GERMANY WILL STICK WITH ISRAEL EVEN THOUGHT THEY DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

02/24/2014 VATICAN INSIDER

Pope revolutionises Vatican finances, creating secretariat for the economy

(©Ansa) Card. Pell

Pope sets up a Secretariat with authority over all economic and administrative activities in the Vatican City State and the Holy See, headed by Cardinal Pell; creates an supervisory council for this body and establishes the post of Auditor General

gerard o'connell rome Pope Francis, in a revolutionary structural reform, has established a new Secretariat for the Economy which will have authority over all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See and the Vatican City State. He has appointed the Australian Cardinal, George Pell, one of his eight cardinal advisors, as prefect of this new structure, and has asked him to start work as soon as possible, the Vatican said in statement breaking the news on February 24. Elected on a mandate to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has moved with determination and speed, as a matter of priority, to bring all its financial operations under control, and ensure the maximum transparency, rationalization and savings in this whole area which has been plagued by revelations of corruption, mismanagement and such like over many years that have greatly damaged the Church’s image. It should be noted however that the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR, misnamed ‘the Vatican Bank’), is not mentioned in this papal decision which comes in the form of a Motu Proprio, that is a decree “on his own initiative”, that will be published in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican daily, this evening. The Pope’s decision regarding the IOR will come at a later date.

The Argentinean Pope has decided that Cardinal Pell, who up to now has served as archbishop of Sydney, will prepare the final statutes and other related matters with the assistance of any necessary advisors.  He will work with the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic- Administrative Structure of the Holy See (COSEA to complete the implementation of these changes approved by the Holy Father.The Vatican said the Pope’s decision came after the Council of 8 Cardinal advisors and the Committee of 15 Cardinals which oversee the financial affairs of the Holy See endorsed the recommendations of “the rigorous review” conducted by the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic- Administrative Structure of the Holy See (COSEA).It revealed that COSEA had “recommended changes to simplify and consolidate existing management structures and improve coordination and oversight across the Holy See and Vatican City State”.  It said COSEA also “recommended more formal commitment to adopting accounting standards and generally accepted financial management and reporting practices as well as enhanced internal controls, transparency and governance.”
The Vatican said the changes “will enable more formal involvement of senior and experienced experts in financial administration, planning and reporting” and also “will ensure better use of resources, improving the support available for various programs, particularly our works with the poor and marginalized.”It said changes decided by Pope Francis include “the Establishment of a new Secretariat for the Economy which will have authority over all economic and administrative activities within the Holy See and the Vatican City State.”   It said this new Secretariat “will be responsible, among other things, for preparing an annual budget for the Holy See and Vatican City State as well as financial planning and various support functions such as human resources and procurement.” The Secretariat “will also be required to prepare detailed financial statements of the Holy See and Vatican State.”Furthermore, it said “the Secretariat for the Economy will implement policies determined by a new Council for the Economy - a 15 member Council comprised of 8 Cardinals or Bishops, reflecting various parts of the world and seven lay experts of different nationalities with strong professional financial experience.”  This new Council “will meet on a regular basis, to consider policies and practices and to prepare and analyze reports on the economic-administrative activities of the Holy See.” 
The new Secretariat for the Economy will be headed by a Cardinal Prefect, the Vatican said, and he will report to “the Council for the Economy.” He will be supported by a Secretary-General in the management of day to day activities. While the Pope has already appointed Cardinal Pell as Prefect, he has not yet announced the name of the Secretary General.In addition to all this, to ensure that there is utmost transparency and control over all the financial operations, the Vatican said the new arrangements include the appointment of an Auditor-General, “appointed by the Holy Father who will be empowered to conduct audits of any agency of the Holy See and Vatican City State at any time.”The Vatican said the changes decided upon by the Pope “will confirm the role of APSA as the Central bank of the Vatican with all the obligations and responsibilities of similar institutions around the world.”  Furthermore, “the Financial Information Authority (AIF) will continue to undertake its current and critical role of prudential supervision and regulation of activities within the Holy See and Vatican City State.”

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

GENESIS 25:20-26
20  And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21  And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22  And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23  And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25  And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26  And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

German FM calls on Israel to make tough decisions

Ahead of Angela Merkel’s visit to Jerusalem, Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Berlin to stand by Israel, even if they don’t see eye-to-eye

By AP February 24, 2014, 2:04 am 2-The Times of Israel

JERUSALEM — A day before German chancellor Angela Merkel and nearly her entire Cabinet arrive in Israel, her foreign minister published an op-ed in an Israeli newspaper Sunday encouraging Israel to take the “difficult but necessary decisions” to allow US-led peace efforts to succeed.Germany is Israel’s closest European ally and the two governments hold a joint Cabinet session each year. But Israel has seen tensions rise of late with Europe, and also Germany, over its West Bank settlement policies.In her weekly video message, Merkel made clear over the weekend that she would be pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the peace talks.The European Union has been outspoken in its criticism of the settlements, saying Israeli construction of homes in occupied territories claimed by the Palestinians is undermining hopes for a negotiated peace settlement. Merkel’s government has echoed the sentiments.A small, but growing number of European businesses and investment funds also have cut ties with firms involved in West Bank settlements, and the EU’s ambassador to Israel has warned the Jewish state faces increased isolation and threats of economic boycotts if peace talks collapse.In his column, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that while Germany did not see eye-to-eye with Israel on all issues, it would stand by it.He praised Israel’s decision to enter negotiations with the Palestinians about the establishment of a Palestinian state.

“We support that vigorously and encourage Israel to make the difficult but necessary decisions,” he wrote.

“Israel sometimes feels isolated and misunderstood. The current debate about Europe’s policy toward Israel has once again brought those feelings into the foreground. But Israel does not stand alone,” he added.

Asked about the threat of boycotts and sanctions, German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli, who is of Palestinian descent, said: “There are no sanctions against Israel and Germany would be the first country to oppose them.”Netanyahu said the peace talks, as well as international efforts to quell Iran’s nuclear program, would figure prominently in his meetings with Merkel. Germany belongs to the group of nations that are currently negotiating with Iran.The German delegation accompanying Merkel will be the largest German one ever to Israel and comes a year before the countries will mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.In March 2008, Merkel and her Cabinet marked the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence. During that three-day visit, Merkel addressed the Israeli parliament in German, and expressed shame over the Holocaust. The 20-minute speech earned Merkel a standing ovation.Earlier this month though, lawmakers from a nationalist Israeli political party stormed out of parliament to object to comments by the visiting president of the European Parliament, who is German.Martin Schulz enraged the lawmakers when he asked whether claims he had heard from a young Palestinian about Israel’s control over water resources were true.Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, demanded an apology. “I will not accept untruthful patronizing of the people of Israel in our parliament, certainly not in German,” he said.

The figures cited by Schulz were indeed erroneous, but his general concern — that Israel consumes far more water than the Palestinians — was accurate, according to environmental groups.The annual joint Cabinet meetings highlight the strong bond between Israel and Germany seven decades after the Holocaust, when Nazi Germany killed 6 million Jews.The countries only established diplomatic relations in 1965, nearly two decades after the Holocaust. Germany has paid billions of dollars in reparations to Holocaust survivors, is a key trade partner and is now Israel’s closest ally in Europe.

Jordan won’t be Palestine, king says

Abdullah II warns domestic opponents that calling for the Hashemite Kingdom to be the Palestinian state is ‘sedition’

By Times of Israel staff February 24, 2014, 4:03 pm 4-The Times Of Israel

Jordan’s King Abdullah II lashed out on Sunday against domestic opponents arguing for Jordan to become the “alternative homeland” for the Palestinians.“Jordan is Jordan and Palestine is Palestine, and nothing else, not in the past or the future,” Abdullah reportedly said, according to the official Jordanian news agency Petra.Abdullah made the comments in a meeting with senior government officials, including Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, Senate President Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh, House of Representatives Speaker Atef Tarawneh, senior members of the judiciary and others.“We know how this issue has been surfacing [for the past] 15 years, or even more,” Abdullah said, and called talk of turning Jordan into a Palestinian state “sedition.”“There are more important issues to focus on, especially with regards to political and economic reform,” Abdullah insisted, and issued a warning to those advocating a change in the identity of the state: “We know this group, and if this issue is repeated next year, we will declare who they are by name.”The idea that Jordan might become the Palestinian nation-state has been advanced by some right-wing Israeli groups eager to find an alternative to the West Bank for a future Palestinian homeland. But Abdullah was speaking on Sunday to domestic critics whose talk of a possible Palestinian future for Jordan is intended as a critique of the monarchy.Approximately half of Jordan’s population is Palestinian in origin.Abdullah also told the assembled officials that the US was closely consulting with Jordan in the ongoing US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, especially on the issues of “Jerusalem, the refugees, borders, water and security.”Jordan is a close ally of the United States, and was the second Arab state, after Egypt, to make peace with Israel. In a mid-February meeting between Abdullah and US President Barack Obama, the American administration pledged $1 billion in loan guarantees for Jordan to help offset an estimated $900 million in expenses related to the influx of refugees to the country from the Syrian civil war to the north.

Ahead of Merkel visit, PM talks peace on German TV

In interview with ZDF, Netanyahu lauds US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to engage both sides in negotiations

By Aron Dónzis and Raphael Ahren February 24, 2014, 12:02 pm 3-The Times of Israel

In advance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s landmark visit to Israel Monday along with her entire cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in an interview with ZDF (Second German Television) his support for US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.Israel wants peace, security, stability and prosperity, Netanyahu said, and added he is up to the challenge. “If President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority is equally willing to pursue these goals, then I think Secretary Kerry’s initiative has a chance.”Netanyahu said that he was willing to recognize a Palestinian state but did not understand why the Palestinians were not prepared to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in return, Channel 10 reported.Netanyahu also emphasized that sitting down to talk was the only way to reach peace.Merkel and her cabinet were due to arrive in Israel Monday night for a high-profile visit that will include the largest bilateral government consultations in Israel’s history. However, the trip, which officially kicks off the preparations for next year’s celebration of 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, is being overshadowed by reports of the worst crisis in diplomatic ties since Merkel took office nearly 10 years ago.Diplomatic relations have actually reached a “nadir,” according a report in Der Spiegel, Germany’s most important weekly news magazine.Although Germany is part of the P5+1 group currently negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, points of contention mostly have to do with Jerusalem’s policies vis-à-vis the Palestinians.The relationship between Merkel and Netanyahu has been tense for years, partly because the Israeli prime minister allegedly leaked contents of a private conversation to the media but mainly because she doesn’t trust him. In the Federal Chancellery in Berlin there is a general distrust regarding Netanyahu’s commitment to a two-state solution.Merkel and her ministers will arrive at Ben-Gurion airport on Monday evening and immediately head to Jerusalem. At 8 p.m., the chancellor will attend a first private meeting with Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office, and later dine with him. At the same time, the German ministers will attend a dinner with their Israeli counterparts elsewhere in Jerusalem.

On Tuesday morning, the German guests and their Israeli hosts will attend a series of bilateral meetings. At 10:30 a.m., the joint cabinet session is scheduled to take place at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, where the German delegation is staying. Following the historic G2G meeting, the ministers will sign several bilateral agreements and hold a joint press conference.The G2G consultation will focus on the topic of “innovation,” the deputy spokeswoman of the German government said Wednesday.After lunch, the German ministers will return home, while the chancellor is set to proceed to meetings with opposition leader Isaac Herzog and President Shimon Peres. At the President’s Residence, Peres will present Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Israel’s highest civilian honor, and deliver statements to the press.About 24 hours after she arrives, the German chancellor will head back to Berlin.

Ukraine synagogue hit by firebombs

No injuries but extensive damage after vandals hurl Molotov cocktails at prayer hall in Zaporizhia, southeast of Kiev

By JTA February 24, 2014, 4:27 pm 3-the times of israel

A synagogue in eastern Ukraine sustained minor damage from firebombs hurled at it by unidentified individuals.The firebombs hit the Giymat Rosa Synagogue in Zaporizhia, located 250 miles southeast of Kiev, on the night of February 23, according to a report Monday on the news site timenews.in.ua.The website published photos that showed the traces of a fire on the facade of the balcony of the synagogue, which opened its doors in 2012.A spokesperson for the Zhovtneviy District where the synagogue is located said no one was hurt in the attack and that police were searching for suspects. Officers found the neck of a glass bottle which was used as a Molotov cocktail, according to the Central Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Several Ukrainian media reported erroneously that the attack happened in Kiev.The Ukrainian capital and other cities have seen the eruption of a wave of violent demonstrations that culminated this weekend with the apparent ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.The country’s new acting government has issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of the murder of about 100 protesters who died in street clashes last week.The unrest began in November over Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a deal which would have tightened Ukraine’s ties with the European Union – a move which many saw as jeopardizing the country’s complicated relationship with Russia.Several Jewish communities in Kiev have beefed up their security arrangements during the unrest. Other communities put their activities on hold out of safety concerns.Ukraine has a Jewish population of 360,000 – 400,000 people, with roughly a quarter of all the country’s Jews residin

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)

IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)

ISAIAH 34:10
10  It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29  And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30  The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32  And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)

COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AMERICA)

REVELATION 18:3-6,19-21
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication,(U.S.A) and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her,(U.S.A) and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,(AMERICA) my people,(CHRISTIANS,JEWS) that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her (AMERICA-NEW YORK) even as she rewarded you,(WITH FALSE FLAG TERRORISM) and double unto her double according to her works:(DOUBLE-EMP 1ST,THEN RUSSIA NUKE ATTACKS U.S.A) in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.(PROBABLY A RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK WILL SET THE WHOLE SITUATION UP AS RUSSIA HACKS THE USA ARMY COMPUTERS.THEN THE EMP,THEN THE NUKE ATTACK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

US warns Moscow of military move in Ukraine

Obama adviser Susan Rice says Washington seeking political solution to keep country from splitting

By AP February 23, 2014, 11:12 pm 4-The Times of Israel

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said Sunday it would be a “grave mistake” for Russia to intervene militarily in Ukraine.Susan Rice said on NBC television’s “Meet the Press” that in Obama’s phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday the two agreed that a political settlement in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, should ensure the unity of the country and the right of Ukrainians to express their free will. She was asked whether the White House fears Putin will send Russian troops into Ukraine.“That would be a grave mistake,” she said. “It’s not in the interest of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or the United States to see the country split.”Protesters occupied a main square in downtown Kiev late last year after President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned an agreement that would have strengthened his country’s ties with the European Union in favor of seeking closer cooperation with Moscow.

Rice said that in the weeks ahead, Washington will cooperate with Europe and international organizations to help the Ukrainian economy, which she described as fragile.Speaking on a separate Sunday show, Republican Sen. John McCain, a frequent critic of Obama’s foreign policy, echoed some of the same themes as Rice on seeking to help Ukraine.He said the United States needs to be clear with Putin that Ukrainians must be allowed to determine their own future and that partitioning the nation would be unacceptable.

“They want to be Western,” McCain said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” ”That’s what this whole hundreds of thousands in the square was all about. They don’t want to be Eastern.”McCain said he has spoken with an array of Ukrainians in the opposition movement in recent days. They are overjoyed, McCain said, but they are also worried about the economy.“Their economic situation is so dire that literally the economy is on the verge of collapse and they’re going to need help immediately,” McCain said.The White House has urged Ukraine to move swiftly to form a unity government and help restore order after a spate of deadly violence.

Months of protests turned violent last week, with scores killed in clashes between demonstrators and police.

Under a European-mediated plan, protest leaders and Yanukovych agreed Friday to form a new government and hold early elections. Parliament slashed the president’s powers and voted to release his chief rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, from prison.By Saturday, protesters had taken over the capital of Kiev and seized the president’s office as parliament voted to remove him and hold new elections. A top opposition figure assumed presidential powers on Sunday. Yanukovych called it a coup and insisted he would not step down, but his whereabouts and grip on power are unclear after he left Kiev for his support base in largely Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.In urging calm, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Saturday that the US urged the prompt formation of a broad, technocratic government of national unity.

“We have consistently advocated a de-escalation of violence, constitutional change, a coalition government, and early elections, and today’s developments could move us closer to that goal,” Carney said in a statement. “The unshakeable principle guiding events must be that the people of Ukraine determine their own future.”The US also welcomed Tymoshenko’s release from a prison hospital.“We continue to urge an end to violence by all sides and a focus on peaceful, democratic dialogue, working pursuant to Ukraine’s constitution and through its institutions of government,” Carney said, adding that the US will continue to work with its allies, Russia, and European and international organizations “to support a strong, prosperous, unified, and democratic Ukraine.”Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed on the need to resolve the situation without violence when they spoke by phone Saturday afternoon, the State Department said in a statement.Kerry “expressed the importance of encouraging Ukraine to move forward on a path towards constitutional change, de-escalation, the creation of a coalition government, early elections and rejection of violence,” the State Department said in describing the call.

Volunteers brave ‘war zone’ to aid elderly Jews in Kiev

Old and infirm in area of Independence Square, heart of Ukraine uprising, receive visits and care packages to the sound of sniper fire

By Amanda Borschel-Dan February 24, 2014, 1:26 am 0-The times of Israel

Although the capital of Ukraine is appreciably quieter than when the armed fighting escalated Thursday, violence has not fully subsided, making the provision of medical and food aid to the Jewish elderly of Kiev a far from simple affair.“Central Kiev looks like a war zone — you see the actual fighting,” the Joint Distribution Committee’s Ofer Glanz told The Times of Israel from Kiev Sunday night.Glanz, an Israeli who is the JDC’s former Soviet Union director, has shuttled between Tel Aviv and Kiev in the past week of violence and overthrow in Ukraine to supervise the smooth execution of the JDC’s mitigation plan. An emergency network of volunteers and professionals ensure the supply of food and medical care to the 80,000 or so elderly and infirm Jews the JDC serves in the country.Protests calling for the downfall of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych took a violent turn Tuesday, and Thursday’s bloody battles left dozens dead and hundreds wounded. On Saturday, Yanukovych fled the capital, and jailed opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was freed after nearly three years behind bars.Ukraine is deeply divided between eastern regions that are largely pro-Russian and western areas that seek closer ties with the European Union. Yanukovych’s shelving of an agreement with the EU in November set off the wave of protests, but demonstrators quickly expanded their grievances to corruption, human rights abuses and calls for Yanukovych’s resignation.By Saturday, protesters had taken over the capital of Kiev and seized the president’s office as parliament voted to remove him and hold new presidential elections on May 25.

The parliament, in a special session Sunday, voted overwhelmingly to temporarily hand the president’s powers to speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, a top ally of Tymoshenko.Glanz said the JDC’s mitigation plan was formed months ago when the protests began, based on similar experiences in the former Soviet Union and elsewhere. “About two months ago we had some assumptions that one of the possible scenarios is that the situation would deteriorate,” said Glanz.The JDC, said Glanz, works in Ukraine supporting the local Jewish population, which it estimates at 300,000 based on Jewish community data. (Other estimates place the Jewish population at roughly 67,000.) It operates through a network of some 30 charity operations, largely under Hesed Kiev, supporting elderly Jews at various requirement levels through home care, material support, food, and social clubs.“Many are living in an area where there is violence and cannot leave home,” said Glanz. These are pensioners, often poor, some of whom are living alone in the heart of the war zone near Independence Square.“It is not a nice situation: These elderly people are living alone and hear Molotov cocktails, crossfire and snipers,” said Glanz.Although evacuation was offered to those living in the most dangerous areas — and some did leave — some of those who remained and are most in need have someone staying with them, said Glanz.“I have seen people here — we consider them real heroes — supplying food to elderly clients in areas with snipers and Molotov cocktails. It is real avodat kodesh (holy work),” said Glanz.One of Kiev’s four chief rabbis called for Jews to evacuate the city on Friday. ”I told my congregation to leave the city center or the city altogether and if possible the country too… There are constant warnings about intentions to attack Jewish institutions,” Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman told Maariv.

When asked if he has witnessed a mass flight from within the Jewish community, Glanz said, “This is not a Jewish issue, not an anti-Semitic issue.”On Sunday, as Glanz walked in war-torn areas of Kiev, there were “no anti-Jewish slogans, at least in the streets and in the epicenter of the demonstration, and I didn’t witness any anti-Jewish issues being brought up by anyone.”Azman concurs that the violence has lessened and told Maariv, “Things could be a lot worse” in Ukraine. Azman, a messianic Chabadnik, said women and children should not be out on the streets, but “there is no need to run away from Ukraine.”‘It is a miracle of the month of Adar that the whole struggle is behind us’“It is a miracle of the month of Adar [the Hebrew month in which the biblical Queen Esther and the Jews of Persia were saved from genocide] that the whole struggle is behind us,” said Azman.According to Israel National News, however, there is some danger to Jews. The online news magazine cites a “Russian-language source” Saturday saying that the police are openly threatening the Jewish community there.In a separate article, Israel National News quoted Hatzalah Ukraine chairman Rabbi Hillel Cohen saying, “Now that Yanukovych is gone it appears to be over, but actually it is during transition times like these that the danger increases.”Cohen said the crisis was abating, but “until order is restored, we are recommending that everyone act with great caution.”As a means to enhance security at Jewish institutions in Ukraine, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced Saturday it will provide immediate emergency assistance from its Emergency Assistance Fund for Jewish Communities, a fund created following the March 2012 terror attack in Toulouse.“We have a moral responsibility to ensure the safety and security of Ukraine’s Jews… The Jewish Agency’s assistance aims to increase security at Jewish communal institutions in Ukraine,” said Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.There is speculation this fund will be soon be used if extremist party Svoboda gains traction in the upheaval. The neo-Nazi party, which has been on the forefront of the protest movement, has members who have been linked to the reburial and glorification of Nazis and many other anti-Semitic incidents in the past year.AP contributed to this report

EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)

JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37  For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)

EZEKIEL 35:3-6,11-15
3  And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir,(ARABS) I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
4  I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
5  Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred,(AGAINST ISRAEL) and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
6  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
11  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12  And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
13  Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14  Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.(ARAB,MUSLIMS)
15  As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir,(ARABS) and all Idumea,(ARAB,MUSLIMS) even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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 KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.

AMOS 1:5
5  I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.

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)

Egypt’s Morsi accused of leaking secrets to Iran

Former president could face capital punishment for allegedly sending classified data to Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards

By AFP and AP February 23, 2014, 9:00 pm 4-The Times of Israel

CAIRO — Prosecutors Sunday accused deposed president Mohammed Morsi of leaking state secrets to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as part of a plot to destabilize Egypt, at the second hearing of his trial for espionage.The trial, one of three that are under way against Morsi, is part of a relentless government crackdown targeting him and his Muslim Brotherhood movement since his ouster by the army in July.

Prosecutors accuse Morsi and 35 others, including leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, of conspiring with foreign powers, Palestinian militant movement Hamas and Shiite Iran to destabilize Egypt.On Sunday, the second hearing since the trial opened on February 16, they detailed the charges against Morsi and his co-defendants.They were specifically accused of “delivering to a foreign country… national defense secrets and providing the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with security reports in order to destabilize the security and stability of the country”.The statement read in court did not identify the “foreign country”.But prosecutors said Morsi and the defendants carried out espionage activities on behalf of the “international Muslim Brotherhood organisation and Hamas with an aim to perpetrate terror attacks in the country in order to spread chaos and topple the state” from 2005 to August 2013.The case’s chief prosecutor, Tamer el-Firgani, said Morsi, his aides and senior Brotherhood members had “handed over secrets to foreign countries, among them national defense secrets, and handed over a number of security reports to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in order to destabilize the country’s security and stability.”El-Firgani, divulging details of the charges, said national security reports meant for only Morsi to see were emailed to some of these foreign militant groups. One report, he said, was sent to the Iranians about the activities of Shiite Muslims in Egypt. Iran is mostly Shiite.Morsi started off his time in office with repeated tirades against Iran over its support to Syrian President Bashar Assad, but soon warmed up to the Islamic Republic, allowing its tourists to come to Egypt for the first time in decades and founding a four-nation contact group on the Syrian war that included Iran.

During Morsi’s one year presidency, ties also flourished between Cairo and Hamas, a Palestinian affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood which rules neighboring Gaza.But since July, Egypt’s military-installed government has accused Hamas of backing Morsi and his Brotherhood, and carrying out terrorist attacks inside the country.Morsi and his co-defendants were present at the hearing without their defense team, which had walked out of the previous hearing in protest over the fact that the defendants were being held in a glass sound-proof cage. Defense lawyers appointed by the bar association were present in their place.The cage was introduced after Morsi and his co-defendants interrupted the proceedings of other court cases by talking over the judge and chanting slogans. The cage is fitted to give the judge sole control over whether the defendants can be heard or not when speaking.But this did not stop defendants including Brotherhood supreme guide Mohammed Badie, his deputy Khairat el-Shater and other Islamist leaders from shouting and rejecting the accusations against them.“Void, void,” they shouted when the judge asked them if they accepted the charges, an AFP correspondent said.If found guilty, the defendants could face the death penalty.

Most of the defendants were also accused of moving armed groups in and out of Egypt in January 2011, in a bid to attack army and police installations and prisons to facilitate the escape of inmates.Also on Sunday the defendants were represented by a new team of 10 defense lawyers appointed by the lawyers’ union, to replace the original team that withdrew from the case.The trial was adjourned to February 27.Morsi is already on trial for the killing of protesters during his presidency and a jailbreak during the 2011 uprising that ousted his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, also faces trial for “insulting the judiciary”. A date for that has yet to be set.

Gantz: Iran ‘handing out torches to pyromaniacs’

IDF chief of staff says Islamic Republic is directly involved in fostering instability across all of Israel’s borders

By Adiv Sterman February 23, 2014, 6:19 pm 3-The times of Israel

Iran and its surrogates are ceaselessly attempting to destabilize and compromise Israel’s borders, with the Islamic Republic directly involved in each and every one of the regional conflicts in countries surrounding the Jewish state, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said Sunday.During a visit to the Golan Heights, Gantz stated that Israel’s army was tirelessly working to ensure that its borders remain safe, but added that regional unrest was providing fertile ground for a highly explosive situation.Iran “is handing out torches to pyromaniacs,” the IDF chief of staff said. “[It is providing its surrogates with] ammunition, rockets, and is heavily involving itself in the fighting.”Gantz added that the relative quiet along Israel’s borders was misleading, and that hostile forces were constantly attempting to find and take advantage of Israeli security vulnerabilities.“Each and every one of our fronts is in a tense state right now,” he said. “Quiet, I would say, yet tense, everyday.”

Also Sunday, US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman and Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz held a nearly five-hour meeting in Jerusalem to discuss the technological, political and intelligence aspects of the Iranian nuclear program, as well as the interim agreement signed between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 world powers in Geneva last November and the ongoing talks on a permanent accord.During the Meeting, Steinitz reiterated Israel’s stance that any final agreement with Iran must ensure that the Tehran dismantles its capacity to develop nuclear weapons.On Saturday, Sherman stated that the US is committed to reaching a final deal with Iran by July. Sherman added that the US would never allow Tehran to produce nuclear arms.

The undersecretary said the US had begun “tough negotiations” that will continue through July, by which time she hopes the sides will reach a comprehensive agreement.The P5+1 and Iran are set to reconvene in Vienna on March 17, having met in the Austrian capital last week.The talks are designed to build on a first-step deal reached in November that commits Iran to initial nuclear curbs in return for some easing of sanctions.

The deal can be extended by mutual consent after six months.Times of Israel Staff and the Associated Press contributed to this report.