KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
“God told me to.” This was Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s reason for stepping down from the pontificate. An anonymous individual who visited Ratzinger about a week ago gave a statement recounting what was said during the private meeting, Catholic news agency
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Muslims are “our brothers” and Christians must cultivate “mutual respect” with them. These were the words of Pope Francis yesterday during the Angelus, a message which could signal a turnaround in the relationship between the Catholic Church and Islam. This changing tide can even be seen in the words used in addressing Muslims. This is the first Pope to have referred to Muslims in such direct and explicit terms as “our brothers”. This would have been practically unthinkable even up until the recent past.During the Angelus, the pontiff made reference to the message sent to Muslims to mark the end of Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr feast, which was published on 2 August, which he asked to sign personally “as an expression of my esteem for and friendship with all Muslims”. This was another example of a break with tradition, since the yearly message is normally sent out by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.As well as focusing on the topic of fostering “mutual respect” between Christians and Muslims through the education of young people, the Pope also used the document as a reminder as to why he chose his papal name, Francis, telling us that this choice was inspired by “a very famous saint who deeply loved God and every human being, so much so that he was called ‘universal brother’”. Bergoglio’s attitude encourages to overcome any type of misunderstanding between religions, using forms of expression and behaviour which show genuine “brotherhood”, especially since there has been no lack of incidences of misunderstanding over the last few years.During his trip to Lampedusa on 8 July, the pontiff caused a great impact when, during the Mass, he addressed the “dear Muslim immigrants who are starting their Ramadan fast this evening, wishing you an abundant spiritual harvest”. This manner of sending out wishes to other believers, that they grow in their faith, was hitherto completely unheard of for a head of the Catholic Church. This is a sign of utmost respect.The Pope then went on to say to the Muslim immigrants, “the Church is close to you in your search for a more dignified life for you and your families”. During the Angelus, Francis underscored the need for Christians and Muslims “to strive to promote mutual respect”, referring back to the contents of the message sent out to Muslims for the feast of Eid al-Fitr, the celebration that brings Ramadan to a close. It is indeed worthy of note that the Pope decided to place added emphasis on this point when speaking to the members of the faithful gathered together at the Angelus.As expressed in the words of Hamza Piccardo, one of the founders of UCOII (Union of Italian Islamic Communities), the pontiff’s message was welcomed with immense pleasure and gratitude. This can be read in the letter of response sent out by UCOII.
The Palestinian Authority threatened Wednesday to sue Israel through
international bodies if it continues expanding Jewish communities in
Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, warning that they would put an end to
talks unless building in Jewish areas came to a halt."These are not just dots on a map," PLO (Palestinian Liberation
Organization) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi said of more than
2,000 new Jewish homes which were approved for construction ahead of a
resumption of peace negotiations late last month.
"These are willful and destructive measures to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state," she claimed.
"If Israel carries out these plans... we will be forced to (have) recourse to international judicial processes through international institutions," she told reporters near the Jewish neighbourhood of Gilo, south of Jerusalem, where many of the new units are to be built.Ashrawi made her claims despite the announcement by US Secretary of State John Kerry - who has been the main force behind the restarted negotiations - that both he and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas had been made aware of the building plans prior to the resumption of talks, and that they were being built in areas that would not effect what he termed "the peace map."The housing units in question were being built in areas that the PA has previously agreed would remain Israeli in any future "peace deal."
New round of talks
Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators held a new round of peace talks in Jerusalem on Tuesday, their second since the resumption of direct negotiations in Washington late last month which ended a nearly three-year gap. But accoring to Ashrawi, "There has been no breakthrough and no agreement. Discussions have not been on specifics."Details of the discussions have not been revealed at the request of US mediators, who asked last week for a strict news blackout. Ashrawi warned that Israeli building plans would cause the PA to torpedo peace efforts."We are not prepared to make the same mistakes and to have talks for their own sake as Israel continues... unilateral measures" she said, and urged the United States to follow the example of the EU in opposing Jewish life in Judea and Samaria. Last month the EU published a set of guidelines effectively boycotting Jewish-owned businesses in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and parts of Jerusalem."The EU guidelines are just the beginning of holding Israel accountable," Ashrawi said, calling on "all other countries to persist in holding Israel and the settlers accountable." In the last significant attempt to bypass negotiations and gain recognition unilaterally, the Palestinian Authority successfully lobbied for upgraded status at the UN in November, with an overwhelming majority of countries voting in favour of their becoming a "non-member observer state." The US and Israel voted against the motion.
US "guaranteed" PA preconditions
This latest threat of unilateral action by the PA is being seen by analysts as an illustration of its leadership's confidence in its position in negotiations.In an interview with the Nazareth-based Arabic language A-Shams radio station on Tuesday, the PA's chief negotiator Saeb Erakat revealed that his side's main preconditions had been assured by the US from the very beginning. According to Erakat, the PA received a letter of assurance to this effect from the United States.Erekat said in the interview that the U.S. had assured the PA in writing that talks would recognize the pre-1967 armistice lines as the basis of a Palestinian state, would deal with all core issues (Jerusalem, refugees, borders, security and water), would take place within six to nine months and would not allow for any interim solutions before a final status agreement is signed.Israel has already released 104 terrorists in a concession to the PA, but rejected the other two preconditions. Israeli officials have claimed that Abbas had agreed to drop most of his preconditions before this round of talks began - but Erakat's claims suggest his side's confidence that, sooner or later, Israel will be forced to adopt them anyway.Erekat also told the radio station that the European Union’s new guidelines which boycott Israeli entities operating beyond the Green Line were engineered by the EU as part of a deal reached with Europe so that the PA would resume negotiations.He said that the PA was currently talking with Latin American countries, China, Russia, Japan and the African Union to adopt similar sanctions toward Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.“This is an accomplishment,” he told A-Shams. “We would not have returned to the table without a written document confirming these points.”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday played down the issue of construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, pointing out that the Arab-Israeli conflict predates the liberation of those areas by Israel in 1967."The root cause (of the conflict) was and remains the persistent refusal to recognize the Jewish state in any boundary," he said. "It doesn't have to do with the settlements - that's an issue that has to be resolved - but this is not the reason that we have a continual conflict."
German neo-Nazis have protested against a new political refugee
centre in Berlin, seeking to stoke anti-foreigner sentiment a month
before elections and sparking large counter-demonstrations. The
far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) tried to
drum up anti-foreigner feelings at a rally near the asylum seekers'
center, a former school set amid drab tower blocks in the city's east.In
angry scenes overnight, more than 500 anti-fascist protesters
confronted the about 40 anti-immigration activists, who eventually left
in a street tram under police protection. Hundreds of riot police
separated the groups. One officer was injured
by a bottle thrown in his face. In total 25 people were arrested, one
for making an illegal straight-armed Hitler salute. Stuck in the middle
have been about 80 political asylum seekers,
among them seven children, mostly from war-torn Afghanistan and Syria as
well as Serbia - the first of about 200 people expected at the
center.Around their temporary new home, where they arrived Monday, they have faced signs saying "No to the home" and "Have a nice flight home". Reports said some refugees had already left in fear.
The racist sentiment was widely condemned by politicians.
"It is unbearable how right-wing demagogues are trying to sow fear," said Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit. "Berlin is a city that is open to the world, and that's why we must allow no space for xenophobia."
Immigration has not been a major theme in the campaign ahead of the September 22 election, and no far-right party has ever crossed the five-percent hurdle for entry into the national parliament. But Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich warned that, despite rising numbers of asylum seekers, "these people in need must not be exploited by right-wing extremists for their propaganda of hatred". Amid the Syrian war and other conflicts, the number of asylum seekers in Germany has risen to 52,754 people so far this year - 90 percent more than in the same period last year. Meanwhile, most of the refugees hunkered down inside the former Max Reinhardt high school, named after an Austrian-born Jewish theater director who fled Nazi Germany to the United States. One man who briefly looked out the door Wednesday was Winnie, 20, a former shopkeeper from Afghanistan who fled with his wife and child. He said that as a Hindu he faced persecution by the Islamist Taliban and that he had paid people-smugglers $15,000 to organise a 25-day escape journey to Germany.Baffled by the confrontations outside, he said "We don't know who is friendly to us and who is not".He added that nonetheless, "I feel safe. More than in Afghanistan." A few blocks away, the anti-Islam group Pro Deutschland took the opportunity to launch their election campaign. About a dozen party members were shielded by police as 100 counter-demonstrators sought to drown them out with boos and whistles.The party's leader Manfred Rouhs, 47, charged that 90 percent of political asylum seekers in Germany turn out to be "economic refugees", and that political refugees should first seek help closer to home.
Outside the refugee centre, meanwhile, anti-fascist protesters had set up a vigil in a tent, playing music and putting up signs that said "Nobody is Illegal" and "Refugees welcome".One activist, Florian Klein, a 25-year-old student, said that neo-Nazis had in recent weeks sought to stoke neighbourhood sentiment by spreading "fear, lies and prejudice". "With the vigil, we want to tell the asylum-seekers, 'you are not alone, you are welcome'," he said. "To the racists and neo-Nazis ... we want to show the red card, we want to push back." After the dark era of Nazi Germany, he said: "We know what persecution means. If, 80 years later, there are conflicts in other countries, and other people need refuge, we must help them." Some neighbors made a point of welcoming the refugees, among them a young family who dropped off a bag of toys from their two-year-old daughter Jasmin. "These people really have absolutely nothing," said Cindy Laqua, 29. "And the children have the very least to do with the whole situation."Her partner, Omar El Aoud, said the events of the past few days were "disappointing", adding: "How can you blame the people who are inside here?"
By Ari Soffer-First Publish: 8/21/2013, 3:58 PM-Israelnationalnews
An Egyptian court has ordered the release of the country's former president Hosni Mubarak.
Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in 2011, and was eventually tried and sentenced to life in jail for his role in the killing of protesters during the uprising against his rule. That ruling was overturned on appeal, and the 85 year-old Mubarak is now awaiting a retrial.Contrary to earlier reports, the decision does not means Mubarak could leave prison today. The former president will remain in jail for 48 hours, pending an appeal by the prosecution.Mubarak's continued detention following his successful appeal was of dubious legality, as the prosecution has postponed bringing Mubarak to a retrial as it attempts to gather evidence, and last winter an Egyptian court ruled that he could be released until that case was ready.However, the court decided to keep Mubarak in prison after a new indictment was filed against him on corruption charges last April. Those charges have been dismissed, and as a result Mubarak is set to be released, a-Dib said.
Mubarak is being held in a prison south of Cairo, ironically in a facility in which members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were officials in the government of Mohammed Morsi – Mubarak's replacement – are also being held. Morsi himself is not being held at the facility, however.His release is likely to further ratchet-up tensions between the interim, military-run government, and its Muslim Brotherhood opponents, who have been engaged in a violent struggle over the ouster of Mubarak's successor - the Brotherhood-backed Mohammed Morsi - by the army.The court's decision will be seen as a result of pressure by the military, which previously backed Mubarak and which is now attempting to reassert its control over Egyptian politics.
REVELATION 17:1-9
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
REVELATION 13:11-14
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
08/21/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Ratzinger gives reason for resigning: “God told me to”
Benedict XVI
During the course of a private meeting Benedict XVI said that a mystical experience led him to resign
Andrea Tornielli vatican city“God told me to.” This was Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s reason for stepping down from the pontificate. An anonymous individual who visited Ratzinger about a week ago gave a statement recounting what was said during the private meeting, Catholic news agency
Zenit reports.Ratzinger’s decision to stay out of the limelight still raises many
questions, six months after the shock announcement of his resignation, Zenit says.
One person was lucky enough to hear the reasons for this decision from
Ratzinger’s very lips. Although the Pope Emeritus lives a cloistered
life, he does very occasionally accept highly private visits in the
Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican which is his current
residence.During these meetings, the former Pope does not comment,
reveal
secrets or make any statements that may weigh on the new pontificate as
“the words that were said by the other Pope.” He is as discreet as he
has always been. At most, all he does is observe the wonders that the
Holy Spirit is doing through his successor, or he talks about himself
and about how his decision to resign was the result of divine
inspiration.When asked why he stepped down from the Throne of Peter, the Pope
Emeritus said “God told me to.” Ratzinger then apparently added that
there was no apparition or any phenomenon of this kind. It was a
“mystical experience”. The Lord planted the seed of an “absolute desire”
in his heart “to remain alone with him, secluded in
prayer." According to the source, this mystical experience has lasted
throughout all of these past months, increasing his longing for a unique
and direct relationship with the Lord. The more the ope Emeritus
observes the "charisma" of his successor, Pope Francis, the more he
realizes that his decision to resign the papacy was "the will of God," Zenit reports.So
it seems that not only is Ratzinger more convinced than ever about
the prudence of his decision which sparked controversy among his
closest collaborators, but he is also happy with his successor's
achievements so far. In a previous interview with a German academic,
Benedict XVI spoke about how he and Francis were in tune in theological
terms. It is also worth noting that Francis never misses a chance to
publicly praise his predecessor, whose advice he treasures.And here are
the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war
or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only
Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land
in the future.
08/20/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Those who dream of a Third Vatican Council
Vatican II
Former Franciscan Leonardo Boff has asked for another Council to be held. But many have been hoping for a new ecumenical Council since 1977
Andrea Tornielli vatican city The former Franciscan Friar, Leonardo Boff, the leading representative of the Liberation Theology movement – or what remains of it – is simply the latest in the list of individuals who have asked for a Third Vatican Council to be held. He made this request in an article published in Brazilian daily, Jornal do Brasil, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of John XXIII’s death: “The categories set out in the Second Vatican Council no longer adequately represent today’s reality.”According to Boff, there needs to be a new Council that represents all Christianity and it should “identify the ways in which we can work together to create new awareness regarding respect, worship and care for all ecosystems.”Interestingly, people have been pondering on a Vatican III for 36 whole years. The idea sprang up for the first time in the summer of 1977, at a meeting of theologians from Concilium magazine held at the University of Notre Dame in the U.S. Swiss theologian Hans Küng, the Dutchman Edward Schillebeeckx and Italian theologians Giuseppe Alberigo and Rosino Gibellini were among those present. The meeting between theologians and Liberation theologians set the goals for the future Council: that a Pope would resign at the age of 75; that the Synod of Bishops would no longer act as an advisory but a deliberative body; that priestly celibacy would be abolished and that women would enjoy equality in Church life, including the right to be ordained priests.But it would be wrong to assume that the proposal is only made now and again by liberals who are intent on speeding up reforms. Surprisingly, in the early 90s, some conservative circles faithful to Wojtyla threw the idea on the table. The English historian Paul Johnson suggested a new Council should be held, in an article published by American monthly, Catholic World Report. Italian philosopher, Rocco Buttiglione, a friend and collaborator of John Paul II echoed this idea in an interview in which he mentioned the preparation of “material for another great Council.” Another figure who was keen on the idea was ultra-conservative Austrian bishop, Kurt Krenn. In terms of the aims of a potential Third Vatican Council, the dream nurtured by Wojtyla’s most orthodox supporters was the complete opposite to that described by Küng in 1977.The intention was to hold a restorative council that put liberals and rebels back in line and stop the attempts being made by some Episcopal Conferences to gain further poker. Basically, advocates of Vatican III believed that despite John Paul II’s attempt to introduce change, the Catholic Church was still going through a phase of laxity and doctrinal chaos. But the aspirations of conservative Conciliarists were met with a cool response from the Vatican. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger branded the idea as “completely premature”.The then Prefect of the former Holy Office and Pope-to-be, dashed all expectations in an interview given in 1992: “I don’t think it’s the right time. It would be completely premature to hold a Third Vatican Council because it is always a big commitment which puts normal daily Church life on hold for a while. And this cannot happen too often. When St. Basil was invited to take part in another Council of Constantinople, he said: “No I won’t go to another one, because all these Councils do is create confusion.”Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini (August 31st will mark a year since his death) mentioned it again at a Synod in 1999, this time from a reformist point of view. The Archbishop of Milan presented his request as a “dream”, saying he hoped “bishops could come together and hold a broad discussion that will help resolve” some doctrinal and disciplinary issues in the Church. Martini asked for “a more collegial, all-encompassing and authoritative instrument” that would involve “all bishops”. He hoped that “that sense of communion and collegiality experienced by their predecessors in Vatican II” could be repeated.An opportunity to deal with issues such as the lack of priests, the position of women in the Church, the ministries, sexuality, the discipline of marriage, penitence and ecumenical relations, with complete freedom. Martini’s suggestion did not materialise, partly because a year prior to this, when the Consistory was held in February 1998, John Paul II had said that “the midsummer of Vatican II is yet to come.”Cardinal Martini’s proposal came six years before Benedict XVI was elected Pope and before his speech to the Roman Curia in December 2005, when the new Pope said that the correct interpretation of Vatican II is “reform through continuity” and not “division”. Benedict XVI criticised liberal interpretations which claimed certain things were said during the Council when these were not in fact said. But he also hoped to soften the Lefebvrians’ reading of the Council in view of a reconciliation with the Society of St. Pius X.But the debate which followed ended up accentuating divisions. And so today, Boff’s proposal of a Third Vatican Council to go beyond what was outlined during Vatican II clashes with groups that claim the Second Vatican Council is incompatible with Catholic tradition. Meanwhile, announcements, controversies and vetoes aside, there are still documents presented at Vatican II – here it is worth remembering that the documents produced during the Council received almost unanimous approval – that have not yet been officially implemented. An example is the Apostolicam actuositatem decree on the role of the laity. This remains a thorny issue in a time of revived clericalism. And Pope Francis sees clericalism as a one of the major problems of the Church today.REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
08/12/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
The Pope encourages dialogue and mutual respect with our Muslim brothers
Francis
The Pope’s Angelus appeal. Meanwhile, he has reached 8 million followers on Twitter and has launched his message “Christ and the Church cannot be separated...”
Luca Rolandi RomEMuslims are “our brothers” and Christians must cultivate “mutual respect” with them. These were the words of Pope Francis yesterday during the Angelus, a message which could signal a turnaround in the relationship between the Catholic Church and Islam. This changing tide can even be seen in the words used in addressing Muslims. This is the first Pope to have referred to Muslims in such direct and explicit terms as “our brothers”. This would have been practically unthinkable even up until the recent past.During the Angelus, the pontiff made reference to the message sent to Muslims to mark the end of Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr feast, which was published on 2 August, which he asked to sign personally “as an expression of my esteem for and friendship with all Muslims”. This was another example of a break with tradition, since the yearly message is normally sent out by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.As well as focusing on the topic of fostering “mutual respect” between Christians and Muslims through the education of young people, the Pope also used the document as a reminder as to why he chose his papal name, Francis, telling us that this choice was inspired by “a very famous saint who deeply loved God and every human being, so much so that he was called ‘universal brother’”. Bergoglio’s attitude encourages to overcome any type of misunderstanding between religions, using forms of expression and behaviour which show genuine “brotherhood”, especially since there has been no lack of incidences of misunderstanding over the last few years.During his trip to Lampedusa on 8 July, the pontiff caused a great impact when, during the Mass, he addressed the “dear Muslim immigrants who are starting their Ramadan fast this evening, wishing you an abundant spiritual harvest”. This manner of sending out wishes to other believers, that they grow in their faith, was hitherto completely unheard of for a head of the Catholic Church. This is a sign of utmost respect.The Pope then went on to say to the Muslim immigrants, “the Church is close to you in your search for a more dignified life for you and your families”. During the Angelus, Francis underscored the need for Christians and Muslims “to strive to promote mutual respect”, referring back to the contents of the message sent out to Muslims for the feast of Eid al-Fitr, the celebration that brings Ramadan to a close. It is indeed worthy of note that the Pope decided to place added emphasis on this point when speaking to the members of the faithful gathered together at the Angelus.As expressed in the words of Hamza Piccardo, one of the founders of UCOII (Union of Italian Islamic Communities), the pontiff’s message was welcomed with immense pleasure and gratitude. This can be read in the letter of response sent out by UCOII.
And
here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either
through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and
only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this
land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Palestinian official threatens to go to UN over settlements
Hanan Ashrawi issues threat despite PA’s promise to refrain from petitioning international bodies during the course of negotiations
August 21, 2013, 7:08 pm
0-The Times of Israel
If
the US is unable to halt Israeli construction on war-won lands, deemed
illegal by most of the international community, the Palestinians may
have to seek redress elsewhere, said Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official in
the Palestine Liberation Organization.“We are saying very clearly that if Israel
does not stop, then we have to move,” Ashrawi said during a tour of
Israeli neighborhoods in east Jerusalem where hundreds of new apartments
are planned.Ashrawi said she was expressing the official
Palestinian position, though it was not clear if her warning was a sign
of frustration or actual intent. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
Abbas might be reluctant to disrupt recently relaunched negotiations
with such a step, for fear of incurring US anger.
Last year, Abbas won broad-based UN General
Assembly recognition of a nonmember observer state of Palestine in the
West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, lands Israel captured in 1967.
Israel fears further UN recognition of the Palestinians will deepen its
international isolation.An official in Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s office said the Palestinians had promised to suspend their
UN campaign during the negotiations, which are envisioned to last up to
nine months. If they break that promise, they would violate one of the
commitments that helped restart talks after a five-year freeze, said the
official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with briefing
regulations.Ashrawi acknowledged that US Secretary of
State John Kerry had asked the Palestinians not to join UN agencies or
turn to the International Criminal Court during the negotiations. The
Palestinians have threatened to pursue war crimes charges over Israeli
settlement building in the court if peace efforts fail.Ashrawi said Abbas linked the suspension of
the UN campaign to Israel’s promise to release 104 long-held Palestinian
prisoners, not to the talks. So far, Israel has freed 26 prisoners and
the rest are expected to be freed in three more stages in coming months.Abbas had resumed talks with Israel only
reluctantly, under US pressure. He had sought an Israeli settlement
freeze or Netanyahu’s recognition of the 1967 lines as a starting point
for border talks. The Palestinians want a state in the war-won lands,
where Israel has built dozens of settlements that are now home to more
than half a million Israelis.
In the end, Netanyahu agreed to neither
demand, and Abbas was left with the promised prisoner releases and
Kerry’s assurance that the US considers the 1967 frontier as the
baseline.Palestinian officials have said Abbas was
given US assurances that Israeli settlement building would be reined in.
However, since the start of talks Israel made several announcements on
promoting plans for close to 3,100 settlement apartments, including
hundreds in east Jerusalem, the Palestinians’ hoped-for capital.Ashrawi
on Wednesday took reporters on a tour
of Jerusalem’s southern edge where Israel has built thousands of
apartments. Israel’s construction plans in the area threaten to cut off
the city from the southern West Bank and render a contiguous Palestinian
state impossible, she claimed.Israel is “deliberately destroying the
chances of success for these talks” by accelerating settlement activity,
Ashrawi added.Israel has defended the recent construction
announcements by saying it is only building in areas it expects to keep
in any future peace deal.
PA Threatens to Sue Israel Over Building Tenders
Palestinian
Authority shows its confidence in talks by threatening to sue Israel
over building plans it knew about prior to negotiations.-By Ari Soffer-First Publish: 8/21/2013, 6:01 PM-INNews
PLO official Hanan Ashrawi-Flash 90
"These are willful and destructive measures to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state," she claimed.
"If Israel carries out these plans... we will be forced to (have) recourse to international judicial processes through international institutions," she told reporters near the Jewish neighbourhood of Gilo, south of Jerusalem, where many of the new units are to be built.Ashrawi made her claims despite the announcement by US Secretary of State John Kerry - who has been the main force behind the restarted negotiations - that both he and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas had been made aware of the building plans prior to the resumption of talks, and that they were being built in areas that would not effect what he termed "the peace map."The housing units in question were being built in areas that the PA has previously agreed would remain Israeli in any future "peace deal."
New round of talks
Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators held a new round of peace talks in Jerusalem on Tuesday, their second since the resumption of direct negotiations in Washington late last month which ended a nearly three-year gap. But accoring to Ashrawi, "There has been no breakthrough and no agreement. Discussions have not been on specifics."Details of the discussions have not been revealed at the request of US mediators, who asked last week for a strict news blackout. Ashrawi warned that Israeli building plans would cause the PA to torpedo peace efforts."We are not prepared to make the same mistakes and to have talks for their own sake as Israel continues... unilateral measures" she said, and urged the United States to follow the example of the EU in opposing Jewish life in Judea and Samaria. Last month the EU published a set of guidelines effectively boycotting Jewish-owned businesses in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and parts of Jerusalem."The EU guidelines are just the beginning of holding Israel accountable," Ashrawi said, calling on "all other countries to persist in holding Israel and the settlers accountable." In the last significant attempt to bypass negotiations and gain recognition unilaterally, the Palestinian Authority successfully lobbied for upgraded status at the UN in November, with an overwhelming majority of countries voting in favour of their becoming a "non-member observer state." The US and Israel voted against the motion.
US "guaranteed" PA preconditions
This latest threat of unilateral action by the PA is being seen by analysts as an illustration of its leadership's confidence in its position in negotiations.In an interview with the Nazareth-based Arabic language A-Shams radio station on Tuesday, the PA's chief negotiator Saeb Erakat revealed that his side's main preconditions had been assured by the US from the very beginning. According to Erakat, the PA received a letter of assurance to this effect from the United States.Erekat said in the interview that the U.S. had assured the PA in writing that talks would recognize the pre-1967 armistice lines as the basis of a Palestinian state, would deal with all core issues (Jerusalem, refugees, borders, security and water), would take place within six to nine months and would not allow for any interim solutions before a final status agreement is signed.Israel has already released 104 terrorists in a concession to the PA, but rejected the other two preconditions. Israeli officials have claimed that Abbas had agreed to drop most of his preconditions before this round of talks began - but Erakat's claims suggest his side's confidence that, sooner or later, Israel will be forced to adopt them anyway.Erekat also told the radio station that the European Union’s new guidelines which boycott Israeli entities operating beyond the Green Line were engineered by the EU as part of a deal reached with Europe so that the PA would resume negotiations.He said that the PA was currently talking with Latin American countries, China, Russia, Japan and the African Union to adopt similar sanctions toward Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.“This is an accomplishment,” he told A-Shams. “We would not have returned to the table without a written document confirming these points.”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday played down the issue of construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, pointing out that the Arab-Israeli conflict predates the liberation of those areas by Israel in 1967."The root cause (of the conflict) was and remains the persistent refusal to recognize the Jewish state in any boundary," he said. "It doesn't have to do with the settlements - that's an issue that has to be resolved - but this is not the reason that we have a continual conflict."
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)
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)
Liberman says Turkish PM is successor to Nazi Goebbels
Former foreign minister compares Erdogan, who accused Israel of plotting Egyptian coup, to notorious Third Reich propagandist
August 21, 2013, 2:50 pm
15-The Times of Israel
On Tuesday Erdogan drew condemnation from
Washington, Cairo and Jerusalem for his comments about Israel’s alleged
hand in events in Egypt.Speaking at a meeting of his ruling Justice
and Development Party, Erdogan said his government could prove Israel’s
involvement, and cited as evidence a statement made during a 2011 panel
with Jewish intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy and then-opposition leader
Tzipi Livni in France, according to a Hurriyet Daily News report.Erdogan cited Levy as saying at the time that
“the Muslim Brotherhood will not be in power even if they win the
elections. Because democracy is not the ballot box.”
“Now the West starts to say democracy is not
the ballot box or not only the box, but we know that the ballot box is
the people’s will,” Erdogan said. “This is what has been implemented in
Egypt. Who is behind this? Israel. We have evidence,” the Turkish prime
minister added.White House spokesman Josh Earnest called the
statement “offensive, unsubstantiated, and wrong,” in a briefing to
reporters Tuesday.In 2001, Liberman drew fire for reportedly
saying Israel should consider bombing Egypt’s Aswan Dam. He later said
then Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak could “go to hell.”In 2006, he
compared Arab MKs who met with the Hamas terror group to Nazi
collaborators.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) 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.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
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)
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) 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.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
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)
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
World urges UN to investigate Syria chemical attack
Opposition group says 1,300 people killed, though others cite lower numbers; regime denies reports
August 21, 2013, 4:20 pm
3-The Times of Israel
This
citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen
which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP
reporting, shows dead bodies of Syrian citizens in Arbeen, near
Damascus, on Wednesday. (photo credit: AP/Local Committee of Arbeen)
The UK, France and the Arab
League said they would formally urge UN inspectors currently in Syria to
investigate allegations that the Syrian army used chemical weapons on
civilians outside Damascus on Wednesday morning.French President Francois Hollande,
speaking at a regular cabinet meeting, said the latest allegations
“require verification and confirmation” and that he would ask the UN to
go to the site “to shed full light” on the situation, government
spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said.Amid conflicting reports of casualties, the
Local Coordination Committees, Syria’s main opposition group in exile,
put the number of dead at 1,300. The group said it was basing its claim
on accounts and photographs by activists on the ground.Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague said
the UK planned to ask the United Nations Security Council to discuss
the chemical weapon attack claims. The UN inspectors should be given
access to the site, he said, and if the claims were verified, it “would
be a shocking escalation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. We are
determined the people responsible will one day be held to account.”The Arab League also urged the UN officials
currently in Syria to “immediately” travel to the attack site and
conduct an investigation.However, Swedish chemical weapons expert Ake
Sellstrom, who leads the UN team in Syria, said that Syria would need to
agree to such an inspection and that a formal request would have to
come from a member state and go through UN channels.Syrian
activists close to the country’s opposition claimed hundreds of people
were killed in the devastating “poison gas” attack by regime forces
outside Damascus on Wednesday morning.There were
several differing reports on the numbers of dead. A Free Syrian Army
source told Al Arabiya the death toll stood at 1,188, while the Local
Coordination Committees said some 785 people were killed. A nurse at an
emergency clinic in Douma told Reuters the death toll was at 213, and
the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
40 were confirmed dead and the death toll could reach over 200.Groups
quoted activists as saying that regime forces fired “rockets with
poisonous gas heads” in the attack.The Syrian Observatory said the
shelling was
intense and hit the eastern suburbs of Zamalka, Arbeen and Ein Tarma.
Activists told Reuters that Jobar was also targeted. The areas are
largely held by rebel forces.The intensive bombardment as well as the
sound
of fighter jets could be heard by residents of the Syrian capital
throughout the night and early Wednesday, and gray smoke hung over towns
in the eastern suburbs.Rami Abdul-Rahman, the Syrian Observatory
chief, said the activists in the area said “poisonous gas” was fired in
rockets as well as from the air. He added that regime forces were on a
wide offensive on the eastern and western rebel-held suburbs of
Damascus.Mohammed Saeed, an activist in the area, told
The Associated Press via Skype that hundreds of dead and injured people
were rushed to six makeshift hospitals in the eastern suburbs of
Damascus.“This is a massacre by chemical weapons,” said
Saeed. “The visit by the UN team is a joke … Bashar is using the
weapons and telling the world that he does not care.”The use of a
chemical agent could not be
immediately verified. The government denied it had used chemical
weapons, according to a report in the state-run SANA news agency.An
activist group in the town of Arbeen east
of Damascus posted on its Facebook page pictures purporting to show rows
of Syrian children, wrapped in white death shrouds, and others, with
chests bared. There appeared to be very little signs of blood or
physical wounds on the bodies.The photos distributed by activists to
support
their claims were consistent with AP reporting of shelling in the area,
though it was not known if the victims died from a poisonous gas
attack.In
the hours after the attack dozens of videos were posted to YouTube
showing reported victims of the attack, including children. Some videos
showed dozens of bodies while others showed doctors and others
struggling to treat people having seizures. The veracity of the videos
could not be immediately verified.The Syrian
Observatory called upon the UN team in Syria and all international
organizations “to visit the stricken areas and to guarantee that medical
and relief supplies reach the people as soon as possible.” It also
called for an investigation into the attack.The 20-member
UN team arrived in Damascus on Sunday to investigate three sites where
chemical weapons attacks allegedly occurred: the village of Khan
al-Assal just west of the embattled northern city of Aleppo and two
other locations being kept secret for security reasons.The mandate for the planned probe was limited:
The team would report on whether chemical weapons were used, and if so
which ones, but it would not determine the responsibility for an attack.
This has led some commentators to question the value of the
investigation.Syria is said to have one of the world’s
largest stockpiles of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the
nerve agent sarin, though it has never admitted possessing such weapons.Diplomats and chemical weapons experts have
raised doubts about whether the experts will find anything since the
alleged incidents took place months ago.
The Syrian government initially asked the UN
to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack on March 19 in Khan al
Assal, which was captured by the rebels last month. The government and
rebels blame each other for the purported attack which killed at least
30 people.Britain, France and the US followed with
allegations of chemical weapons use in Homs, Damascus and elsewhere. UN
Mideast envoy Robert Serry told the Security Council last month that the
UN has received 13 reports of alleged chemical weapons use in Syria.
German Neo-Nazis Protest 'Political Refugee Center'
Neo-Nazi
and anti-immigration groups clash with counter-protesters, bringing
issue to the fore in the run-up to elections.-By Arutz Sheva-First Publish: 8/21/2013, 6:53 PM-Israelnationalnews
Neo-Nazi (illustrative)-Reuters
The racist sentiment was widely condemned by politicians.
"It is unbearable how right-wing demagogues are trying to sow fear," said Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit. "Berlin is a city that is open to the world, and that's why we must allow no space for xenophobia."
Immigration has not been a major theme in the campaign ahead of the September 22 election, and no far-right party has ever crossed the five-percent hurdle for entry into the national parliament. But Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich warned that, despite rising numbers of asylum seekers, "these people in need must not be exploited by right-wing extremists for their propaganda of hatred". Amid the Syrian war and other conflicts, the number of asylum seekers in Germany has risen to 52,754 people so far this year - 90 percent more than in the same period last year. Meanwhile, most of the refugees hunkered down inside the former Max Reinhardt high school, named after an Austrian-born Jewish theater director who fled Nazi Germany to the United States. One man who briefly looked out the door Wednesday was Winnie, 20, a former shopkeeper from Afghanistan who fled with his wife and child. He said that as a Hindu he faced persecution by the Islamist Taliban and that he had paid people-smugglers $15,000 to organise a 25-day escape journey to Germany.Baffled by the confrontations outside, he said "We don't know who is friendly to us and who is not".He added that nonetheless, "I feel safe. More than in Afghanistan." A few blocks away, the anti-Islam group Pro Deutschland took the opportunity to launch their election campaign. About a dozen party members were shielded by police as 100 counter-demonstrators sought to drown them out with boos and whistles.The party's leader Manfred Rouhs, 47, charged that 90 percent of political asylum seekers in Germany turn out to be "economic refugees", and that political refugees should first seek help closer to home.
Outside the refugee centre, meanwhile, anti-fascist protesters had set up a vigil in a tent, playing music and putting up signs that said "Nobody is Illegal" and "Refugees welcome".One activist, Florian Klein, a 25-year-old student, said that neo-Nazis had in recent weeks sought to stoke neighbourhood sentiment by spreading "fear, lies and prejudice". "With the vigil, we want to tell the asylum-seekers, 'you are not alone, you are welcome'," he said. "To the racists and neo-Nazis ... we want to show the red card, we want to push back." After the dark era of Nazi Germany, he said: "We know what persecution means. If, 80 years later, there are conflicts in other countries, and other people need refuge, we must help them." Some neighbors made a point of welcoming the refugees, among them a young family who dropped off a bag of toys from their two-year-old daughter Jasmin. "These people really have absolutely nothing," said Cindy Laqua, 29. "And the children have the very least to do with the whole situation."Her partner, Omar El Aoud, said the events of the past few days were "disappointing", adding: "How can you blame the people who are inside here?"
Egypt: Court Orders Release of Former President Mubarak
Former Egyptian strongman will remain in jail for 48 hours pending appeal.
Mubarak sits inside a cage in a courtroom-AFP photo
Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising in 2011, and was eventually tried and sentenced to life in jail for his role in the killing of protesters during the uprising against his rule. That ruling was overturned on appeal, and the 85 year-old Mubarak is now awaiting a retrial.Contrary to earlier reports, the decision does not means Mubarak could leave prison today. The former president will remain in jail for 48 hours, pending an appeal by the prosecution.Mubarak's continued detention following his successful appeal was of dubious legality, as the prosecution has postponed bringing Mubarak to a retrial as it attempts to gather evidence, and last winter an Egyptian court ruled that he could be released until that case was ready.However, the court decided to keep Mubarak in prison after a new indictment was filed against him on corruption charges last April. Those charges have been dismissed, and as a result Mubarak is set to be released, a-Dib said.
Mubarak is being held in a prison south of Cairo, ironically in a facility in which members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were officials in the government of Mohammed Morsi – Mubarak's replacement – are also being held. Morsi himself is not being held at the facility, however.His release is likely to further ratchet-up tensions between the interim, military-run government, and its Muslim Brotherhood opponents, who have been engaged in a violent struggle over the ouster of Mubarak's successor - the Brotherhood-backed Mohammed Morsi - by the army.The court's decision will be seen as a result of pressure by the military, which previously backed Mubarak and which is now attempting to reassert its control over Egyptian politics.
