egyptians in political activism and organizing, an education that played
a key part in the success of the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak.The crackdown against the nonprofit groups began in late December
2011, when Egyptian security raided offices of 10 pro-democracy and
human rights groups. Workers, including the 16 Americans, were then
charged with using illegal funds and promoting protests against the
then-ruling military.The groups hotly denied the charges. They insisted their financing is
transparent, and all their efforts to register had been stalled by the
Egyptian government.During the trial, the prosecution maintained that, between them, the
four U.S. groups and one German organization illegally received about
$50 million in funds, most of that in the months that followed Mubarak's
ouster in February 2011. It claimed that the groups were engaged in
illegal polling, training in political activism and other activity
without the knowledge or the approval of authorities.Their activity, prosecutor Abdullah Yassin told the court last year,
amounted to an "infringement of the sovereignty of the state of Egypt.__Associated Press reporter Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report.
IMF halves growth forecast for Germany
Today @ 09:08 JUNE 4,13
Berlin - The International Monetary
Fund on Monday (3 June) halved its growth forecast for Germany to 0.3
percent this year "amid still elevated euro area uncertainty" and asked
the economic powerhouse not to "overperform" on fiscal consolidation."Ongoing recession" in the eurozone and declining German exports to
other euro countries mean that the German economy is now expected to
grown only by 0.3 percent this year compared to an April forecast of 0.6
percent, the IMF said in its yearly review on the German economy.
In Berlin, the German economy ministry still forecasts a growth of 0.5 percent this year.The longer it takes for the eurozone economy to recover, the more it will affect the German economy, as its industry will find it difficult to export and its labour market will have less jobs for all the available work force."Another important source of risk is a rise in financial stress in the region, which could interact with already weak demand and uncertainty, to amplify the impact on the German economy through both trade and financial channels," the IMF warned.The Washington-based lending institution said Germany has done all the right things in cutting its budget deficit, but should "avoid overperforming" on fiscal consolidation as it could lead to recession given the weak economic growth.Overall, however, Germany remains an "anchor of stability" for the eurozone, as investors flock to its bonds and its "strong balance sheets provide a buffer against external shocks for the region."The IMF also praised Germany's "pivotal role" in shaping policies and deepening eurozone integration."Germany can also play an important role in clearly articulating the longer-term shared vision for closer economic and financial integration among EMU countries, which would provide a crucial anchor to the expectations of households, firms, and the financial system," the IMF said.Last week, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a eurozone president as part of plans for a deeper euro-integration to be discussed at a summit later this month.
In Berlin, the German economy ministry still forecasts a growth of 0.5 percent this year.The longer it takes for the eurozone economy to recover, the more it will affect the German economy, as its industry will find it difficult to export and its labour market will have less jobs for all the available work force."Another important source of risk is a rise in financial stress in the region, which could interact with already weak demand and uncertainty, to amplify the impact on the German economy through both trade and financial channels," the IMF warned.The Washington-based lending institution said Germany has done all the right things in cutting its budget deficit, but should "avoid overperforming" on fiscal consolidation as it could lead to recession given the weak economic growth.Overall, however, Germany remains an "anchor of stability" for the eurozone, as investors flock to its bonds and its "strong balance sheets provide a buffer against external shocks for the region."The IMF also praised Germany's "pivotal role" in shaping policies and deepening eurozone integration."Germany can also play an important role in clearly articulating the longer-term shared vision for closer economic and financial integration among EMU countries, which would provide a crucial anchor to the expectations of households, firms, and the financial system," the IMF said.Last week, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a eurozone president as part of plans for a deeper euro-integration to be discussed at a summit later this month.
Irregular border-crossings halved, says commission report
Today @ 09:28 JUNE 4,13
BRUSSELS - Irregular migration into the EU fell to its lowest level since 2008, the European Commission revealed Monday (3 June).A total of 13,600 irregular crossings were reported at the EU's
Schengen borders in the last three months of 2012, a 52 percent
reduction on 2011. The figures form part of a Schengen 'health check'
covering six months from November - April 2013, by the EU executive on
the functioning of the Schengen area.The Schengen agreement offers passport-free travel to more than 400 million EU citizens and 26 countries.The main fall occurred in Greece, with the commission reporting that
the "situation changed in August 2012, when Greece redeployed around
1,800 border guards at its land border with Turkey". Italy accounted for
4,231 detected persons, marginally higher than the 4,035 reported by
the Greek authorities.
The commission also revealed that it had opened two new cases regarding allegations that Germany and Spain had violated rules preventing governments from using national border controls Meanwhile, the number of asylum applications from countries in the Western Balkans also fell by 44 percent in early 2013. The most popular European destinations were Germany, Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg."We owe it to our citizens to make sure Schengen remains an area without border controls," said EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom in a statement.However, governments are becoming increasingly anxious to re-assert more control over their borders.EU justice and home affairs ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Thursday (6 June) in a bid to sign off on legislation aimed at amending the Schengen borders code by setting up a framework allowing governments to reintroduce controls at internal borders in exceptional circumstances. The Schengen rule-book currently allows the reintroduction of border controls when there is "a serious threat to public policy or internal security."Under the agreement struck between MEPs and ministers last week, countries unable to secure their borders would be eligible to EU financial support, as well as to additional aid from Frontex, the European Asylum Support Office or the EU police agency Europol.Meanwhile, the EU executive could propose to allow a temporary reintroduction of border controls for a limited period of time on the basis of a qualified majority vote, while governments could shut down their borders if they felt threatened by political demonstrations, high-profile political meetings, or sporting events.Ministers will also assess a regulation establishing an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to oversee the implementation of legislation related to the Schengen area.
The commission also revealed that it had opened two new cases regarding allegations that Germany and Spain had violated rules preventing governments from using national border controls Meanwhile, the number of asylum applications from countries in the Western Balkans also fell by 44 percent in early 2013. The most popular European destinations were Germany, Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg."We owe it to our citizens to make sure Schengen remains an area without border controls," said EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom in a statement.However, governments are becoming increasingly anxious to re-assert more control over their borders.EU justice and home affairs ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Thursday (6 June) in a bid to sign off on legislation aimed at amending the Schengen borders code by setting up a framework allowing governments to reintroduce controls at internal borders in exceptional circumstances. The Schengen rule-book currently allows the reintroduction of border controls when there is "a serious threat to public policy or internal security."Under the agreement struck between MEPs and ministers last week, countries unable to secure their borders would be eligible to EU financial support, as well as to additional aid from Frontex, the European Asylum Support Office or the EU police agency Europol.Meanwhile, the EU executive could propose to allow a temporary reintroduction of border controls for a limited period of time on the basis of a qualified majority vote, while governments could shut down their borders if they felt threatened by political demonstrations, high-profile political meetings, or sporting events.Ministers will also assess a regulation establishing an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to oversee the implementation of legislation related to the Schengen area.
