IRAN THREATENS CRUSHING STRIKE ON US IF NUKED BY US

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.

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.

THIS IRAN THREAT IS JUST COMPLETE NONSENSE.WE KNOW BY THE BIBLE IRAN GOT TO GET FRYED BY ISRAEL.AND THE TIME AMERICA HAS TO WORRY IS IF RUSSIA THREATENS TO NUKE AMERICA.BY THE BIBLE THO-RUSSIA WILL BE DOING A SNEAK NUKE ATTACK.THEY WON'T BE STUPID LIKE IRAN.BY ALWAYS MOUTHING THREATS. RUSSIA WILL JUST TAKE ACTION ON NEW YORK AND CYBER HACK-THEN EMP-THEN NUKE NEW YORK.THIS IRAN HOGWASH IS ALL TALK AND NO ACTION.IRAN IS JUST BLOWING HOT AIR UNTILL ISRAEL NUKES THEM AND GETS THEM OUTTA THE WAY FOR GOOD.

Top Iranian cleric warns of ‘crushing response’ to US strike

As West pursues closer diplomatic and economic engagement with Tehran, senior prayer leader delivers anti-American sermon

By Yifa Yaakov February 22, 2014, 4:07 am 0-The Times of Israel

Amid growing Western efforts to engage with Iran diplomatically and economically as an interim agreement inked in Geneva in November is implemented, a senior Iranian cleric and prayer leader dedicated his weekly Friday sermon to the threat of US military aggression against Iran, saying Iran would easily deliver a “crushing response” to any such attack.Speaking to a crowd of students at Tehran University Friday, Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said, “We are eager for your options on the table.”He was referring to statements by US and other Western officials, saying that while Western powers would pursue the diplomatic track to prevent Iran from achieving military nuclear capability, other options — such as a military strike — would remain on the table in case diplomacy proved fruitless.

Iran’s “number one option” on the table, according to Jannati, was “Down with the US.”According to Iran’s Fars News, Jannati said the Iranian military would be prepared to issue a crushing response in the event of an American strike.Noting that masses of Iranians had attended rallies earlier this month marking the 35th anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Jannati said that “the message of the Iranian people was that they are not afraid of your options on the table.”Meanwhile Friday, at least two US aerospace companies applied for export licenses to sell passenger airplane parts to Iran in light of an easing of sanctions that is part of the interim nuclear deal between Tehran and Western powers.Both Boeing and General Electric are reportedly seeking access, for the first time since 1979, to the Islamic Republic, according to industry insiders cited by Reuters.Iran and Western powers winded down nuclear talks on Thursday, having arrived at a framework agreement for future negotiations — but with little concrete progress.However, a Western diplomat revealed Friday that European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton would be traveling to Iran in March to lead negotiations there.The diplomat, who said Ashton would visit Tehran March 9-10, demanded anonymity because his information was confidential.In a joint statement at the end of the three-day talks, officials for both sides said they would meet again in Vienna on March 17, continuing a process likely to take at least six months and probably longer.Expectations had been modest as the talks started Tuesday. The announcement of an agreement on future talks appeared aimed in part to raise hopes that the negotiations had a chance to succeed.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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

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

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.

Kerry’s framework unacceptable to Abbas, says official

After two-day bilateral meeting in Paris, Ramallah rejects US proposals, particularly recognition of Israel as a Jewish state

By AFP and Times of Israel staff February 21, 2014, 6:51 pm 6

RAMALLAH — Ideas proposed by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas cannot “serve as the basis for a framework accord” with Israel, a Palestinian official said Friday.

“The ideas proposed cannot be accepted by the Palestinian side as the basis for a framework accord between the Palestinians and Israel as they do not take into account the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,” he told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity, after Abbas and Kerry met in Paris this week.

“The Palestinian position explained to Mr. Kerry is that the proposed ideas, particularly the insistences on recognition of the state of Israel as the Jewish nation-state, are unacceptable,” the official said.Proposals for the future of East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians claim as the capital of the state, are “vague”, the official added.Abbas, the official said, “restated the Palestinian position and his vision of a solution based on United Nations resolutions and the positions of the Palestinian leadership and the Arab League.”The PA president said Friday that US attempts to forge an agreement on a framework for peace talks with Israel had so far failed but that the efforts are “extremely serious”.Speaking in Paris after a meeting with French President Francois Holland, Abbas said, “So far the Americans have not been able to put these ideas into a framework, even if the efforts are extremely serious”.Hollande said after the meeting that he had underlined the need “to reach an agreed framework for negotiations in a timely manner.”Kerry has spent months trying to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to agree on a framework to guide talks towards a full peace treaty, but the negotiations have shown little sign of progress, with each side blaming the other.US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said on Friday that he expected Palestinian recognition of Israel’s Jewish character to be part of that framework.“It has always been US policy, that Israel is a Jewish state and should remain a Jewish state. That is one of the elements of the framework on which we are working,” he told Israeli public radio.

“I imagine that in the framework that we are preparing now, we shall see recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, the national state of the Jewish people,” he added.“We shall need to know that this is the end of the conflict and that is one way of knowing it, that everyone in the region and the neighbors accept that there is a national state of the Jewish people here in the homeland of the Jewish people.”The US State Department described the Paris meetings on Wednesday and Thursday as “constructive”, and said Kerry and Abbas had agreed to stay in touch in the coming weeks.Kerry, who pushed the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table after a three-year gap, has no immediate plans to travel back to Israel or the West Bank after making 11 trips during his first year in office.But he is likely to meet early next month in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of an annual conference organized by AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Netanyahu will meet with President Barack Obama on the visit.

LEV TAHOR DENIED RIGHT TO APPEAL CAS ALLIGATIONS

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.

Lev Tahor sect denied right to appeal child-removal order

Quebec Superior Court judge rules that the 30-day period to file an appeal was not respected

CBC News Posted: Feb 21, 2014 5:51 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 21, 2014 6:32 PM ET

Lev Tahor members' request for an appeal in rejected Friday in Quebec Superior Court. (Radio-Canada)

Quebec Superior Court has denied the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor the right to appeal a decision rendered last November, which ordered 14 children be returned to Quebec to be placed in youth protection services.Justice Luc Lefebvre ruled that the 30-day period to file an appeal had not been respected, and therefore the judgement rendered could not longer be appealed under youth protection laws.Last November, about 200 members of the sect fled their homes in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. in the middle of the night and moved to Chatham, Ont. — all while Quebec youth protection officials were preparing to withdraw some children from their families.Quebec’s youth protection officials, as well as provincial police, had been investigating for years after allegations of neglect and abuse.Lev Tahor community leaders have always denied any wrongdoing.

Another appeal filed

This week, Lev Tahor members filed another appeal — this time against the ruling of an Ontario judge.
Earlier this month, an Ontario court ruled to uphold a Quebec’s court’s decision that 13 children be placed with foster families.

Benedict joins Francis in unprecedented ceremony

By NICOLE WINFIELD 1 hour ago-FEB 22,14-Yahoonews

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI joined Pope Francis at a ceremony Saturday creating the cardinals who will elect their successor in an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future.Benedict discreetly entered St. Peter's Basilica surrounded by a small entourage and was greeted with applause and tears from the stunned people in the pews. He smiled, waved and seemed genuinely happy to be there, taking his seat in the front row, off to the side, alongside the red-draped cardinals.
It was the first time Benedict and Francis have appeared together at a public liturgical ceremony since Benedict retired a year ago and became the first pope to step down in more than 600 years.The significance of his presence was multifold, signaling both continuity and even a sign of Benedict's approval of the 19 men Francis had chosen to join the College of Cardinals, the elite group of churchmen whose primary job is to elect a pope.Francis' choices largely reflected his view that the church must minister to the peripheries and not be a self-reverential institution but rather a place of welcome and mercy. He named cardinals from some of the world's poorest countries, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast among them, tapping many pastors like himself.Saturday's ceremony was also the latest step in the evolving reality of having two popes living side-by-side in the Vatican. Over the summer, the two men appeared together in the Vatican gardens to unveil a statue, but Saturday's event marked one of the most important liturgical ceremonies a pope can preside over: the formal installation of new cardinals.In that way, Benedict's presence marked a first step in reintegrating him into the public life of the church after a period of being hidden away that began almost exactly a year ago with his Feb. 28, 2013 resignation.With Saturday's precedent, chances grew that Benedict would also appear at the April 27 canonization of his pope, John Paul II, and Pope John XXIII.
After processing down the central aisle at the start of the service, Francis went directly to Benedict, clasped him by his shoulders and they embraced.The crowd erupted in polite applause again when one of the new cardinals, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, greeted Benedict in his introductory remarks, saying "We are grateful for your presence here among us."Benedict, dressed in his white cassock with a long double-breasted overcoat, again smiled and waved.Some people reached out to try to touch Benedict as he passed by, others tried to approach him to take his photo but were restrained by ushers.The occasion for this historic first was Francis' first cardinal-making ceremony to formally welcome 19 new "princes of the church" into the College of Cardinals.He is making his imprint on the group who will elect his successor, tapping like-minded cardinals from some of the world's smallest, most remote and impoverished nations to help him run the Catholic Church.Two hail from Africa, two from Asia and six from Francis' native Latin America, which is home to nearly half the world's Catholics but is grossly underrepresented in the church's hierarchy.

There's Cardinal-designate Chibly Langlois, who isn't even an archbishop but rather the 55-year-old bishop of Les Cayes and now Haiti's first-ever cardinal. Another Caribbean cardinal, Kelvin Edward Felix, was for a quarter-century the archbishop of tiny Castries, St. Lucia, population 163,000.The archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua, Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano, is an old friend who worked alongside the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in preparing the seminal document of the pope's vision of a missionary church — the so-called Aparecida Document produced by the 2007 summit of Latin American bishops. Nicaragua's second cardinal ever, Brenes has made an impression at the Vatican with his unruly gray curls and the blue jeans he donned for the flight to Rome.Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, South Korea, has serious Catholic chops: His ancestors were among the lay people who brought Christianity to the Korean peninsula in the 19th century, and his great-great grandfather and his wife were executed as part of the Joseon Dynasty's persecution of Christians, the Asian Catholic news agency UCANews reported. Of the six children in his immediate family, three became priests.Though he hails from Burkina Faso, Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouedraogo sounded an awful lot like Francis in his 2013 Christmas homily. Nakellentuba denounced the "inequality, injustice, poverty and misery" of today's society where employers exploit their workers and the powerful few have most of the money while the poor masses suffer.

One cardinal sat out the ceremony even as he made a record by living to see it: Cardinal Loris Francesco Capovilla, aged 98, became the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, but due to his age couldn't make the trip from northern Italy. His was a sentimental choice for Francis: For over a decade, Capovilla was the private secretary to Pope John XXIII, whom Francis will make a saint alongside Pope John Paul II in April in a sign of his admiration for the pope who convened the Second Vatican Council.Capovilla, Felix and the emeritus archbishop of Pamplona, Spain are all over age 80 and thus ineligible to vote in a conclave to elect Francis' successor.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

Uh-Oh: Giant Squid Sightings Considered an ‘Omen’ by Japanese Fishermen

By By Kristina Bravo | Takepart.com FEB 22,14-Yahoonews

Giant squid were once the stuff of sea monster legend.With their eyes (the biggest in the animal kingdom) and tentacles (they're more predatory than previously believed), these sea-dwelling creatures eluded humans for centuries, making their first cameo just two years ago. Now, giant squid are turning up with regularity off the Japanese coast. And like Captain Ahab before him, one Japanese fisherman suspects something fishy: It must be “some kind of omen.”Such was the concern of Shigenori Goto, who “had seen no giant squid before in [his] 15-year fishing career.” Two weeks ago, he caught a 13-footer at Sadogashima Island.“When I hauled up the net,” he told local reporters, “the squid slowly came floating up.”The strange occurrences began earlier this year. A giant squid was caught in a stationary net near Sadogashima Island; another was found in a similar situation in the town of Iwami a few days later. Then, on Jan. 19, tentacles—presumably from a giant squid—washed up off the shore of Kashiwazaki, another coastal city.Able to regenerate limbs, giant squid have tentacles that can extend up to 33 feet. The mollusks usually live about 2,000 feet below sea level, where water temperatures typically run 10 degrees Celsius.So why are more giant squid being seen by humans? Tsunemi Kuboder of the country’s National Museum of Nature and Science, has a theory: With ocean temperatures dropping in the region this year, the giant squid may be abandoning the chilly ocean depths for the surface, where the water is warmer.

Ukraine opposition seeks to oust president

By Dmitry Zaks 48 minutes ago-FEB 22,14-Yahoonews

Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine's emboldened opposition pushed Saturday for Viktor Yanukovych to resign immediately amid reports that the embattled president had left Kiev after striking a deal to end days of bloody unrest.An emerging power vacuum gripped the heart of the capital a day after Yanukovych and his political rivals signed a Western-brokered agreement to end the ex-Soviet nation's worst crisis since independence from Moscow in 1991.Key government buildings remained without police protection and baton-armed protesters dressed in military fatigues wandered freely across the president's once-fortified compound."We have taken the perimeter of the president's residence under our control for security reasons," Mykola Velichkovich of the opposition's self-declared Independence Square defence unit told AFP.
Friday's deal called for early elections and a unity government while granting amnesty for anti-government protesters detained during three days of unrest that claimed nearly 100 lives.It also called for the demonstrators to relinquish all public spaces by the end of the weekend, including Kiev's iconic Independence Square, the epicentre of the unrest.The demonstrators, however, appeared unwilling to abandon the square, which has been occupied since November, when Yanukovych ignited outrage by ditching an historic EU agreement in favour of closer ties with old master Moscow.The anti-government protests escalated into a Cold War-style confrontation between Moscow and the West over the country's future, with the Kremlin bent on keeping reins on its historic fiefdom and Western countries hoping to bring the economically struggling nation of 46 million into their fold.- Parliament 'the only legitimate body' -
Signs of the authorities' slipping grip on power were heightened by a bold push by parliament leaders to force Yanukovych to stand down long before a round of early presidential elections are due to be held in December.Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko told a boisterous parliament session that Yanukovych had already left Kiev while other lawmakers claimed to have evidence that the president had actually fled Ukraine."We must, as the people demand, adopt a resolution calling on Yanukovych to immediately resign," Klitschko told deputies in Ukraine's Verhovna Rada parliament."Today, parliament is the only legitimate body of power," he stressed.The president's ruling Regions Party that had previously pushed Ukraine closer toward Russia was also standing in disarray Saturday amid mass defections by lawmakers to opposition ranks.Parliament speaker Volodymyr Rybak submitted his resignation on Saturday on account of ill health. More than 40 lawmakers have already quit the Regions Party -- once in control of 208 votes in the 450-seat Rada -- since the deadly unrest first erupted on Tuesday.- Lenin statues fall -Anti-Russian sentiment has in recent weeks been sweeping the parts of Ukraine that until recently had been strongly loyal to the Kremlin and wary of the cultural values espoused by EU states.Ukrainian media reports said that protesters had since Friday toppled statues of Lenin -- the Soviet founder who for decades has symbolised Moscow's political might -- in the pro-Russian cities of Dnipropetrovsk and Potava.Ukraine's Liga.net website showed a video of protesters pulling the towering figure of Lenin down from its pedestal by tying several cords in a noose around its neck.- Embattled president disappears -Meanwhile the whereabouts of Yanukovych following the signing remained uncertain amid speculation that he was either visiting his base of eastern support in Kharkiv or had fled to either Russia or the United Arab Emirates.A spokeswoman for the ruling party told one Ukrainian media outlet that Yanukovych was indeed in Kharkiv. But the president's office issued no immediate information on his whereabouts.The president would need to sign a flurry of legislation opposition lawmakers adopted within the first hours of Friday's peace deal.One of the main measures amends a law that could see fiery opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko released from a seven-year jail sentence for "abuse of power" she controversially received after Yanukovych took office in 2010.- Russia refuses to sign -
Friday's peace pact was worked out after two days of intense mediation by the foreign ministers of European powers France and Germany along with Ukraine's cultural ally Poland and a representative from Russia. Officials said US Vice President Joe Biden also placed repeated calls to both Ukrainian negotiating sides.
Putin's representative pointedly skipped the signing of the deal. Envoy Vladimir Lukin explained on his return to Moscow that it was "because several questions remain unanswered"."The consultations will continue," Lukin said in comments that suggested Moscow still held out hope of somehow revising the agreement.

Ukraine deal set to end conflict, lead to early elections

21.02.14 @ 16:51-EUOBSERVER

By Nikolaj Nielsen

BRUSSELS - A deal in Kiev promises to end an outbreak of violence, which has seen over 75 people killed in the past few days.Embattled President Viktor Yanukovych and the leaders of the three opposition parties agreed on Friday (21 February) to a number of demands in a wider effort to stabilise the country, which has been gripped by three months of unrest.The deal calls for constitutional reforms, a coalition and national unity government, a law to restore the 2004 constitution, presidential elections by December, an independent investigation into the violence, and a promise not to impose a state of emergency.The parliament has already voted to restore the 2004 constitution which weakens presidential powers.Yanukovych has himself declared his intention to initiate early presidential elections.Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Poland helped broker the agreement in Kiev.All three released a joint statement commending “the parties for their courage and commitment to the agreement and call for an immediate end to all violence and confrontation in Ukraine.”US ambassador to Ukraine Geoff Pyatt congratulated the three foreign ministers.“This is a hopeful breakthrough,” he said.EU council president Herman Van Rompuy also welcomed the agreement. “The EU continues to stand ready to support Ukraine,” he said."Implementation is key for the sake of country and its people," tweeted EU neighbourhood commissioner Stefan Fuele.But not everyone is happy.The leader of the militant, Pravy Sector, rejected Yanukovych's offer of a December presidential election, describing the leader and his close entourage as criminals.The militant group, which is not among the three signatories, wants the interior minister arrested after snipers shot dead Maidan protestors in the square despite a ceasefire agreement.Dramatic video footage posted online on Thursday show demonstrators on Institutska Street near Independence Square being shot. The shots continued to ring out as people rushed to drag away the wounded.Ukraine's Health Ministry says 77 people are dead. Eleven of the dead are police officers.The sudden upsurge in violence caught EU leaders off guard with member states promising punitive measures in response.Targeted EU sanctions against those behind the violence announced Thursday remain in place despite the compromise agreement thrashed out in the early hours in Kiev.Names have yet to be announced with Brussels officials still waiting for the sanction list to be sent from the EU delegation in Kiev, said an EU diplomat.“It is difficult for me to say where we are at with the list of names but as I far as I understand it should be coming to Brussels from Kiev,” said the diplomat.

NOW WE HAVE GOT A SOUTH AMERICAN ARAB WINTER GOING ALSO.

More protests as Venezuela leader calls for talks with US

By Jordi Miro 1 hour ago-FEB 22,14-Yahoonews

Caracas (AFP) - Opponents of Venezuela's leftist government prepared for a mass protest rally in Caracas Saturday, one day after President Nicolas Maduro issued a surprise call for talks with the United States.

At least nine people have been killed, 104 injured and 137 arrested in weeks of street demonstrations that begin peacefully and often turn violent, according to government figures.Pro-government "Chavista women" are also scheduled to march "against fascism" on Saturday in Caracas. While pro- and anti-government groups will march in a different part of town, violence could erupt if they meet at any point.Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state and the main opposition leader, has called on marchers to focus on demanding that authorities disarm pro-government "collectives" blamed for attacking demonstrators.
Maduro, who denies any links to the armed groups, says the protests are part of a "coup d'etat in development" instigated by Washington and conservative ex-Colombian president Alvaro Uribe.The protests began on February 2 in the western city of San Cristobal led by students angry over the soaring crime rate. Protests quickly spread to Caracas and other major cities, and intensified over the past two weeks. Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves, but under Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez the economy has tailspinned, street crime is out of control, and corruption is widespread.Maduro's government warned it would cut off gasoline supplies to restless areas.Capriles, who lost last year's presidential election to Maduro by a razor-thin margin, is again in the limelight following the Tuesday arrest of another opposition leader, 42 year-old Leopoldo Lopez, on charges of instigating violence, property damage and criminal association.- Renewed diplomatic ties? -On Friday, Maduro challenged Obama to meet him for talks. "I call a dialogue with you, President Obama... between the patriotic and revolutionary Venezuela and the United States and its government," he said."Accept the challenge and we will start a high-level dialogue and put the truth on the table," Maduro told a news conference with foreign reporters.Caracas and Washington have not exchanged ambassadors since their respective envoys were withdrawn in 2010. Venezuela has expelled eight US diplomats over the past year, including three on February 16.Oil-rich Venezuela's main customer for its key export is the United States, yet Venezuela's relations with the United States, long strained under Chavez, have worsened under Maduro.Maduro proposed to restore ties to the ambassadorial level and said he had given his foreign minister "special powers" to handle bilateral dialogue.
US Secretary of State John Kerry late Friday chastised Caracas for its crackdown and said nothing about the call for direct talks."The government's use of force and judicial intimidation against citizens and political figures ... is unacceptable and will only increase the likelihood of violence," Kerry said in a statement.
He criticized Venezuela's arrest of protesting students and a key opposition figure, as well as its crackdown on the freedoms of expression and assembly."This is not how democracies behave," Kerry said.In his statement, Kerry urged the government to release jailed opposition members and launch a "genuine" dialogue.Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said during a visit to Nicaragua on Friday that his government was "open to dialogue" with the opposition, but gave no timeline.Obama on Wednesday called on Venezuela's leftist government to address the "legitimate grievances" of its people -- comments that Maduro dismissed as US meddling in Venezuelan affairs.Washington has also expressed concern over the jailing of Leopoldo Lopez, a Harvard-educated economist, and insisted that any charges against him be handled in an "impartial and transparent" manner.- 'We love the American people' -In a move filled with anti-US sentiment, Maduro has threatened to block US broadcaster CNN, accusing the network of inciting "civil war".CNN said several of its journalists working in Venezuela, on both Spanish-language and English-language programs, had seen their press credentials revoked or refused.On Friday Maduro claimed that the US intelligence services "have given a green light for the overthrow" of the Venezuelan government.Yet at the same press conference Maduro called on Obama to appoint a negotiator for bilateral talks."What we want is peace with the United States, respect, cooperation," Maduro said."We love the American people, we admire their culture, their music."

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea has farmer going to great lengths

CBC – 13 hours ago-FEB 21,14-Yahoonews

One hog producer in Nova Scotia is going to extraordinary measures to keep his farm free of a deadly pig virus.A virus known as Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) originated in China and has been confirmed in Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.Porcine epidemic diarrhea poses no risk to people, but it’s having a dramatic effect on the pork industry.The virus is highly contagious and it has already killed millions of piglets in the United States. So far, vaccines haven't worked.Terry Beck, a Nova Scotia farmer, doesn’t want to risk his livestock. Instead of having trucks go to his farm to pick up hogs to take to slaughter, Beck drives his hogs a few kilometres down the road to meet the truck.“I've got gloves here, latex gloves just so I'm not picking anything up from the truck if I happen to touch it.   And I'm trying to avoid that so that I'm not going to track this back home," he said.Truck driver Jonathan Huber travelled from Ontario to pick up some of Beck’s hogs. Ontario has 20 confirmed cases of the virus so he understands why local producers don't him anywhere near their farms."It's very serious. It's enough to put a lot of farmers out of business if they get it," said Huber."It's a risk, but you know the trailer is freshly washed and it's got all fresh new bedding and you know clean coveralls and plastic boots to prevent the spread as much as we possibly can."The threat is so serious that Beck and Huber don’t even shake hands during the transfer. With a little prodding, 15 hogs worth $3,100 to Beck move from one truck to the other.To date, Nova Scotia is free of PED. Beck's hoping to keep it that way."Even though we do all these measures there's no guarantee. There just isn't a guarantee that we have done enough to prevent this from coming here," he said.After moving the pigs from Beck’s white truck to the larger one destined for the slaughterhouse, Beck's truck is now considered contaminated. The truck will not go near Beck's farm again for another 36 hours.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

Southern Ontario, Quebec get ready for big freeze as the polar vortex returns

By Scott Sutherland | Geekquinox – FEB 22,14-Yahoonews

If residents of southern Ontario and Quebec happen to be feeling a touch of spring in the air right now, don't be fooled. The polar vortex is swinging through again next week, to remind us that we aren't escaping from winter just yet! First off, let's see a show of hands ... who's sick of the polar vortex (either the term itself or the blasts of frigid air it pulls down upon us)? Very likely, plenty of hands shot up in response to that question. Well, unfortunately, neither the term (which has been around for over 150 years), nor the vortex itself (which has been around for a lot longer) are going away anytime soon, and it's already making another pass across the country.Saskatchewan and Manitoba are already back in the deep freeze today (and it's spilling over into Alberta and northwestern Ontario too). The same storm that dumped heavy snow, freezing rain and rain on Ontario and Quebec over the past day had given the prairie provinces a bit of a respite from the cold earlier this week. As the storm tracked to the east, though, the bitterly cold winds flowing down from the north behind it plunged temperatures down to as low as -30 C across the prairies this morning, and wind chills were reported down near -40. This same cold is expected to stick around there for at least the next week.

As for southern Ontario and Quebec, there's another day or so of mild weather left before these same frigid winds blast down over the region. As early as Sunday night temperatures are headed towards the negative double-digits, and they're expected to creep steadily lower through the week. Hopefully the rains from last night and today will have a chance of draining away before then or the cold may form the world's largest skating rink between Windsor and Quebec City. The Maritimes are getting a taste of the warmer weather too today, and for the next few days, but the same cold winds will be chasing away that warmth later in the week.So, when can we finally say good-bye to the polar vortex for this year? Well, the large-scale weather pattern that typically holds the most sway over the vortex is called the Arctic Oscillation. Unlike some other large-scale weather patterns that affect our weather, which can take months to change from one 'phase' to the other, the Arctic Oscillation can change over just a few days. Since the beginning of the year, it's changed phase a dozen times, causing three major outbreaks of cold over North America (and a bunch of minor ones too). The last few switches haven't been as extreme, so hopefully it'll settle down and we can finish off winter on a slightly less dramatic note. Honestly, though, I wouldn't count on it.

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15  I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide

29 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-02-22 06:55:26 UTC-05:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-05:00)29 earthquakes in map area

1. 4.7 51km ENE of Yonakuni, Japan 2014-02-22 05:31:03 UTC-05:00 68.6 km
2. 2.5 12km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-02-22 03:21:42 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
3. 2.6 96km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska 2014-02-22 02:41:49 UTC-05:00 18.0 km
4. 4.8 Central East Pacific Rise 2014-02-22 01:24:36 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
5. 3.2 6km WNW of Cobb, California 2014-02-22 01:23:29 UTC-05:00 2.8 km
6. 4.6 Central East Pacific Rise 2014-02-22 00:37:38 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
7. 4.4 75km S of Jinchang, China 2014-02-21 23:56:18 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
8. 4.3 93km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu 2014-02-21 23:05:07 UTC-05:00 221.1 km
9. 4.1 83km N of Gakuch, Pakistan 2014-02-21 21:58:39 UTC-05:00 66.0 km
10. 3.4 53km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-21 20:54:04 UTC-05:00 14.0 km
11. 4.8 71km SSE of Adak, Alaska 2014-02-21 20:41:41 UTC-05:00 49.9 km
12. 4.4 72km NE of Miyako, Japan 2014-02-21 18:44:57 UTC-05:00 61.8 km
13. 4.7 8km E of Inashiki, Japan 2014-02-21 17:31:11 UTC-05:00 58.3 km
14. 3.2 12km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-02-21 16:38:50 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
15. 2.5 3km WSW of Othello, Washington 2014-02-21 16:19:23 UTC-05:00 17.6 km
16. 4.8 21km SW of Yilan, Taiwan 2014-02-21 15:25:15 UTC-05:00 64.6 km
17. 2.7 40km S of Sterling, Alaska 2014-02-21 13:50:19 UTC-05:00 84.7 km
18. 3.3 106km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska 2014-02-21 13:47:03 UTC-05:00 148.1 km
19. 2.5 113km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2014-02-21 13:23:06 UTC-05:00 173.8 km
20. 5.0 117km NE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2014-02-21 12:51:41 UTC-05:00 37.6 km
21. 3.0 50km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-21 11:57:05 UTC-05:00 15.0 km
22. 2.9 7km SSE of Alva, Oklahoma 2014-02-21 10:19:12 UTC-05:00 5.9 km
23. 4.6 2km ENE of Lixourion, Greece 2014-02-21 10:18:26 UTC-05:00 39.8 km
24. 2.9 16km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-02-21 09:26:13 UTC-05:00 4.4 km
25. 2.5 74km SE of New Allakaket, Alaska 2014-02-21 09:21:05 UTC-05:00 10.5 km
26. 2.8 106km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-21 08:57:25 UTC-05:00 18.0 km
27. 4.6 40km ESE of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador 2014-02-21 07:42:07 UTC-05:00 31.7 km
28. 4.8 Southern East Pacific Rise 2014-02-21 07:14:39 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
29. 3.0 71km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2014-02-21 07:12:11 UTC-05:00 47.0 km

ROHANI-JERUSALEM SHOULD BE LIBERATED FROM ISRAEL

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.

 Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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

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

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.

Presidential Medal to Angela Merkel

Peres to award Chancellor Merkel for ‘unwavering commitment to Israel’s security.’

By Maayana Miskin-First Publish: 2/21/2014, 12:15 AM-israelnationalnews

German Chancellor Angela Merkel-Reuters

Next Tuesday, President Shimon Peres is scheduled to award German Chancellor Angela Merkel Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction, Israel’s highest civilian honor.Spokespeople from the Presidential Residence disclosed that the German Chancellor is receiving the award for her "unwavering commitment to Israel's security, her promotion of educating the public against anti-Semitism and racism, and for her extraordinary and moral leadership."Peres decided to award Merkel the prize after consultation with the Presidential Medal of Distinction Committee, headed by former Supreme Court justice Meir Shamgar, and with Israel’s fifth president, Yitzchak Navon.“Dr. Angela Merkel is an exceptional leader with lofty values and deeply held moral beliefs that come to expression, among other things, in her warm and friendly relationship to the state of Israel and the Jewish people,” they stated.The committee for the Presidential Medal of Distinction was created by Peres two years ago. So far, the prestigious prize has been given to 17 people, among them Henry Kissinger, United States President Barack Obama, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, former US President Bill Clinton, and Eli Wiesel.

Rouhani: Jerusalem Should be Liberated from Israel

Jerusalem should “be liberated from the yoke of Israel,” says Rouhani at meeting with the speaker of the PA parliament.-By Elad Benari-First Publish: 2/20/2014, 6:15 AM-israelnationalnews

Hassan Rouhani-Reuters

Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, on Wednesday said that Jerusalem should “be liberated from the yoke of Israel.”The comments were made during a meeting in Tehran between Rouhani and the Speaker or the Palestinian Authority (PA) parliament, Salim Zanoun, and were reported by the semi-official Fars news agency.During the meeting, according to Fars, Rouhani expressed the support of the Iranian government and nation “for the oppressed people of Palestine”, and called for the “liberation of the Holy Quds (Jerusalem) from the yoke of Israel.”“One of the wishes of the Iranian nation is liberation of the Holy Quds,” the Iranian President was quoted as having said, adding that he hoped “the Palestinian nation and the entire Muslim world will find a serious solution to this occupation through unity and integrity”.Zanoun, for his part, praised the Iranian nation as a great nation, and said, according to Fars, “I hope that during your presidency you will see a great development in the Muslim world, especially with regard to Palestine.”Wednesday’s meeting marks the second time in recent weeks that Iranian officials have met PA officials. In January, Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of the Fatah movement, visited Tehran.Rajoub vowed during the visit that Fatah "will not stop the resistance until the establishment of an independent Palestinian government" in eastern Jerusalem.
Rouhani, who has tried to woo the world with “an attack of smiles” and by claiming he is moderate, has made anti-Israel statements just like his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Last week, Rouhani warned that Iran would issue a harsh response against any attackers, including Israel.The Iranian government also released a statement in which it called "to remove the cancerous tumor - Israel."Shortly after being elected last summer, Rouhani called Israel an "old wound" that "should be removed." Iranian media later claimed that Rouhani’s remarks were distorted.

US: Peace framework will recognize Israel as Jewish state

American ambassador endorses key Netanyahu demand, saying Arab world will have to accept ‘nation state of the Jewish people’

By Elie Leshem February 21, 2014, 12:15 pm 2-The Times of Israel

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro asserted on Friday that the framework peace deal currently being negotiated by US Secretary of State of John Kerry will include Palestinian recognition of Israel as “the nation state of the Jewish people.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recognize Israel’s Jewishness has been a sticking point in negotiations, with the Palestinians refusing to accede to a demand that would effectively do away with Palestinian hopes for a “right of return” for refugees and their descendants.“It’s too early to know what compromises and concessions both sides will make,” Shapiro told Israel Radio on Friday morning. “But we do believe… that Israel deserves recognition as a Jewish state. That has always been US policy — that Israel is a Jewish state and should remain a Jewish state. That will be one of the elements of the framework we’re working on.”

Leading Palestinians made clear their opposition to the demand this week, insisting that by introducing the Jewish factor, Israel was drawing a red line that could doom negotiations.“I remember the days when we were told, ‘All you need is to get the PLO to recognize Israel, and recognize Israel’s right to exist in safe and secure boundaries,’” said Hanan Ashrawi, a prominent member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The Palestinians did just that, she noted, as part of the 1990s interim peace agreements.“The Jewishness of the state of Israel… this is a new addition,” she told reporters on Wednesday.But Shapiro sounded confident that, in a final-status agreement, the Palestinians — indeed, the entire Arab world — would have to accept that Israel was a Jewish state and would remain as such.“I assume that under the framework that we’re currently preparing — that we’ll see that recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, as the nation state of the Jewish people” he said. “And in the end, we’ll need to know that this is the end of the conflict, and that’s one way of verifying that… that everyone in the region and all of [Israel’s] neighbors will accept that there is a nation state of the Jewish people here, in the Jewish homeland.”Shapiro was alluding to the fact that by recognizing Israel as a Jewish state under a permanent peace deal, the Palestinians would be forfeiting any future demand for a right of return.In a speech to Israeli students on Sunday, Abbas left open an option for recognizing Israeli as a Jewish state, saying the PA could accept such a move if it was initiated by the United Nations. On Thursday, Shapiro wouldn’t comment on the prospect of a UN-led decision to ratify Israel’s Jewishness, saying rather that there were several options and that it was up to the two sides to arrive at a compromise.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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

Settlement freeze ‘unacceptable,’ right-wing MKs warn PM

Likud, Yisrael Beytenu and Jewish Home representatives call on Netanyahu to resist pressure to halt West Bank construction

By Adiv Sterman February 20, 2014, 7:42 pm 5-The times of Israel

The specter of a West Bank settlement freeze is raising serious concerns among prominent Knesset members on the right, several of whom warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that halting construction in any Jewish town or city beyond the Green Line would be “totally and utterly unacceptable.”

In an official letter sent to Netanyahu, 21 MKs from the Likud, Yisrael Beytenu and Jewish Home parties stressed that they would not accept any framework agreement that would prevent Israelis from expanding the Jewish presence in the West Bank.“These days, we’ve received news of a demand from Israel to agree to freeze the construction and planning of settlements in Judea and Samaria,” the letter read. ”We oppose any kind of freeze, including a settlement freeze outside of recognized blocs, and we will see any such Israeli commitment as utterly unacceptable.”Coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud), one of the MKs to sign the letter, said any attempt by US officials to impose a freeze on settlements would be heavily opposed by Israel’s right wing, and argued that Jews had a moral right to reside in any part of the West Bank.“American pressure to press a sword to the neck of the settlements will be met with total resistance,” Levin said. ”It is our right and our duty to settle and build in all historical parts of the Land of Israel, and we stand firm on this right.”Israel’s Army Radio reported Wednesday that the Obama administration has asked Israel to impose an unofficial settlement freeze outside of major settlements blocs if a framework agreement is agreed upon. Netanyahu’s office did not comment on the report. But he has said in the past that a freeze he approved for 10 months from November 2009 was a one-time gesture.Ministers and members of Knesset from the right are expected to participate in a march to the Jordan Valley on Friday, in order to express their opposition to final-status security arrangements that would call for the removal of Israeli forces or settlements from the area in the future.Earlier this month, thousands of demonstrators took part in a march to the controversial E1 corridor, linking Jerusalem with Ma’ale Adumim to the east, in order to voice their opposition to the ongoing US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.In November, Netanyahu ordered a pullback of Housing Ministry plans to construct some 20,000 settlement units — an unprecedented number — including 1,200 homes in the E1 corridor.He had said the move to push forward tens of thousands of new units over the Green Line was a “meaningless step” that would create pointless tension with the international community.According to Housing Ministry statistics published in November, 7 percent of new Israeli construction sites erected this year were located in the West Bank, and the number of building projects across the Green Line rose by nearly 130% compared to 2012.

Israeli recognition demand sparks Jewish state debate

Netanyahu’s insistence that Palestinians accept country’s Jewish status complicates peace efforts, ignites heated internal dispute

By Dan Perry February 21, 2014, 2:44 am 15-The Times of Israel

AP — Is Israel “the Jewish state”?The answer may seem as obvious as the Star of David on the Israeli flag. Yet the question is starting to complicate the ambitious US effort to ram through a peace deal between the Palestinians and Israel.A broad-based group of Israelis plans to lobby the Knesset to declare the country, for the first time, a Jewish state by law. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that the Palestinians recognize Israel’s Jewish status explicitly as part of any agreement.“This is the Jewish land. This is the Jewish state,” he said in a speech this week to assembled US Jewish leaders. “When we make an agreement it is an agreement between the nation state of the Jewish people and a nation state of the Palestinian people.”Leading Palestinians made their opposition clear this week, insisting that by introducing the Jewish factor, Israel is drawing a red line that could doom negotiations.“I remember the days when we were told, ‘All you need is to get the PLO to recognize Israel, and recognize Israel’s right to exist in safe and secure boundaries,” said Hanan Ashrawi, a prominent member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. The Palestinians did just that, she noted, as part of the 1990s interim peace agreements.“The Jewishness of the state of Israel…. this is a new addition,” she told reporters Wednesday. “We are working to establish a pluralistic, democratic, inclusive state in Palestine. Not an exclusive state based on religion, ethnicity or whatever.”The Palestinians reject Israel’s demand for pragmatic reasons as well: Embrace of Israel as a Jewish state would amount to giving up the dreams of Palestinian refugees to return to lost properties — the so-called “right of return,” which is a central sticking point in peace talks. They also say it would undermine the rights of Israel’s own Arab minority, the 20 percent of Israel’s 8 million people who are themselves ethnic Palestinians.Even some Israelis suspect the demand is intended to complicate — but the idea has wide support nonetheless. To be criticized even for the desire to have a state of their own — a dream allowed people the world over, from the Irish to the Iranians — chafes many Jewish Israelis.Israeli academic Avraham Diskin, a self-professed lifelong dove, said a Palestinian refusal meant perpetuating the conflict. “This is the minimal test to show that their face is to peace,” he said.Both sides are waiting to see whether the notion shows up in the framework proposal US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to table in coming weeks.The US usually doesn’t recognize countries by ethnicities, but Deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the US does recognize Israel as a Jewish state. In his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, US President Barack Obama said the goals of the negotiations launched last July were “dignity and an independent state for Palestinians, and lasting peace and security for the State of Israel – a Jewish state that knows America will always be at their side.”Kerry himself implied support for the idea of a Jewish state by advising Israelis they must pull out of Palestinian-populated lands occupied in the 1967 war in order to retain a strong Jewish majority.Indeed, if Israelis eventually hand over significant territories to a Palestinian state, the motivation will indeed stem largely from a desire to unload their Palestinian population and leave themselves with a strong Jewish majority. An Israel that controls the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza — the areas occupied in 1967 — would have some 12 million people roughly evenly divided between the two groups.Writing in the Haaretz newspaper on Thursday, liberal columnist Ari Shavit said, “The deal on the table is clear: A Jewish state in exchange for the 1967 borders.” That, Shavit and others say, means the Palestinians must forget about a return by Arab refugees and their descendants to Israel.But the whole notion of a Jewish state is a complicated one. By shining a strong light on a matter that lives more comfortably in the shadows, Israel may be rekindling some awkward questions: Are the Jews a nation — or individuals who share a religion? Should a religion have a state? Should a state have a religion? And beyond that lies a bigger issue still: Is the idea of a nation-state — with members of that nation fretting over how to stay dominant numerically — not somehow unbecoming in the age of globalization? The original Zionists of the late 19th century were mostly secular people inspired by the rise of European nations on the ashes of empires. Convinced the Jews needed a state of their own as well, they settled on the Holy Land, from which Jews were expelled by the Romans two millennia ago.In November 1917 the Zionist movement persuaded Britain — who would soon receive a League of Nations mandate to rule Palestine — to issue a declaration supporting “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” Thirty years later, with British colonial rule nearing its end, the newly established United Nations voted for partition of the area into independent “Arab and Jewish States.”Israel’s 1948 Declaration of Independence was essentially a national statement, proclaiming that Palestine — referred to interchangeably as “the land of Israel” — was “the birthplace of the Jewish people.” Zvi Hauser, who until recently served as Netanyahu’s Cabinet secretary, lamented this week that this declaration was never followed by a constitution cementing the country’s status as the Jewish state.“The Jewish people is not just a religion. It is also a national group that has a right to self-actualization,” he said.In fact, the question of what it means to be a Jew is a matter of debate — abroad and in Israel itself, where Orthodox rabbis fight to retain a monopoly over religious conversions that have the unusual corollary outcome of constituting a membership ticket to a “people” as well.“It’s hard to compare the matter to other countries because of the unique aspect of Judaism,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.“It is not just a religion or a nationality or an identity — it is all in one,” said Hoenlein, who organized the conference that Netanyahu addressed.Israel’s law of return combines the heritage and religion definitions. It grants citizenship to anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent, as well as to converts who have no Jewish heritage but are recognized by the Orthodox rabbis.Consensus on the matter is extremely hard to find.Many Jews around the world see their identity as a primarily a matter of religion. Plenty of Israelis think that a “Jewish state” should be more of a theocracy, outlawing work on the Sabbath, for example. At the same time, many Jews in Israel and elsewhere are not at all religious and view themselves as Jewish simply because they were born to Jewish parents — a situation not unlike that of ethnic Irish or Japanese.Most confounding, perhaps, are the ethnic divisions that persist between the Jews themselves.Israel’s founders were overwhelmingly European Jews, and that group — known as Ashkenazim — was numerically dominant among Jews before the Nazi Holocaust, diverse yet cohesive enough to lend credence to a national movement.But the reality today in Israel is diverse. Almost half of the Jewish population of 6 million is descended from the Arab world — their background, history, and even appearance often starkly different from their European cohorts. Tensions over everything from music to food to prayer styles lurk just beneath the surface.In this situation, it is not uncommon for Israelis to refer to each other, not always with admiration, by distant country of origin — as “Moroccans” and “Yemenites,” or “Bulgarians” and even “Americans.”As they observe all this, skepticism among Palestinians — whose communities were displaced by the Zionist movement — seems easy to understand.“Judaism is a religion like Islam and Christianity,” said Mustafa Barghouti, a prominent Palestinian legislator. “Israel is a state, a nationality that represents all the groups and ethnicities in Israel — including the Palestinians.”

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

THE BIBLE SAY WHEN THE WORST PERSECUSSION IN HISTORY COMES AGAINST THE ISRAELIS DURING THE MLAST HALF OF THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY.ISRAELIS FLEE TO JORDAN.SO THIS GAS DEAL TELLS US PROPHECY IS COMING TO PASS WITH JORDAN-ISRAEL GETTING CLOSER.

Israel-Jordan sign $500 million natural gas deal

Accord may grow into $30-billion partnership for Israel to become Jordan’s main supplier; deal with Turkey also possible

By Times of Israel staff and Yifa Yaakov February 19, 2014, 9:43 pm 5

Israeli and Jordanian officials signed a deal Wednesday under which Israel will supply $500 million worth of gas to the Hashemite kingdom from the Tamar natural gas field in the Mediterranean.The supply is set to start in 2016, and to continue over a 15-year period. Ultimately, however, the deal may be expanded to a $30-billion mammoth partnership, under which Israel would become the major supplier of Jordan’s gas needs, Israel’s Channel 2 news reported.It said that a key broker of the deal was Amos J. Hochstein, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for energy diplomacy, a child of Israeli parents, who made 14 visits to Jordan to help pave the way for the agreement. The TV report said Israel’s President Shimon Peres also helped the deal along.Under the deal, Tamar will supply 66 billion cubic feet to Jordan’s Arab Potash and its affiliate, Jordan Bromine, at their facilities near the Dead Sea, according to a statement issued by Texas-based Noble Energy, which owns 36 percent of the Tamar field.The Jordanians turned to Israel because their supply of natural gas from Egypt had been halted by repeated terrorist attacks on the gas pipeline from Egypt, the TV report said.Israel decided last year to export 40 percent of the country’s offshore gas finds.In March 2013, Israel began pumping natural gas from the Tamar deposit — discovered in 2009 and located some 90 kilometers (56 miles) west of Haifa — which holds an estimated 8.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.In addition to Tamar, in 2010 an even larger deposit, Leviathan — which boasts an estimated 16-18 trillion cubic feet of gas — was discovered 130 kilometers (81 miles) west of Haifa. It is expected to become operational in 2016.The decision on gas exports grew out of conclusions published by the Tzemach Committee headed by former Water and Energy Ministry director general Shaul Tzemach. The committee, formed in late 2011, had called on Israel to keep the first 450 billion cubic meters for domestic use, and allow the export of up to half of any additional amount extracted from the proven reserves.

Israel is also exploring possible gas exports to Turkey, the TV report said Wednesday, despite the current strained relations between Jerusalem and Ankara.“This deal will pave the way for additional export projects which could enhance regional cooperation as well as provide additional supply to the domestic market and enhanced security of supply through development of additional reservoirs and infrastructure,” said Lawson Freeman, Noble’s Eastern Mediterranean vice president.

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)

Britons will never back preemptive strike on Iran, MP says

Conservative Robert Halfon says UK is so scarred by Iraq war, it will only support resort to force if it is directly attacked

By David Horovitz February 21, 2014, 6:33 am 8-The times of Israel

The member of Parliament representing Winston Churchill’s former constituency said that the British public will never countenance military intervention to prevent Iran attaining nuclear weapons.Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP for Harlow, said more broadly that Britons are so scarred by what they regard as having being drawn into war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq on false pretenses that they will not now support the use of military force unless Britain itself or a British target overseas is directly attacked.Halfon, who was visiting Israel this week in a delegation of Conservative Friends of Israel, told The Times of Israel in an interview that the vote in the House of Commons last August against a resort to force in Syria, following President Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons against his own people, was “a tragic day for our country.” The vote, a crushing defeat for Prime Minister David Cameron, reflected the “scarring” effect the Iraq war has had on the British psyche, he said, with Britons believing that were misled about Saddam’s non-conventional weapons capacity. Cameron’s defeat was also a result of “political opportunism” by the opposition Labour Party.That vote, in turn, Halfon said, had a “massive effect” on US President Barack Obama, who subsequently changed course, having indicated that a “punitive” strike against Assad was imminent. “The one dependable ally of the US was saying no,” Halfon said.Instead, the US accepted a Russian-mediated initiative under which Assad has agreed to give up his entire chemical weapons capability, but Halfon rejected the idea that this represented an enviable result. He said he was not yet convinced that Assad would indeed shed his entire WMD capacity and capability, that the US and UK positions sent a dismal signal to dictators everywhere, and that Iran perceived Obama’s behavior as signalling weakness — which in turn gave it confidence to continue to pursue its nuclear program.He stressed that while he had emphatically backed military intervention in Syria, “my constituents were all against. They see the body bags coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said.Halfon, 44, who grew up in a Jewish family in north London, won election to Parliament in 2010 in the seat formerly held by Churchill, Britain’s inspirational World War II prime minister. He said he lamented that in today’s Britain, there was both an “importing and exporting” of Islamist terrorism. Islamic extremists, “indoctrinated in Britain, are going to Syria to fight,” and radical Islamist preachers were coming into the UK to teach hatred. “We were only able to extradite [radical preacher] Abu Qatada [to face terrorism charges in Jordan] after a long struggle,” he noted.He said Britain was grappling with “lots” of terrorist plots hatched by Muslim extremists and that a Kurdish leader who visited the UK recently and went to a mosque in the north of England told him that “a mosque that radical would have been closed down in Kurdistan.” (In the worst recent Islamist terror attack in the UK, in July 2005, four British-raised Muslims carried out simultaneous suicide bombings on a London bus and three underground trains, killing 52 people and injuring 700.)Unfortunately, Halfon charged, the right-wing UKIP political party exploits the Islamist danger to “bash moderate Muslims,” while the political left “appeases” the extremists.Halfon said Israel’s image in the UK has improved a little since a low point at the time of May 2010 Mavi Marmara raid, when Israeli naval commandos, commandeering a Turkish vessel seeking to break the security blockade of Gaza, opened fire and killed 9 activists after coming under attack. “Since the Arab Spring erupted, people are registering that Israel is the region’s only democracy, and seeing on TV the oppression in Arab countries, notably by Assad,” he said.Nonetheless, among those pushing boycotts of Israel, there was no change in the level of hostility — “but all that, don’t forget, is organized by Israel’s enemies… There’s not been one [major] demonstration over the killings of 140,000 Syrians, he said.

Relating to British charity Oxfam’s criticism of Scarlett Johansson for representing Israel’s SodaStream, with its West Bank settlement factory employing Jews, Israeli Arabs and Palestinians, he wondered why Oxfam does not boycott the likes of Russia and China. Noting that its protests over SodaStream had prompted the US actress to step down from her role as an Oxfam ambassador, Halfon said “SodaStream is an enlightened company, and Johansson is a hero.”

IF JOHN KERRY LOVES HIS JEWISH ROOTS SO MUCH.WHY WOULD HE FORCE A FAKE DEATH FOR HELL PEACE ACCORD ON THEM.IS MY QUESTION TO KERRY.

Newfound Jewish roots gave Kerry a ‘deep’ bond with Israel

Secretary of state, who only learned his grandparents were Jews in 2004, says he understands Israelis’ reluctance to sign a deal

By Raphael Ahren February 20, 2014, 11:32 pm 16-The Times of Israel

US Secretary of State John Kerry says his feelings toward Israel changed 10 years ago, after he found out that that he had Jewish grandparents.“It’s a connection that’s deep. I lost a great-uncle in the Holocaust and a great-aunt. I never knew that until then. To learn that, after years of being passionate about ‘never again,’ with respect to the Holocaust, and then to understand that you are biologically and personally connected to that, is very moving,” he said in an interview aired on Thursday by Israel’s Channel 2.“Israel itself has a special connection to me, not just because of that personal, now-known connection, but more importantly because of the amazing journey of the Jewish people,” he said in the interview, which was conducted last Tuesday at the State Department. “And now I’ve learned that, I have got a better sense of that.”Kerry first found out about his Jewish ancestry in 2004, when he was running for president against George W. Bush. Both his father’s parents were born Jews and converted to Christianity because of anti-Semitism, and they changed their name from Cohen to Kerry when they immigrated to the United States.Asked by the interviewer, Ilana Dayan, whether he felt that Israelis were still defined by their tragedies to the extent that those events made them hesitant to take the “leap of faith” necessary to withdraw from the West Bank and agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state, Kerry answered in the affirmative.“But,” he added, “here is what I want to emphasize: I think my job is to try to help create a situation where the realities of the agreement are such that it’s not such a leap of faith. I don’t want this to be a leap of faith. I want this to be a leap of reason. A leap of rationality and of choice, based on a very understandable and tangible set of guaranties about security and other things.”If that could be achieved, Kerry continued, “then we take some of the emotion away… even though it will be for some always a huge emotion, because some people have very different views about greater Judea and Samaria — I know all of that. But I also know that over 70 percent of the people of Israel believe in a two-state solution.”The secretary of state said that he sometimes spends hours on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and understands him. But he was hesitant to say whether he believes Netanyahu would agree to the kind of concessions a peace agreement would require. “If we’ve answered all of the challenges of security for Israel, if he has secured the nation state of Israel as the home of the Jewish people, if he has secured recognition and secured the refugee issue — properly dissolved — I hope he will,” Kerry said.Netanyahu’s primary concern is the security of Israeli civilians, Kerry stressed. “I have said this to [Palestinian Authority] President [Mahmoud] Abbas: The primary issue for any Israeli is to know that if they make an agreement, they are safer and stronger because of the agreement than they were before they made it. And that goes contrary to past experience in pulling out of Lebanon and pulling out of Gaza.”Kerry hinted that settlers might not have to relocate under the terms of a peace deal. Asked about the personal price that a settler might have to pay when required to leave his home as a result of an accord, Kerry replied that he was not sure this would be necessary.“I have no argument with anyone in Israel who says that no deal is better than a bad deal. I say that myself,” he said. “I’m not in the business of trying to put together a bad deal.”Kerry dismissed criticism of him from right-wing Israeli politicians, particularly Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who said the top US diplomat was “messianic and obsessive.”“You know, those are judgments that other people may or may not have fun making in this process. I’m doing my job,” he said. Kerry claimed he was not insulted by Ya’alon’s remarks. “I think I am committed, and I’m determined.”The secretary of state declined to comment on his gut reaction in January to Yedioth Ahronoth’s publication of Ya’alon’s scathing criticism, which targeted the US mediation of the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.“That’s not the way I operate. I’m an optimist and I am a believer in possibilities,” he said. “People who know me know that when I sink my teeth into something, if I get the bit between my teeth, I try to get it done.