IRAN NUKE STAND NO CHANGE WHOEVER BECOMES IRANS NEXT LEADER

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

Journalists Tour Temple Mount

Leading journalists with religious backgrounds tour Mount, view Muslim desecration.

By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 6/13/2013, 5:54 PM-Israelnationalnews

Journalists tour Temple Mount-Temple movement

A group of leading journalists, most of them with religious backgrounds, toured the Temple Mount Thursday, and were accompanied by Temple Movement activists.The group included Yinon Magal (Walla! news), Amit Segal (Channel 2), Kalman Libeskind and Erel Segal (both of Maariv / Makor Rishon), Benny Lis (formerly of Channel 1) and nadav Shragai (formerly of Haaretz).Some of the journalists, this was their first time on the Mount. Some brought their children with them.The opinion-shapers viewed remnants of the Temple and listened to a historic review of the Mount's history, in the years when it held the Jewish Temples and in subsequent times. Some of them gave short lectures themselves and opined about the chances of rebuilding the Temple.They also witnessed the Muslim-operated tractors working on the mount, soccer games by Muslim children, shouting from groups that are averse to Jewish visits, and construction work.Archeologist Shimon Riklin, who initiated the tour, said that he would organize more tours like it. He invited people interested in taking part to follow his Facebook page.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE 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.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 WORLD DIVISION TRADEBLOC NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Israel moving ahead with new settler housing

By TIA GOLDENBERG | Associated Press – 2 hrs 0 mins ago JUNE 13,13

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is going ahead with plans to build more than 1,000 settler homes in the West Bank, a spokesman said Thursday, a step that drew criticism from the Palestinians and may pose a challenge to peace efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry.Israeli military spokesman Maj. Guy Inbar said plans were advanced in the past two weeks to construct homes in the settlements of Itamar and Bruchin. More than 1,000 housing units are slated to be built and nearly 200 existing homes are expected to be granted official approval there.The settlements were given preliminary approval last year and the construction plans still require official endorsement following public appeals. Hagit Ofran, from the anti-settlement watchdog group Peace Now, estimated that construction could begin in about a year, if approved.An Israeli government official downplayed the development, calling it part of a bureaucratic process and not an approval. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the housing plans with the media.The move comes amid Kerry's ongoing efforts to corral Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace talks, which have been stalled for nearly five years. Kerry has been shuttling between the sides in recent months in hopes of finding a formula to restart negotiations.West Bank settlement building lies at the heart of the current impasse in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, who condemned the new step."It's clear that there is an Israeli escalation and it's not the first time that they do this to challenge and embarrass the American administration," said Nimr Hamad, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas."The Palestinian position is clear. The settlement activities are illegal," Hamad said.The Palestinians refuse to resume talks with Israel as long as it continues to build in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, lands they claim as part of a future state, along with the Gaza Strip. Israel captured the territories in the 1967 Mideast war.
More than 500,000 Israelis now live in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which are considered illegal or illegitimate by the international community.___Associated Press writer Dalia Nammari contributed reporting from Ramallah, West Bank.

Ashton drops big ideas on EU foreign service

Today @ 09:29 JUNE 13,13

By Andrew Rettman

BRUSSELS - The EU's foreign policy chief has said member states are not willing to give her what it takes for major reform of the European External Action Service (EEAS).Speaking to MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday (12 June), Catherine Ashton outlined a modest set of ways to do EU foreign relations better.
She said her service should have a clear role in crafting the "strategic orientation" of European Commission projects in development and neighbourhood policy.She backed the creation of new deputies to represent her in European Parliament hearings and on some overseas trips.She also said decision-making protocols on EU military and civilian crisis missions "need to speed up."On the subject of deputies, she noted: "I can remember a very sad day when I went to five countries in one day but I was still criticised for not being in the United States."The three proposals are set to feature in her upcoming EEAS review paper.But they fall far short of bigger ideas recently put forward by France, Germany and some MEPs.France in March said the EEAS should co-ordinate EU countries' consular services and should hire security specialists for delegations in foreign hotspots.Germany said the foreign service should take control of the commission's multi-billion-euro development and neighbourhood budgets.A report by two MEPs - German centre-right deputy Elmar Brok and Italian centre-left politician Roberto Gualtieri - also called for EU countries to take foreign policy decisions by majority instead of unanimity and for the creation of an EU military operations HQ.
On consular services and security specialists, Ashton on Wednesday noted that EU nations are not willing to put their money where their mouth is.She said: "Resources are the key in discussions on any new areas of activity, including consular protection and increased security reporting in delegations, areas at the moment where we have limited expertise and experience. These changes won't happen overnight."She did not even mention the development/neighbourhood budget, majority voting or military HQ proposals.She instead highlighted there are limits to how much EU countries really want to do joint foreign relations."We must not delude ourselves. The Lisbon treaty left CFSP [Common Foreign and Security Policy] as an intergovernmental instrument which is subject to unanimity in decision-making. In a situation where there is absence of political will or of agreement between member states, there is a limit to what the EEAS can deliver," she said.MEPs who took the floor on Wednesday praised Ashton for building up the EEAS as an institution.Belgian Liberal Annemie Neyts-Uyttenbroeck called it "a little miracle, in which we should rejoice" that she got it up and running in under three years.Even Ashton critics - such as Charles Tannock, from Britain's ruling Conservative Party - also gave her kudos for brokering a peace deal between Kosovo and Serbia.But Tannock warned that London will never give up its veto on EU foreign policy.He called Brok and Gualtieri's idea an "institutional power-grab" and voiced incredulity that British soldiers could be sent to a conflict zone by "qualified majority voting."MEPs also needled Ashton for having too many highly-paid staff.
Out of her 950 senior officials, 502 are in the AD12 to AD14 bracket, commanding basic salaries of €10,000 to €15,000 a month."I don't think any other EU institution has such a number of high-ranking posts," German centre-right deputy Ingeborg Graessle, a budget specialist, noted.Ashton promised to cull some of them next year.She noted she has almost hit her target for hiring people from eastern European member states and more than doubled the number of women in senior posts.She also noted her service sometimes gets "bad publicity for all the wrong reasons."Taking the example of the Barbados delegation - which employs 44 people and which is a favourite target for jibes on EU skivers - she said it has just nine EU staff and 35 local assistants to manage a €250-million-a-year aid budget for 10 countries.

ISRAEL PERSECUTED WORST IN HISTORY YET

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

ISAIAH 14:12-15
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(SATAN HAS PROUD I PROBLEMS)
15  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

LUKE 10:18
18  And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.(FOR WANTING TO BE GOD-SATAN HAD AND HAS EYE AM TROUBLES)

JOB 1:7
7  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.(PROOF SATAN ON EARTH WALKING AND CAUSING CHAOS WITH THE 1/3RD FALLIN ANGELS WITH HIM FROM THE FALL-SATANS ARMY PUPPETS TO KILL ,STEAL,DESTROY)

MATTHEW 4:1,3,5,8-9,11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.(SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH IN THE WILDERNESS IN JERUSALEM AREA TEMPTING JESUS)
3  And when the tempter (SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH) came to him,(JESUS) he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
5  Then the devil (SATAN) taketh him (JESUS) up into the holy city,(JERUSALEM) and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,(MOUNT)
8  Again, the devil (SATAN LITERALLY) taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him (JESUS) all the kingdoms of the world,(ON EARTH) and the glory of them;
9  And (SATAN) saith unto him,(JESUS) All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.(SATAN AS GOD INSTEAD OF REVERSE SATAN WORSHIPPING JESUS AS GOD OF ALL THE EARTH WHICH IS THE REAL TRUTH)
11  Then the devil (SATAN) leaveth him,(WALKS AWAY LITERALLY FROM JESUS ON EARTH) and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.(JESUS-GOD)

2 CORINTHIANS 11:3
3  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his (SATANS A MALE,NOT FEMALE) subtilty,(LITERALLY IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IN THE MIDEAST ON EARTH) so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

1 PETER 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:(ESPECIALLY ISRAEL HE HATES THE WORST)

JOHN 10:10
10  The thief (SATAN) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:

MATTHEW 12:24
24  This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub(SATANS NAME) the prince of the devils.(FALLIN DEMONIC ANGELS AT THE FALL WITH HIM)

JOHN 12:31
31  Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince (SATAN-ALSO THE PRINCE OF THE GODLESS MEDIA) of this world be cast out.

EPHESIANS 2:2
2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(SATAN THE SATANIC DEMON BEHIND THE GODLESS MEDIA) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

REVELATION 12:4-6,13-17
4 And his tail (SATANS)drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3RD OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL WHO ARE DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS-DEMONS) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (ISRAEL) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(SATANS LAST HOLOCAUST TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL FOREVER)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(MARY DID-JESUS WHO IS(JEWISH) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman (MARY WHOS JEWISH REPRESENTING ISRAEL)fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
13 And when the dragon (SATAN) saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (MARY) which brought forth the man child. (JESUS IS JEWISH)(ISRAEL PERSECUTED THE WORST IN HISTORY YET)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.(PROTECTED FOR 3 1/2 YRS IN PETRA JORDAN)
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.(A TSUNAMI I BELIEVE SATAN WILL TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL WITH)
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.(GOD PROBABLY CREATES A QUAKE TO STOP THE TSUNAMI WATERS)
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,(SAVED) which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Israeli PM warns of another Holocaust from Iran

By ARON HELLER | Associated Press – JUNE 13,13

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his two-day visit to Poland, which Germany's Nazis occupied during World War II and where they committed the worst crimes ever against the Jewish people, with a stern warning about a potential Holocaust from Iran.Netanyahu said Wednesday the upcoming "so-called" Iranian presidential election will "change nothing" in the Islamic republic's quest for nuclear weapons and that the regime will continue to pursue a bomb aimed at destroying Israel. Iran insists its uranium enrichment program has only peaceful goals.Iran's election overseers have approved a list of would-be hopefuls, most of them loyalists favored by both the theocracy and the military, and any future president will likely side with the supreme leadership's nuclear aspirations."This is a regime that is building nuclear weapons with the expressed purpose to annihilate Israel's 6 million Jews," Netanyahu said, alluding to the number of Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II. "We will not allow this to happen. We will never allow another Holocaust."Israel considers Iran its greatest threat because of its support of Islamic militant groups, its arsenal of long-range missiles and primarily its advanced nuclear program.Netanyahu's comments in Warsaw carried added significance since they came a day before he travels to the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in southern Poland, where he is to inaugurate a new pavilion meant to educate visitors about the Holocaust and the Nazi Germany's quest to exterminate the Jewish people.Netanyahu, whose father was born in Warsaw, has an emotional connection to the Holocaust, although he has faced criticism for citing it frequently in the context of current events, notably regarding the potential nuclear threat from Iran. For years, Netanyahu has used his annual address on Israel's Holocaust remembrance day to caution about the danger of a nuclear Iran and vowing that "never again" will the Jews be powerless to defend themselves.Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Netanyahu remained undeterred by the critics, insisting the intentions of the Iranians are just as murderous of those that existed in World War II.
"The comparison is intentional. Does Iran want to destroy the state of Israel, first and foremost its Jews? The answer is yes," he said in response to a question from The Associated Press. "Here is where the comparison diverges, since there was no state of Israel back then that could defend itself. The difference is not in the hatred of Jews and the will to destroy them. This is something that is pretty consistent in history and even modern history. The Holocaust didn't change this situation."Netanyahu and a team of five ministers met with their Polish counterparts and discussed security in Israel's neighborhood, including the stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, the conflict in Syria and a series of bilateral issues such as Poland's possible purchase of Israeli armaments. Israel has been urging Poland, as a member of the European Union, to declare the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah a terrorist organization.Speaking alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Netanyahu contrasted the painful Jewish history of the past in Poland with the current strong relations between Poland and Israel."The histories of our peoples are intertwined over thousands of years, in great achievement and also in great tragedy," said Netanyahu. "We are both shaped by our past and we are both focusing together on shaping our future."Tusk concurred, saying: "We speak a common language with Israel."
The Germans carried out the Holocaust to a large extent in occupied Poland, because it had Europe's largest Jewish population and it was at the heart of a railway network that allowed the Nazis to easily transport Jews there from elsewhere in Europe. Many Israeli leaders are children of Holocaust survivors, and Israel has the world's largest population of survivors.In recent years, Poland has become one of the friendliest states to Israel.Auschwitz remains the most vivid symbol of the cruelty of Nazi Germany's genocide of World War II. The world marks its International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, to coincide with the date of Auschwitz's liberation in 1945. The new exhibit Netanyahu will inaugurate will, for the first time, present Auschwitz in the larger context of the Nazis' systematic attempt to exterminate Europe's Jews.More than 1 million Jews died in Auschwitz and the adjacent Birkenau death camp in gas chambers or from starvation, disease and forced labor. Auschwitz-Birkenau was the most notorious of a system of death camps that Nazi Germany built and operated in Poland."We will never forget the victims of the Holocaust, we will never forget the ultimate crime against humanity," Netanyahu said Wednesday. "And we will never forget our obligation to prevent this from ever happening again."____Follow Heller on Twitter @aronhellerap

Israeli police: Christian cemetery defaced

Associated Press – 5 hrs ago JUNE 13,13

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say vandals have defaced graves at a Christian cemetery in Tel Aviv.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the words "price tag" were found on Thursday, sprayed on a number of graves in Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish part of the city.That phrase is usually used by a fringe minority of Jewish extremists to protest what they perceive as the Israeli government's pro-Palestinian policies and retaliation for Palestinian attacks.Rosenfeld says police are searching for the perpetrators.
Vandals have targeted mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases with "price tag" graffiti in recent years.Thursday's incident follows one on a Jerusalem church two weeks ago.

Israel's PM opens exhibit at Auschwitz

By ARON HELLER | Associated Press – 24 mins ago JUNE 13,13

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — In a defiant speech coming from the place symbolizing the suffering of Jews during World War II, Israel's prime minister warned on Thursday that the Jewish state will do everything to prevent another Holocaust and to defend itself against any threat.Benjamin Netanyahu spoke during the inauguration of a new pavilion at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz that is to educate visitors about the Holocaust and Nazi's quest to exterminate Jews. Auschwitz with adjacent Birkenau was the most notorious of a system of death camps that Nazi Germany built and operated in occupied Poland."From here, the place that attest to the desire to destroy us, I, the prime minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, say to all the nations of the world: The state of Israel will do whatever is necessary to prevent another Holocaust," Netanyahu said, as he stood in front of the red-brick former prisoner block that houses the new exhibition."We must not be complacent in the face of threats of annihilation. We must not bury our heads in the sand or allow others to do the work for us," he said, not naming the threat but apparently meaning Iran and its nuclear program.Before the speech, he visited Block 27, which is now dedicated to presenting Auschwitz in the larger context of the World War II genocide. More than 1.1 million of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust died in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.Among some 4.2 million names of Holocaust victims listed, page after page, on a 14-meter (yard) -long list, Netanyahu found the name of Yehudit Hun, the twin sister of his late father-in-law, killed in Bilgoraj, southeastern Poland."If there are Holocaust deniers, have them come to Block 27 and go over one name at a time," Netanyahu said in clear reference to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who questions the extent of the Holocaust.The exhibition was curated by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. It aims to provide the backdrop of the Holocaust, the Nazi Germany's ideology for murder, and the physical and spiritual struggle of its victims. It also includes survivor testimonies and drawings by some of the 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust.
The Germans carried out the Holocaust to a large extent in occupied Poland, because it had Europe's largest Jewish population and it was at the heart of a railway network that allowed the Nazis to easily transport Jews there from elsewhere in Europe. Many Israeli leaders are children of Holocaust survivors, and Israel has the world's largest population of survivors.In recent years, Poland has become one of the friendliest states to Israel.

Mesika to IDF: Nip 'Third Intifada' in the Bud

Gunfire aimed at an Israeli bus is a significant ramping-up of the security deterioration in Judea and Samaria, said Gershon Mesika

By David Lev-First Publish: 6/13/2013, 4:32 PM-Israelnationalnews

Dent left by shooting on the bus-Samaria Regional Authority

The gunfire aimed at an Israeli bus in Samaria Wednesday night was a significant ramping-up of the security deterioration in Judea and Samaria in recent months, said Samaria Council head Gershon Mesika. “This shooting is a worrying development,” said Mesika. “We demand that the IDF develop and utilize the appropriate measures to restore security to residents.”The incident occurred Wednesday night near the Arab village of Hawara, outside Shechem, as an Israeli bus traveled from Ariel to Elon Moreh. Shots were fired at the bus as it traveled near the village. No one was injured, but there was damage to the bus. Fortunately, the bus driver was able to continue driving. The driver reported the incident when he got to an IDF outpost. IDF soldiers began searching for the shooters. Police have opened an investigation into the shooting.In recent weeks, there has been a worrying uptick in attacks where rocks and firebombs were thrown at Israeli vehicles, to the extent that many officials in Judea and Samaria believe that the situation could be termed an “intifada.” If there was any doubt that that term could be used until now, however, Mesika said that after an open shooting incident, there could be no doubt as to what Israelis in Judea and Samaria were now facing.
“We cannot allow a situation where ordinary citizens will face life-threatening situations on their way home from work,” said Mesika. “We demand that the authorities take the appropriate measures to ensure safety in this area. In addition, we demand that a road enabling Israelis to avoid the village of Hawara be built. We have thousands of children and adults who use these roads every day,” Mesika said.The bullet that struck the bus was located and investigators initially said the weapon was probably an improvised one, or a hunting gun. Experts examined the evidence and at one point determined that the pellet was not a bullet. They then went back to the original terminology and called it a bullet.

ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11  In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12  Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14  And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

U.N. says 93,000 killed in Syrian conflict, fears for Aleppo

By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles | Reuters – 1 hr 28 mins ago JUNE 13,13

By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles

GENEVA (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria reached at least 93,000 at the end of April, but the true number of victims from the violence now in its third year may be much higher, the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday.Navi Pillay, U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights, voiced fears that the bloodshed in recent battles for the Syrian border town of Qusair would be repeated in the northern city of Aleppo.
"All the reports I'm receiving are of augmentation of resources and forces (for an Aleppo offensive) on the part of the government," Pillay told Reuters Television.The military balance has shifted in President Bashar al-Assad's favour in the last two months, with Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah fighting openly alongside the Syrian military, helping it to recapture Qusair from rebels on June 5. Rebel forces have held parts of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city, since July.The new U.N. figure of 93,000 people killed in the Syrian conflict, which began with peaceful protests against Assad in March 2011 and turned into an armed rebellion a few months later, replaces a U.N. estimate of 80,000 issued in mid-May.The U.N. report said almost 38,000 reported killings had been excluded because records - which require the victim's full name and date and location of death - were incomplete."The true number of those killed is potentially much higher," Pillay said.The death toll has averaged more than 5,000 a month since July, and Pillay said this reflected the "drastically deteriorating pattern of the conflict over the past year".The Damascus region, Homs and Aleppo have been hardest hit.The U.N. figures, based on data from the Syrian government and seven human rights monitoring groups, include civilians and combatants, but give no breakdown. They show that at least 6,561 children were among the dead."There are also well-documented cases of individual children being tortured and executed, and entire families, including babies, being massacred - which, along with this devastatingly high death toll, is a terrible reminder of just how vicious this conflict has become," Pillay said.One of the monitoring groups, the British-based, pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said on Thursday it had now confirmed at least 98,000 deaths in the conflict, but that the total figure could exceed 130,000.It said the confirmed toll included 25,040 Syrian soldiers and security personnel, and 17,107 pro-Assad militiamen.Other killings are likely to have occurred without being documented, said the U.N. study, carried out by the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, a U.S.-based non-profit organization.
(Here is a link to the full report: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SY/HRDAG-Updated-SY-report.pdf )(Additional reporting by Vincent Fribault in Geneva and Oliver Holmes in Beirut; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

European Parliament urges Turkey to avoid violence

Reuters – 33 mins ago JUNE 13,13

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Thursday urged the Turkish government not to use harsh measures against peaceful protesters and appealed to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take a conciliatory stance.Turkey has been rocked for the past two weeks by anti-government demonstrations centered on Istanbul's Taksim Square.Police have frequently used tear gas and water cannon to break up protests. Three people - one a policeman - have been killed and about 5,000 injured.In a resolution adopted in Strasbourg, the European Parliament expressed its deep concern at what it called "the disproportionate and excessive use of force by Turkish police to break up peaceful and legitimate protests".It urged the Turkish authorities to respect the rights of all citizens to freedom of expression and peaceful protest.The resolution deplored the "harsh reactions" from the Turkish government and Erdogan, although it praised what it called the "moderate response" of President Abdullah Gul.The lawmakers also said they believed the protests reflected a growing discontent over the stifling of opposition voices and at government efforts to impose more conservative restrictions on lifestyles, such as tighter regulations on alcohol sales.Turkey, a predominantly Muslim but secular country, is aspiring to join the European Union.(Reporting By Gilbert Reilhac; Writing by John Irish; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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.

Iran nuke policy 'unchangeable' no matter who wins

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Associated Press – JUNE 13,13

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Just hours after Iran's presidential candidates bickered over nuclear policies during a televised debate, the country's foreign minister stepped in with a comment of his own: Nothing will change regardless of the winner.It's a political fact of life in Iran, where the president is squarely on the world stage but holds little power to sway key policies such as Tehran's nuclear development or relations with the West. Yet as the six candidates — including a current and former nuclear negotiator — wrapped up their campaigns Wednesday, perhaps no issues define their immediate challenges more than the nuclear standoff with Washington and its allies and the related economic sanctions strangling Iran's economy.The overall decisions are firmly in the hands of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the hugely powerful Revolutionary Guard. That message was reinforced after the final presidential debate last week when Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi thanked the candidates for their "perspectives" but noted they "will not impact Iran's foreign policy after the election."What Iran's next president can potentially influence, however, is the tone and tactics with world powers if stalemated nuclear talks resume at some point after a successor is picked for the firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The stakes could rise quickly. Negotiations had been put on hold until after Friday's election, but pressure could mount to resume the talks even before the new president-elect officially takes over in August. The next round would mark a crossroads: Either show progress or risk escalating calls by some in Israel and the West for military action."With the nuclear program, it's about style over substance for Iran's president," said Sami al-Faraj, director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies. "He can't direct policy, but can help package it by offering their views to the supreme leader. The nuclear talks are the main forum for this."One side is current nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, who publicly endorses a hardline stance that demands the West make the first move with major concessions such as lifting painful sanctions. "Our country won't surrender to their demands," Jalili was quoted as saying last week.Another view comes from reformist-backed candidate Hasan Rowhani, Iran's chief nuclear envoy from 2003-2005, who complains that Iran's combative style has worked against the country."It's very good to see (nuclear) centrifuges rotating, but only when people could make ends meet and when factories and industry could run smoothly," Rowhani said in the debate Saturday. "All our problems are because all efforts were not made to prevent the (nuclear) dossier from being sent to the (U.N.) Security Council."Another presumed leading candidate, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has given general support for Iran's nuclear policies but has not made clear what strategies he would suggest for future talks with the U.S. and others.But no candidate strays from Iran's core stance that it must have full control over nuclear technology, including the ability to enrich its own fuel. The West and its allies fear the uranium enrichment is a path to a nuclear weapon. Iran insists it seeks nuclear reactors for energy and medical applications only, citing a 2005 religious edict by Khamenei saying nuclear arms violate the principles of Islam.Iran sees its nuclear program as a national imperative. Iranian leaders portray nuclear advancements — along with the country's aerospace and defense industries — as major strides toward their self-proclaimed role as technological leaders of the Islamic world. It's also one of the few policies that unite Iran's deeply divided society, linking liberals and hardliners in support of Iran's nuclear achievements.Foreign Minister Salehi acknowledged the "tactics and methods" may shift in Iran's efforts for its "nuclear rights.""But the country's principled stance — peaceful use of nuclear technology within our obligations — is unchangeable," he was quoted by the semiofficial ISNA news agency as saying last week.Nuclear talks were revived last year between Iran and a six-nation group, the permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany. But four rounds of negotiations and other sideline meetings have made no significant headway.Negotiations have been suspended until Iran's new president is known, angering some conservatives in the U.S. and Israel who claim that Iran only seeks to buy time to further its nuclear objectives. President Barack Obama and other Western leaders, however, remain publicly committed to diplomat efforts though they stress military options are not off the table.Tehran-based political analyst Hamid Reza Shokouhi speculated the impasse may remain if the presidency goes to Jalili, who is widely believed to have the support of Khamenei and others in the ruling theocracy. "Jalili speaks of resistance," he said. "If he is at the head of the government, the deadlock will continue."Rowhani, however, could nudge Iran's ruling clerics toward a more give-and-take approach, he said."He handled Iran's nuclear dossier a decade ago for two years. No sanctions were imposed on Iran when he was in charge," said Shokouhi. "The world knows Rowhani as a person who, based on his background, is seeking interaction with the West, and this could automatically change the game."Khamenei has offered some hints of flexibility. In March, he suggested that direct talks with Washington could be considered if the U.S. took steps to roll back sanctions, which have targeted Iran's vital oil industry and pushed Iran out of international banking networks.New U.S. measures set to take effect July 1 could bring further blows to Iran's economy by seeking to block gold sales — a crucial import to boost Iran's depleted treasury — and cut off "significant transactions" in the Iranian rial in attempts to make the national currency virtually worthless outside Iran. Already, the rial has lost more than half of its value in the past year. Inflation stands at over 30 percent and unemployment is officially reported at more than 14 percent, but many economists believe the true figure is much higher.The economic pressures could eventually be the tipping point to force more deal-making by Iran, said Dalia Dassa Kaye, director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the Rand Corp., a think tank in Washington that receives U.S. funding."I don't think it's a done deal that the Iranians, even if a hardliner like Jalili wins ... won't play ball," she said. "I don't think it's a lost cause for the prospects for diplomacy."A failure to make quick progress could also revive calls to abandon the effort and look to military strategies despite the risks of opening a conflict that could spill over into the Gulf and send oil prices skyrocketing and put Israel in the cross-hairs through Iran's proxy force, Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is already in battle form in Syria."Once this election is over and settled," said Kaye, "there's going to be renewed pressure — particularly from Israel but also from several within the U.S. — for renewed calls for military action if the negotiations are not showing they will lead to concrete results."___Murphy reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Brussels unveils latest nuclear safety rules

Today @ 15:46 JUNE 13,13

By Honor Mahony

BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Thursday (13 June) unveiled new ideas designed to prevent large-scale nuclear accidents happening in Europe.Under the proposals - which the commission hopes will be agreed next year - all 132 nuclear plants in the EU will be subject to a review by a multi-national team once every six years.Member states must commit to giving the plants a thorough examination at least once a decade, while plans to extend the lifetime of a reactor can only be given the go-ahead after it has been given a specific health check.The rules would also see national regulators keeping up with the most modern technology and making public a strategy on how they would inform citizens in case of an accident.Energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger called it a "comprehensive proposal," noting that it represents "substantial progress" in bringing "nuclear safety into the European domain."He admitted the commission could have done more, but said some member states - particularly France, which operates 58 reactors - are reluctant to give Brussels new powers in this area."I am a realistic man," he said, adding "we've made a realistic proposal."
He noted that five years ago "there was nothing happening at the European level. There will be further steps. But this step is a big one."The EU proposal was prompted by the nuclear disaster in Japan's Fukishima plant in 2011, where three reactors melted down following an earthquake and a tsunami. Around 160,000 people were forced to evacuate.The incident caused much debate in Europe about the state of its own facilities and the nature of nuclear power, with Germany now due to phase out nuclear energy by 2022 as a direct result.
Meanwhile, stress tests carried out in the aftermath of the Japan incident revealed last autumn that nearly all plants in the 14 member states which use nuclear power need safety improvements.Green groups were critical of Oettinger's proposal.Greenpeace said it does "little to rule out a European Fukushima" and said it does not factor in deliberate sabotage or terrorism."The proposed partial testing of nuclear power plants every six years would also leave some parts of a plant untouched for decades," said the NGO.German Green MEP Rebecca Harms called the proposal "seriously underwhelming."Meanwhile, Oettinger is set come with a likely more controversial proposal by the end of the year on insuring nuclear plants.

AP Interview: Bleak outlook for West Bank economy

By KARIN LAUB | Associated Press – JUNE 13,13l

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians this week replaced one internationally respected, U.S.-trained economist with another in hopes of solving long-running problems in the West Bank, including a drop in foreign aid, a crippling budget deficit and Israeli development restrictions.But Mohammad Mustafa, who took over the economics portfolio from outgoing Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, acknowledged in an interview Wednesday that he has no radical new solutions, and at best can push harder to get a slightly better outcome."On the financial side, things look pretty bleak," he said a day after taking office as deputy prime minister for economic affairs.Illustrating the problem, Mustafa said he's short $150 million for covering the government payroll and operating costs for June, and he will soon tour Arab countries to persuade leaders there to make good on promises of hundreds of millions of dollars in aid.The Palestinians' economic problems are linked to the long deadlock in negotiations on the terms of a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing to restart talks that have been frozen for nearly five years, but so far he has failed to find sufficient common ground to get Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the table.The Palestinians want a state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories Israel captured in 1967. Before going to talks, Abbas wants Netanyahu to recognize Israel's pre-1967 line as a starting point or promise to stop building in Israeli settlements, but the Israeli leader has refused to do either.In trying to lure the Palestinians to the table, Kerry has floated a three-year, $4 billion development plan that is supposed to create tens of thousands of jobs and expand the Palestinian economy by 50 percent.The plan could be launched only if there is progress in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, said an official involved in devising it. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the plan has not been formally adopted and he was not authorized to release details to reporters.Any projects, if begun before a final peace deal, would still require approval from Israel, which retains overall control over the West Bank.The Palestinian Authority has limited say in 38 percent of the territory where most of the Palestinians live.The remainder of the land, home to more than 350,000 Israeli settlers and known as Area C — terminology from interim peace deals of the 1990s — has largely been off limits to major Palestinian development.Starting under Fayyad, the Palestinian Authority tried to launch its own development projects in Area C, including a tourism resort on the northern end of the Dead Sea, a $1.4 billion plan that was to create 40,000 jobs. Mustafa said Wednesday that his Palestine Investment Fund proposed the plan 2 1/2 years ago and presented it to Israel, but that "until now the project is not authorized."Other proposed projects include a new city north of the biblical town of Jericho and an expansion of a nearby agro-industrial park.Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said Wednesday that Israel supports efforts to develop the Palestinian economy and is ready to work with the Palestinians and others to achieve that goal. Regev did not comment on Palestinian complaints about Israel blocking large projects in Area C.With peace efforts still deadlocked and development prospects uncertain, the Palestinians' economic future largely depends on others.The Palestinian Authority raises only one-third of its annual budget from local revenues, while another third comes from taxes and customs Israel collects for the Palestinians, Mustafa said.Foreign aid has to close the funding gap, but support has dropped off, with Arab donors most often going back on payment pledges.In recent months, Fayyad struggled from month to month to cover the bloated government payroll of 153,000 civil servants and members of the security forces, and Mustafa now faces the same problem. "In terms of dealing with the immediate issues of needing to cover the recurrent expenditures, salaries for the coming few months, it looks very difficult," he said.Fayyad served as prime minister for six years and won praise for reviving the West Bank economy after years of conflict-driven downturn. The small boom eventually flattened.Fayyad, a political independent, resigned in April after growing tensions with Abbas and leaders of his Fatah movement, who felt one of their own should be prime minister.Fayyad's successor as prime minister, Rami Hamdallah, is a West Bank university dean with no previous government experience.The 59-year-old Mustafa, who is taking charge of the economy, is in some ways remarkably similar to Fayyad, 61. Both hold advanced degrees from U.S. universities. Mustafa worked at the World Bank, Fayyad at the International Monetary Fund. Both are pragmatists and political moderates.Fayyad's economic policies, including tax hikes, prompted increasing strikes and street protests in recent months, often led by Fatah-controlled unions. The new government is perceived as Fatah-run, and Mustafa will likely be given a grace period, but that could quickly change."It's a personal risk," he said of the new job, adding that "hopefully (it's) a contribution to helping our people manage their affairs in a smooth way, in a reasonable way."

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.

State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm

A state-by-state look at what's happening with big storm sweeping from Iowa to Mid-Atlantic

By The Associated Press | Associated Press – 2 hrs 17 mins ago JUNE 13,13

Massive thunderstorms began moving into the Midwest on Wednesday. Meteorologists warn that the line of storms could launch a weather event called a derecho, which is a straight-line wind storm spanning at least 240 miles. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state:
IOWA
National Weather Service officials say two tornadoes touched down in northern Iowa. They say a tornado touched down about 5 p.m. Wednesday and was moving east at 25 mph toward the town of Hampton in Franklin County. The first tornado was reported about 4:30 p.m. near Belmond in nearby Wright County and was moving east at 30 mph. Some debris was reported for the first tornado, but additional information about damage or injuries for both tornadoes is not available
ILLINOIS
National Weather Service authorities are reporting several small tornadoes, quarter-sized hail and winds of up to 60 mph as severe weather moves across northern Illinois. Severe storms were hitting the Rockford area and moving to the east. Meanwhile, airlines canceled more than 120 flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. And Wednesday night's White Sox game was postponed, along with Northwestern University classes and finals scheduled on its Chicago and Evanston campuses. Game 1 of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup series will still be played at the United Center. Chicago authorities also were mobilizing crews to deal with possible downed power lines and toppled trees.
INDIANA
Northern Indiana's largest utility says it has increased staffing to cope with any outages caused by a massive line of thunderstorms bearing down on Indiana. The storms are expected to push into northwest Indiana early Wednesday evening. The Northern Indiana Public Service Co. says it is increasing staff at its customer call center and scheduling extra work crews to handle any outages.
MICHIGAN
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a severe thunderstorm and flash flood watches for parts of southwest Michigan and counties near the Indiana state line. Officials say 1 to 3 inches of rain could be dumped on parts of southwest Michigan within a couple of hours.
MINNESOTA
A storm dumped heavy rain to parts of southern Minnesota Wednesday morning, including nearly 3.25 inches at Hutchinson airfield, 3.3 inches in Arlington, 2.83 inches in Carver and 2.28 inches near Green Isle. Madison, in far western Minnesota, recorded a wind gust of 65 mph. No significant damage was reported. A tornado watch remained in effect for Fillmore, Houston and Mower counties in southeastern Minnesota until 9 p.m.
PENNSYLVANIA
The entire state of Pennsylvania remains under a flood watch for high waters overnight and through the day Thursday. National Weather Service officials say the greatest risk of flooding is in the northern portion of the state, while the worst thunderstorms are expected in southern areas. Parks events Wednesday night and a downtown farmers' market on Thursday were among events canceled. Public safety and public works personnel are being added and some equipment is being repositioned to prepare for possible flooding or downed trees and wires.
WISCONSIN
Heavy rain and high winds were spreading across the southwest corner of Wisconsin. Storms stretched toward the south-central portion of the state and moved eastward toward Lake Michigan. Tornado warnings were issued for several southwestern Wisconsin counties. A wind gust estimated at 60 mph was in Richland County's Port Andrew. Street flooding was reported in parts of the village of Boscobel in Grant County.