JERUSALEM TALK HEATS UP IN ISRAEL

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATION CAME TO LIFE ON TUES OCT 2,07

By Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer, Mark Leonard and Mabel van Oranje.

November 9 will be a seminal date for the European Union – 18 years since east Berliners tore down the wall and began Europe’s unification. Though the EU is often presented as suffering from a mid-life crisis, this anniversary will be a chance to celebrate Europe’s coming of age. Over the last two decades the EU has shown more of the energy of youth than listless decline. Having built up the world’s biggest single market, most generous aid budget and largest army of peacekeepers, the Union has accumulated the wherewithal to become a transformative power: it has the means to tilt the world towards its formula of democracy, human rights, multilateralism and the principles of open society.

Unlike other great powers in history, it does not project itself by threatening to invade other countries. Instead, it dangles benefits – from the common market to the possibility of EU membership – that are withheld until these countries adopt European norms. European leadership has led to global legal regimes such as the World Trade Organisation. It has persuaded others to sign up to the Kyoto agreement and the International Criminal Court. European troop deployments in Macedonia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as the Aceh monitoring mission, have safeguarded peace processes. But, despite these successes, the EU continues to underperform on the world stage. Since the Iraq war and the French and Dutch No votes on the constitutional treaty, the EU has shown the faltering confidence of adolescence. European leaders, who struggle to adapt to a new global environment characterised by a weakened US, a resurgent Russia and a rising China, have too often turned inwards.

The most dramatic signal has been the foot-dragging over Europe’s most stunning foreign policy success: enlargement. Political leaders and journalists tally up the potential costs of enlargement and the havoc that new member states could wreak in EU institutions. But there is little thought about the costs of non-enlargement: the damage that our wavering commitment is doing to the momentum for reform in Turkey and the Balkans. This nervousness can also be seen in the EU’s attitude towards a newly belligerent Russia. While Russia makes visible use of the threat of a few big sticks (such as control over energy supplies or vetoes at the United Nations), the EU fails to leverage the hundreds of smaller sticks and carrots that it potentially wields – the fact that it accounts for 60 per cent of Russia’s trade, 50 per cent of its investment and that European countries provide a second home to many wealthy Russians. In conflicts of the greater Middle East – from Israel-Palestine to Afghanistan – Europeans are held back by the lack of an effective common strategy. During the Lebanon crisis in August 2005, no fewer than 25 European ministers – each from a different country – travelled to Beirut, delivering mixed messages. In bodies such as the UN, the EU is better at talking about effective multilateralism than at mobilising incentives of trade and aid behind common European positions. Currently, the EU spends more on cleaners for Brussels buildings than it does on supporting the foreign policy team of Javier Solana, EU high representative.

Eurobarometer opinion polls show the public supports an ­outward-looking EU: more than two-thirds favour a common European foreign policy. With Angela Merkel’s leadership on climate change, Romano Prodi’s efforts to stabilise Lebanon, Gordon Brown’s debt cancellation initiatives and Nicolas Sarkozy’s robust noises on Iran, there are early signs of political leaders who could support a more assertive EU. As part of a group of 50 Europeans from around the Union we are launching a new, independent institution designed to counter EU introversion: the European Council on Foreign Relations. It will promote a more muscular and united European approach to the world. It will encourage European co-operation at the UN, stand by the commitment to eventual EU membership for Turkey and propose increased incentives – from visa regimes to trade – that will draw the EU’s immediate neighbours into its sphere of influence. We believe a common foreign policy will allow individual countries to increase their global influence. A strong European voice in favour of human rights, democracy and inter­national law will not just benefit Europeans; it will be good for the world. Financial Times, 2 October 2007.

EU paper suggests protecting common market
09.10.2007 - 09:23 CET | By Renata Goldirova

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – Just weeks after the European Commission revealed its plans to prevent foreign companies from uncontrolled access to the EU's energy sector, Brussels is set to reiterate that in a global economy openness is not a one-way street.The EU has a key stake in using its clout in global negotiations to ensure that openness is not a one-way street: the political case for openness can only be sustained if others reciprocate in a positive manner, a paper on globalisation drafted by the EU's executive body says. The paper argues that the 27-nation bloc needs to ensure that third countries offer comparable levels of openness to EU exporters and investors. At the same time, it underlines that foreign companies wishing to do business in EU territory will not be allowed to by-pass the rules applied in the [union's] internal market. The 9-page document is the commission's contribution to an EU leader's informal summit on 18-19 October - a meeting primarily designed to put a full stop behind the union's years-long journey towards a new treaty.

Energy – just the beginning?

Non-Europeans got a first taste of Brussels' tougher line on foreign trade and investment in September, when it unveiled a sweeping reform of the EU energy sector, including a series of restrictive measures to be imposed on foreign energy bidders. The proposed rules say, among other things, that third countries and their companies should not be able to acquire control over an EU transmission network unless there is an agreement between the EU bloc and the third country. But Brussels has refused to label its call for reciprocity as protectionism. Protectionism cannot make Europe wealthier. Protectionism would impoverish, not protect our citizens, commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said after the Brussels executive adopted the globalisation paper last week (3 October). But he added that we [the EU] are not naïve. We are not soft touch. We can and will require a level playing field. We want others to open more. The globalisation paper does not specify whether the approach suggested for the energy sector will be expanded to other areas. It only suggests that the way in which the EU applies its rules also needs to reflect the changes brought by globalisation in the patterns of ownership and interest in all sectors.According to a commission official, speaking to EUobserver, it is not clear whether the energy sector will remain alone in this regard.

He said that the current discussion centres around the concern that a third country could exercise power in the political sphere via different investments. On the other hand, some EU capitals are not in the mood for such a debate and argue the Union is in need of investors and cash inflow. The energy sector is more vulnerable to monopolisation and external dependency and runs a bigger risk of price-setting, one EU diplomat added, also underlining the somewhat unique position of the energy sector compared to others.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
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.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

EU Calls on China to Let Yuan Appreciate Against Euro (Update3) By John Fraher

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- European finance ministers, after failing to find a common position on the euro's rally to a record against the dollar, urged China to allow the yuan to appreciate against their currency. China and other emerging-nation economies should introduce more flexibility in their exchange-rate management, European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told reporters in Luxembourg today as he arrived for a second day of talks with ministers and policy makers. European officials, who are preparing for next week's meeting of the Group of Seven nations in Washington, are becoming irked with China after a July 2005 revaluation of its currency failed to stem trade imbalances between the two economies. While the yuan has gained almost 10 percent versus the dollar in the past two years, it has fallen more than 5 percent against the euro in the period. Almunia will travel to China later this year with European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and Luxembourg Prime and Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss the matter with their Chinese counterparts.

China's yuan has appreciated more than 9 percent in the past two years and I can assure you China will continue to adopt a reform oriented policy on its exchange-rate mechanism, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said today in a regular briefing in Beijing. But these adjustments have to be done gradually and in line with the market. In the meantime, we are willing to hold dialogue with other nations.

Rate Move Desirable

Europe's trade deficit with China jumped 22 percent to a record in the first half of this year. Euro-region officials published a statement late yesterday saying that it is desirable that effective exchange rates move in China and other emerging economies. European opinion is pretty split on the issue of the dollar but there is an agreement on the need for emerging Asian currencies like China's to appreciate against the euro, said Michael Woolfolk, senior currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon, the world's largest custodian bank. On China, there is a consensus.Officials can't agree on how to respond to the European currency's advance against the dollar, which French President Nicolas Sarkozy says threatens to hurt a euro-area economy already confronted by a rise in credit costs. While French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said last week she would push at the Luxembourg meeting for the central bank to sell euros to stem the currency's rise, the ministers' statement repeated rhetoric recently used by the ECB's Trichet.

Great Attention

We have noted with great attention that the U.S. authorities have reaffirmed that a strong dollar is in the interest of the U.S. economy, ministers said in a statement published late yesterday.
The euro has risen almost 5 percent against the dollar since mid-August and reached a record $1.4283 on Oct. 1. It traded at $1.4044 at 9:45 a.m. in Luxembourg, almost unchanged from yesterday. EU finance ministers will today also consider new disclosure rules for banks following losses caused by the sudden increase in credit costs, which led to a run on the deposits of Northern Rock Plc last month, according to a confidential document. Northern Rock, the U.K. mortgage lender bailed out by the Bank of England, said today that the government will now guarantee all customer deposits until financial markets become less volatile.

Japan's Recovery

Regarding the yen, the euro-region ministers said investors should recognize that Japan's economy is on a sustainable recovery path and markets should be aware of one-way bets. That repeated language used by G-7 officials at a meeting in Essen, Germany, earlier this year. Ministers also said European governments and companies have done enough to help address so-called global imbalances, suggesting emerging Asian economies need to take up the slack. The euro area is playing its role for an orderly reduction of the imbalances by implementing structural reforms and contributing to a rebalancing of growth, the ministers said in the statement. The U.S. government is showing little inclination to encourage an appreciation of the dollar. While Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson may tell his G-7 counterparts that he continues to back a strong dollar, he may resist an explicit criticism of the currency's weakness because it is helping to support the U.S. economy. As far as the dollar is concerned, you'll see more of the same, with Paulson reiterating support for a strong dollar but that not being followed by any action, said Adam Boyton, a senior currency strategist in New York at Deutsche Bank AG. To contact the reporter on this story: John Fraher in Luxembourg at jfraher@bloomberg.net.

EU Warns Nations on Using Euro Currency
Monday October 8, 12:00 pm ET
EU Warns Other Nations Over Using the Euro As Its Currency

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union officials repeated a warning Monday that countries outside the EU should not use the euro currency as their own.The euro is officially shared by 13 EU nations, but it is also used by Montenegro -- which split from the former Yugoslav republic of Serbia last year -- and Kosovo, which is threatening to declare independence from Serbia later this year.

EU spokeswoman Amelia Torres said the bloc opposed euro-ization and countries should only adopt the currency if they join the European Union.The conditions for the adoption of the euro are clear, she told reporters. That means, first and foremost, to be a member of the EU.European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told reporters earlier Monday that he could not see non-EU members that share a free-trade zone with other European nations --Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein -- using the currency.

Participation without being a member of the European Union is totally excluded, he said in a public debate, answering an Icelandic official who wanted to know if he saw any way for Iceland to step up links with the euro zone.As regards Iceland, I will say join the European Union, I think it's the best, he said.
Iceland had stayed out of the 27-nation EU largely to avoid sharing its national waters with fishermen from other parts of Europe.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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 have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
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, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

WHAT IS IRAN PLANNING FOR OCTOBER 12?
And Putin's alarming announcement.
By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., October 8, 2007) -- Lynn and the boys and I just got back from a week out of the country to find some big headlines. President Bush says he is very optimistic about forging peace in the Middle East at next month's summit in the U.S. We pray he's right, but the latest stories out of the epicenter suggest leaders there are steadfastly preparing for war. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is vowing to liberate all of Palestine and vows some sort of final response to Iran's enemies on October 12th, Qods (Jerusalem) Day. Here is the official story from the Iranian news service's website: Supporters of the Zionist regime will receive their response during the world Qods Day's rallies, government spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Elham, said Wednesday. The spokesman made the remarks during his weekly press conference while commenting on the current visit to the occupied Palestine of the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Qods Day is held each year on the last Friday of Muslims fasting month of Ramadan after it was nominated by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, as a day to voice the protest of the Islamic Ummah against the Zionists. The day falls on October 12 this year. The US loses all opportunities to cooperate with regional and other world states by trying to support a regime (the Zionist regime) which is now at its weakest political and social position, Elham said. He warned that Washington's insistence on its wrong policies and arrogant approaches would have no result but further political disgrace for itself. Referring to the approaching World Qods Day, the spokesman stressed,'Supporters of the Zionist regime will definitely receive the final response for their support on that day.

What does this mean? No one knows for certain. Will it be another false alarm like Iran's vow to issue some sort of definitive response to the West regarding its nuclear program last August 22nd? We shall have to wait and see. But it must be seen in light of Ahmadinejad's recent speeches suggesting the arrival of the Islamic Messiah is imminent, rather than several years away. Syria's leaders, meanwhile, say they will retake the Golan Heights using any means necessary. Lebanon is on the verge of a civil war and Hezbollah continues to buy massive amounts of weapons from Iran and Syria to prepare for a future war with Israel. And all the while the U.S. and Israel are reportedly stepping up their war gaming efforts to prepare for war with Iran and possibly Syria as well. If all these rumors of war in the Mideast weren't troubling enough, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this past week that he plans to stay in office beyond 2008, when he is constitutionally mandated to step down. He won't serve as president. Instead, he plans to slide over one chair and become Russia's prime minister. So the cat is finally out of the bag. Putin now admits he plans to stay put. He wants to change the hat, but keep the power. It's a very worrisome development, especially in light of Putin's planned $200 billion increase in defense spending and his recent arms deals with Iran, Syria, Algeria and other Islamic enemies of the West. Putin is no democrat. He's recasting himself as a classic Russian Czar. His ambitions run far beyond maintaining control of the Kremlin.

We'll look at his long-term goals in future posts. For now, consider this FLASH TRAFFIC message from November 1, 2005: I simply don't believe Vladimir Putin's repeated refusals to seek a third term in 2008. I think he's staying. The big question is, 'Under what pretext would Putin stay?' The answer: to maintain stability. Stability is Putin's mantra. My sense is that he intends to maintain it at all costs. That would -- by definition --means he plans to stay in the Kremlin as he believes only he has provided Russia something Gorbachev and Yeltsin didn't. What will be the crisis, real or perceived, that requires Putin to change his mind and stay in office? It could be the possibility of an ultranationalist fascist like Vladimir Zhirinovsky or a Communist like Gennady Zyuganov rising in the polls and suddenly being in a position to win the presidency and thus seize control of Russia. It could be a terrorist attack, or the threat of one, or a stock market collapse, or the threat of one. It's too early to say what the 'crisis' will be, but I submit that come 2007 or 2008, Putin will declare one so serious the he has no choice but stay at the helm.

JOSHUA FUND UPDATE:

* A Palestinian evangelical Christian leader was assassinated in Gaza over the weekend. Only 31, Rami Ayyad was the father of two children and his wife is expecting. Please pray for Rami's wife and children -- for God's comfort and courage. Please pray for the Christians in Gaza and the West Bank to be bold in loving their neighbors and their enemies in the name of Jesus amidst this terrible tragedy.

* The Joshua Fund is in contact with local evangelical leaders in Gaza. We have posted the latest information on this assassination on TJF's weblog (http://joshuafund.blogspot.com/). We will update it regularly as we receive more details. We are also looking for ways to help these believers -- and the Ayyad family -- financially. More on that soon, too. Please pray that Christians around the world will step up and bless their Palestinian brothers and sisters in real and practical ways.

* 7,000 evangelical Christians marched in a Jerusalem parade over the weekend to bless Israel and to pray for peace in the region. Several prominent Israeli rabbis joined the march and prayer rally, despite warnings from the chief rabbinate not to do so. Details on TJF's weblog. Please pray that evangelical Christians can build better and stronger bridges of true and unconditional friendship with Israel, and particularly with the chief rabbinate.

* The latest headlines from the epicenter make us even more determined to do everything we can with our Joshua Fund team to implement Operation Epicenter -- build a global alliance of evangelical Christians, Messianic Jews and Arab and Iranian believers to bless Israel and her neighbors, recruit 100,000 people to pray regularly for the peace of Jerusalem, acquire warehouse facilities and trucks for relief operations in the region, and ship more than $120 million worth of humanitarian relief supplies to Israel and her neighbors to care for those who are poor and needy now and to pre-position supplies ahead of the next war. Please pray that this vision spreads rapidly and that believers around the world are mobilized to get involved. We would love to get you involved. For more information on The Joshua Fund generally and Operation Epicenter specifically, please go to www.joshuafund.net.

* Finally, The Joshua Fund is currently seeking to raise $1 million by December 1st to help finance the first stages of Operation Epicenter. TJF is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, recognized by the IRS. All donations are tax-deductible for federal tax purposes. You can give securely on-line on our website, or send a check to: The Joshua Fund, 18950 Base Camp Road, Monument, Colorado, 80132-8009. Thanks so much and may the Lord bless you.

Ahmadinejad Calls Again to Destroy Israel OCT 9,07

Iran's President and Top Leaders Threaten Zionists and Their Supporters.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday vowed once again to destroy Israel and called for a referendum to transfer Israel's Jews to Canada, Alaska or Europe. Canada and Alaska have vast lands, why don't you relocate them over there and keep helping them over there with (aid of) 30 to 40 billion dollars per year for building a new existence over there, [1] Ahmadinejad said during a rally in Tehran to mark Al Quds Day, a political holiday Iran created to protest the enemies of Islam.[2]
Ahmadinejad, who presides over the most active state sponsor of terror in the world, [3] also cautioned that the world's powers should not think that the Iranian nation and other nations in the region will take off [sic] their hands off the throat of the Zionists and their supporters.[4].According to Iran's official national news outlet, The Islamic Republic News Agency, Ahmadinejad stated that the creation of the Zionist regime, [and the] continuation of its existence... are an insult to human dignity. [5] Millions of Iranians attended Al Quds Day rallies throughout Iran [6] and the Muslim world, including in Syria, [7] Bahrain, [8] Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey and Indonesia. [9]

According to Iran's Fars News Agency, in a speech at the Tehran rally, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the planned November peace meeting between Israel and the Palestinians is a wasted opportunity and that Palestinians should continue their resistance against Israel. [10] Ayatollah Mahould Hashemi Shahroudi, Iran's judiciary chief, said Friday's rallies were a good start for the destruction of the Zionist regime. [11] Al Quds Day was established following Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. The founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan the International Quds Day,[12] intended to protest the enemies of Islam, at the head America and Israel.[13] Ahmadinejad's belligerence towards Israel, as well as his regime's leading role in sponsoring terrorist organizations and pursuit of a nuclear program in defiance of the United Nations, have defined his leadership. Ahmadinejad has said Israel should be wiped off the map [14] and has repeatedly referred to the Holocaust as a myth. [15] Ahmadinejad's threats extend well beyond Israel. On July 11, 2006, for example, he said, The rage of the Muslim peoples will not be restricted to the boundaries of our region... The waves of the explosion... will reach the corrupt forces [i.e. the Western countries] which support this fake regime.[16] Ahmadinejad has previously said Israel should be relocated to Alaska and that Jews should return to the European countries they fled during the Holocaust. [17]

Iran's nuclear program, which has been described by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner as a real danger for the whole world, [18] is now reportedly comprised of close to 3,000 centrifuge machines, which would be enough to start refining usable amounts of nuclear fuel. [19] Ahmadinejad stated Friday that no power can stop this nation from making more and more achievements in its pursuit of its nuclear program and continued to announce to the whole world that the Iranian nation has passed the difficult points on its nuclear path. [20] On Sept. 25, Ahmadinejad told countries gathered for the U.N. General Assembly that his country's nuclear program is closed as a political issue. [21] International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said in May 2007 that Iran could acquire nuclear weapons within three years. [22] Iran, the world's most active state sponsor of terror, provides funding, weapons, training and sanctuary to numerous terrorist groups. [23] Iran is Hezbollah's main arms supplier and has replenished Hezbollah's cache of Katyusha and longer-range rockets that were depleted during the defensive war Israel fought against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. Iran also supplies Hezbollah advanced anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air rockets. [24] Iran gives Hamas $20 million a year [25] and provided an additional $50 million after Hamas won control of the Palestinian Authority in 2006. [26] Iran also provided Hamas members intensive military training in the weeks and months leading up to the group's takeover of the Gaza Strip. [27]

Furthermore, prominent military analysts believe that Iran is responsible for the majority of U.S. casualties sustained in Iraq. Iran manufactures explosively formed penetrators that have killed and wounded a large majority of U.S. troops. [28] In order to stoke civil unrest in Iraq, Iran provides funding and arms both to Shi'ite and to Sunni groups. [29] Ahmadinejad recently spoke at Columbia University in New York and the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. via videoconference.For sources and additional information about Iran and President Ahmadinejad, please see:
Iran Press Kit.

For information about U.S. efforts to divest from Iran, please see: Terror-Free Investing Resources.

Footnotes

[1] Anti-Israeli Demonstrations Start in Iran, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130398
[2] Imam's message announcing Quds Day from Sahifa-yi Nur , Vol. 8, p. 229, dated 7 August 1979, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, accessed Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.irib.ir/worldservice/imam/palestin_E/10.htm
[3] Country Reports on Terrorism, U.S. Department of State, April 28, 2006, http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2005/64337.htm
[4] Iran marks Jerusalem Day, Aljazeera, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/877E8E21-01A0-4498-B67F-7FD645096470.htm
[5] Iranian officials support Palestine on Qods Day, IRNA, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-24/0710054137164336.htm
[6] Millions of Iranians hold rallies to mark Jerusalem Day, The Associated Press, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/05/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Jerusalem.php
[7] Millions of Iranians Attend Anti-Israel Rallies Called 'Al Quds Day, The Associated Press via Foxnews.com, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299603,00.html
[8] Bahraini Muslims mark World Quds Day, Press TV, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=25908§ionid=351020202
[9] Al-Quds Day, Foxnews.com, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,2433,00.html http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130432
[10] Rafsanjani Dismisses Palestinian-Israeli Peace Conference in US, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130432
[11] Millions of Iranians hold rallies to mark Jerusalem Day, The Associated Press, Oct. 5, 2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/05/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Jerusalem.php
[12] Qods Day Rallies a Global Referendum Showing Israel's Illegitimacy, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130416
[13] Ibid.
[14] Penketh, Anne, Iran's leader says Jewish state 'should be wiped from map, The Independent, Oct. 27, 2005, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article322539.ece
[15] President: Real holocaust to be sought in Palestine, Iraq, IRNA, Feb. 11, 2006
[16] Iran and the Recent Escalation on Israel's Borders, Middle East Media Research Institute, Special Dispatch No. 1204, July 13, 2006, http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP120406
[17] Iranian leader: Holocaust a myth, CNN, Dec. 14, 2005, http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iran.israel/index.html
[18] France warning of war with Iran, BBC News, Sept. 17, 2007,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6997935.stm
[19] Hafezi, Parisa. Iran says clears hurdles to nuclear industry, Reuters, Oct. 4, 2007, http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0457325120071004
[20] Ahmadinejad Rules out Talks on Iran's N. Rights, Fars News Agency, Oct. 5, 2007, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8607130396
[21] Jahn, George, DiLorenzo, Sarah and Bergman, Justin, Ahmadinejad: Nuclear Issue Closed, Time.com, Sept. 26, 2007, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1665616,00.html
[22] Iran could make nuclear bomb in three years: UN, ABC News, May 25, 2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1932715.htm
[23] State Sponsors: Iran, Council on Foreign Relations Web site, Aug. 2007, http://www.cfr.org/publication/9362/
[24] Hughes, Robin, Iran Replenishes Hizbullah's Arms Inventory, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jan. 3, 2007
[25] Hamas, Council on Foreign Relations Web site, accessed July 2, 2007, http://www.cfr.org/publication/8968/
[26] Iran pledges $50m Palestinian aid, BBC News, April 16, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4914334.stm
[27] Rabinovich, Abraham, Hamas digs in for war in Gaza, The Australian, March 16, 2007
[28] Jacobs, Jack. Is the U.S. planning to strike Iran? MSNBC, Oct. 2, 2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21107443/
[29] Rubin, Alissa J., U.S. Suspects That Iran Aids Both Sunni and Shiite Militias, The New York TImes, A12, April 12, 2007

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

Sarkozy talks tough on Iran before Putin meeting Tue Oct 9, 4:05 AM ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) - France will not compromise on the need for tougher sanctions on Iran, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published on Tuesday, hours before he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin near Moscow. Sarkozy praised Putin as a man with whom he could do business, but his comments on Iran are likely to put him at odds with Moscow, which has said it does not believe further sanctions against Tehran will be helpful.Between resignation (to Iran's nuclear ambitions) and war -- and these two words are not in my lexicon -- there is a responsible stance: toughening sanctions with the aim of bringing Iran to its senses, Sarkozy said.No one should put in doubt France's seriousness and resoluteness on this issue, he said in the interview in Russia's state-run Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily.We are talking about protecting our collective security from the danger of nuclear proliferation. I will not give ground on an issue which is of such great importance.

Western powers believe Iran is using its civilian nuclear program as a cover for a bomb-making project. Tehran denies this. Russia has used its veto in the United Nations Security Council to water down previous sanctions.Sarkozy, on his first trip to Russia as president, is to fly in to Moscow late on Tuesday. He is to have a working dinner with Putin at his residence near Moscow.The French leader, in the interview, criticized Russia for disruptions in the past to oil and gas supplies to European customers.I will not hide from you that when Russia, without warning, halts energy deliveries to a part of Europe, that damages trust, Sarkozy said.

But he described Putin as a pragmatist. This should help us find a common language on these important international issues, he said in the interview.A Kremlin official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Sarkozy and Putin would focus on economic ties, in particular joint aerospace projects.(The talks will) continue the constructive and frank dialogue that the presidents started during their first personal meeting (at the Group of Eight summit) in Heiligendamm on June 7 2007, said the official.

REVELATION 17:2
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(VATICAN IN POLITICS)

Pope, Jewish leaders, discuss resurgent anti-Semitism By Philip Pullella Mon Oct 8, 11:15 AM ET

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - World Jewish leaders on Monday expressed concern to Pope Benedict about resurgent anti-Semitism and asked Vatican officials to take steps against a radical Polish priest accused of making anti-Jewish comments. A World Jewish Congress delegation headed by the group's president, Ronald S. Lauder, held talks with the Pope in the pontiff's private study and also discussed ways that Christians, Muslims and Jews could work to improve dialogue.WJC Secretary-General Michael Schneider told Reuters among the topics discussed was the problem of resurgent anti-Semitism, particularly in some European countries.

A WJC statement said the group called on the Pontiff to take action against those in the Church who wanted to do damage to the close and positive relationship between Christians and Jews.Lauder told Vatican officials during two days of meetings that statements by Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, a controversial broadcaster, should not be tolerated anymore, the statement said.Jewish and other groups have accused Rydzyk of spreading anti-Semitism and meddling in politics.Rydzyk is the head of a powerful Catholic media empire, which includes Radio Maryja and television Trwam, watched and listened to by millions of Poles.The Vatican has rebuked the priest for openly backing ruling conservative politicians in Poland. But Jewish groups complained in August when the Pope met Rydzyk, saying the encounter appeared to lend the priest legitimacy.Human rights groups and Jewish groups have repeatedly called on Poland's authorities and the Polish Church to remove Rydzyk from his position because of anti-Semitic and xenophobic remarks that often appear in his media.

The Polish Church has so far failed to take a common stance on Rydzyk, fearing many elderly and poor Poles for whom Rydzyk is a moral guide would turn away from the Church.But earlier this month Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who was the late Pope John Paul's secretary for decades, publicly accused Rydzyk of trying to split the Church and smear the legacy of the late Pope, who greatly improved relations with Jews during his 27-year reign.Rydzyk has strong support from Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his twin brother, President Lech Kaczynski.The priest's strong backing and appeals on the radio and television to vote for the conservatives in 2005 elections helped the brothers rise to power.The issue is sensitive in the campaign for an early parliamentary election this month.

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

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

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

Manhigut Yehudit Opposes Any Division of Jerusalem
October 9, 2007.

Manhigut Yehudit opposes the upcoming November summit in Maryland in which the United States and Israel will seek to divide Jerusalem and relinquish Israeli sovereignty from Judaism's holiest site - The Temple Mount - while at the same time bringing Israel back to what Abba Eban called it's Auschwitz Borders.This summit is solely a tool for two desperate men - US President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - to attempt to make political gains on the backs of the Jewish People. Bush supports this plan (which will bring rockets raining down on all of Israel) as he desperately wants to focus attention away from Iraq, and if he can come up with a newfangled Mid-East Peace then he and the Republicans will walk away smelling like roses. Olmert is willing and eager to make Israel spiritually bankrupt and militarily defenseless by creating another Arab tyranny in its very backyard whose sole aim will be to destroy the Jewish State. Olmert's first objective is solely the opportunity to stay in office just a little while longer, and he thinks that by producing another false peace ala Oslo then he'll be able to do just that.
Neither of them care about Israel's identity, security or viability more than they care about their own political ambitions.
All recent polls in Israel show approximately 75% of Israeli Jews are opposed to dividing Jerusalem and giving up the Temple Mount. Olmert has NO MANDATE to make the concessions that he is rushing to make.

Olmert's declaration that he is willing to divide Jerusalem and risk countless Jewish lives is a betrayal of the Jewish People and new elections should be called immediately. The Olmert regime will go to any lengths to achieve its ultimate goal of stripping the Jewish Nation of all vestiges of it's Jewish character. Whether that means expelling one hundred thousand Jews (predominantly religious Jews) from their homes in Judea and Samaria or DIVIDING JERUSALEM, G-D forbid, Jews must wake up to the reality that a band of anti-Jewish corrupt individuals are leading the Jewish people to national suicide.Manhigut Yehudit is the authentic Jewish leadership that Israel needs and must have. We will continue to speak out with all of our might against the division of Jerusalem, the wholesale giveaway of Eretz Yisrael, and the risking of Jewish lives as sacrifices for peace.The Manhigut Yehudit website is www.jewishisrael.org

Israel minister draws fire over Jerusalem division call by Ron Bousso Mon Oct 8, 7:57 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - A close ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sparked controversy on Monday after saying that Israel should share sovereignty of Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a peace deal. It is in Israel's interest to tackle the issue of Jerusalem in the negotiations, deputy prime minister Haim Ramon said, reiterating his stance over the holy city, which Israel calls its eternal, indivisible capital.If we reach a deal with the Palestinians, the Arab world and the international community according to which the Jewish neighbourhoods of Jerusalem will be recognised as the capital of Israel and the Arab neighbourhoods as part of the Arab capital, will that be a bad deal?

Ramon also urged Israel not to miss the opportunity presented by a US-sponsored Midde East conference expected to take place in Annapolis, Maryland in November to try to advance the dormant peace talks.Israel captured Arab east Jerusalem, including the Old City with its sites holy to Christianity, Islam and Judaism -- during the 1967 Six Day war and later annexed it.In 1980, the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a law proclaiming it the reunified and eternal capital of Israel, a claim not recognised by the international community.Ramon's comments as Israeli and Palestinian officials met for the first time to draw a joint statement outlining understandings ahead of the renewal of bilateral talks which are planned following the international meeting.But senior members of Olmert's coalition government were swift to criticise Ramon for breaking of one of Israel's strongest taboos.Of course, Jerusalem is not on the negotiations agenda, Trade and Industry Minister and chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party Eli Yishai told AFP.

Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz of Olmert's centrist Kadima party warned that Ramon's proposal causes damage on the security level and also on the national level.The issue of the division of Jerusalem is an inalienable asset of the state of Israel. Palestinian refugees will not be returned to Israel and Jerusalem will not be divided, the former chief of staff told public radio.
The issue of Jerusalem -- which the Palestinians demand be the capital of their promised state -- is one of the most sensitive and intractable issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict along with the question of refugees.Referring to the planned peace conference, the deputy prime minister told army radio: The meeting is an important occasion to reach an agreement on the political horizon with the Palestinian partners and we cannot miss this opportunity.The alternative in case of failure is that we will be left to face Hamas and fight it he said, referring to the Islamist movement that seized power in Gaza in June by routing forces loyal to moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.Olmert is due to address the talks with the Palestinians issue during a speech at the opening of parliament's winter session on Monday, telling the chamber that he is absolutely determined.... to give momentum and a chance to a substantive peace process, the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot daily said.

Jordanian NGOs to take part in Jerusalem forum
www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-07 17:24:32

AMMAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian non-governmental organizations will partake in the Jerusalem International Forum slated for next month in Turkey, which marks the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967, the Jordan Times reported on Sunday. Around 3,000 intellectuals from Turkey and around the world will take part in the Nov. 15-17 forum, which aims to highlight the historical rights of the Palestinians as well as denying Israel's claims on East Jerusalem, the report said. Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) President Wael Saqqa was quoted as saying that the JEA will send 150 of its members to the forum, noting that the participants are keen to do their part in support of the Palestinians in the occupied territories. There are several committees formed by the JEA that work side-by-side with other concerned parties to fight against Jewish attempts to Judaise the holy city, said Saqqa.

Razan Zueiter, who will represent Jordan's civil sector at the forum, said she hoped the forum would offer an opportunity to work together with Palestinian institutions in the occupied territories, said the newspaper. She also called for reactivating the Arab boycott of Israeli products and increasing Arab investments in Jerusalem. On the sidelines of the forum, several folklore, cultural and art exhibitions will be held by the participating delegations, according to the report. Israel seized East Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Syria's Golan Heights during the Six-Day War in 1967,which ended with Israel's stunning victory over the Arab armies. The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 242unanimously in November 1967, demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the occupied lands in return for peaceful actions from Arab states.
Editor: Wang Hongjiang

Report: Israel, PA agree Jordanian control of Temple Mount

London-based Palestinian daily quotes Abbas aide as saying, Israel and Palestinians have agreed to transfer control of parts of Old City in Jerusalem to Jordan as part of future peace agreement
Roee Nahmias 10.08.07, 10:14 / Israel News

Israel and the Palestinians have agreed that the Temple Mount as well as other parts of the Old City in Jerusalem will be under Jordanian control as part of a future peace deal, a Palestinian daily reported on Monday.The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi reported that President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached the agreement during recent talks in Jerusalem. Under the arrangement, the Old City's Arab residents will be granted Jordanian citizenship. The newspaper did not say whether Israel would keep control of Jewish holy sites and neighborhoods in the Old City. The arrangement will make the Jordanian monarchy a guardian of holy Muslim shrines in Jerusalem. The plan's details and implementation will be supervised by Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations, the newspaper said.

The report comes a day after remarks by Vice Premier Haim Ramon that Abbas and Olmert will discuss the status of Jerusalem during the US-sponsored talks in November. Ramon said it was in Israel's interest to hand over control of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods to the Palestinian Authority.A Palestinian official told Ynet it was agreed in principle that the neighborhoods of Shuafat, Wadi Jos, Beit Hanina, Ras el-Amoud and Jabal Mukaber would be transferred to PA control.He added that progress was also made regarding the excavations at the Temple Mount. The Palestinians have recently claimed that Israel is attempting to build a synagogue under the complex. The official said that under a future deal Israel would be responsible for security at the Temple Mount while the Palestinians would have sovereignty over the area. In addition, Israel agreed not to conduct any archeological digs at the complex.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office denied al-Quds al-Arabi's report, saying no agreement has been reached.Ali Waked contributed to the report.

EU COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS FORMED OCTOBER 2007

THE EU WORLD CONTROL AND PEACE MAKERS OF FALSE PEACE OF THE WORLD.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43
2:31. Thou, O king, sawest, and behold there was as it were a great statue: this statue, which was great and high, tall of stature, stood before thee, and the look thereof was terrible.
2:32. The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and the thighs of brass.
2:33. And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.
2:36. This is the dream: we will also tell the interpretation thereof before thee, O king.
2:37. Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory:
2:38. And all places wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do dwell: he hath also given the birds of the air into thy hand, and hath put all things under thy power: thou, therefore, art the head of gold.
2:39. And after thee shall rise up another kingdom, inferior to thee, of silver: and another third kingdom of brass, which shall rule over all the world.
2:40. And the fourth kingdom shall be as iron. As iron breaketh into pieces, and subdueth all things, so shall that break, and destroy all these.
2:41. And whereas thou sawest the feet, and the toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron: the kingdom shall be divided, but yet it shall take its origin from the iron, according as thou sawest the iron mixed with the miry clay.
2:42. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay: the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
2:43. And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together with the seed of man, but they shall not stick fast one to another, as iron cannot be mixed with clay.

Only 7 World Empires in History REV 17: 9-10

THE EUROPEAN UNION
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17

First From Daniel Chapter 2

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES

DANIEL 7:3-8,17,23-24
7:3. And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea.
7:4. The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her.
7:5. And behold another beast, like a bear, stood up on one side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof, and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh.
7:6. After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, and it had upon it four wings, as of a fowl, and the beast had four heads, and power was given to it.
7:7. After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with his feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had ten horns.
7:8. I considered the horns, and behold another little horn sprung out of the midst of them: and three of the first horns were plucked up at the presence thereof: and behold eyes like the eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
7:17. These four great beasts, are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.
7:23. And thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
7:24. And the ten horns of the same kingdom, shall be ten kings: and another shall rise up after them, and he shall be mightier than the former, and he shall bring down three kings.
7:25. And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.(3 1/2 YRS)

Now From Daniel Chapter 7

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16

How the European Union Began!

THE EUROPEAN UNION DAN 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17,

1 BELGIUM 1957
2 NETHERLANDS 1957
3 LUXUMBOURG 1957
4 FRANCE 1957
5 ITALY 1957
6 GERMANY 1957

THESE 6 RADIFIED BY THE TREATY OF ROME (REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE) JAN 1,1958

7 IRELAND 1973
8 DENMARK 1973
9 BRITIAN 1973
10 GREECE 1981 MAGIC 10 TOES AND 10 HORNS DAN 7:23-24,REV 17:9,12
11 SPAIN 1986 DAN 7:24
12 PORTUGAL 1986
13 AUSTRIA 1995

AFTER IT REACHES 13, IT GOES TO WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16. THAN IT SOME HOW ENDS UP BACK AT 10 (WORLD REGIONS, I THINK) WHEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH TO RULE AND REIGN FROM JERUSLEM. DAN 2:44-45, 7:9-14,26-27.

AS OF OCT 9,07 THERE ARE 27 EU MEMBERS ON ITS WAY TO WORLD CONTROL.

THE EU DICTATOR

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.

REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

Billionaire Plans Europe Version of Council on Foreign Relations By BRIAN SWINT - Bloomberg News - May 7, 2007

Billionaire investor George Soros plans to start a foreign-affairs research institute in Europe similar to the Council on Foreign Relations.Europe has to be interested in recreating what used to be called the West, based on the principles of international cooperation, Mr. Soros said yesterday at a conference in Oxford, England. Out of this idea came the idea of founding a European Council on Foreign Relations.Mr. Soros, who spent $27.5 million trying to defeat President Bush in the 2004 election, said America can't deal with global affairs on its own. If a leading Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Obama, wins the post in 2008, the U.S. may regain some of the high ground, he said.

Mr. Soros declined to say how much money he is spending on the project. It may start by the end of this year, he said.Our resources are similar to the United States, but we punch pathetically below our weight, Timothy Garton Ash, a professor of European Studies at Oxford University who is helping Mr. Soros with the plans, said in an interview. The idea is to contribute a European voice. It's still in the making.

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS FORMED OCT 9,07

The European Council on Foreign Relations was launched in October 2007 to promote a more integrated European foreign policy in support of shared European interests and values. With its unique structure, ECFR brings a genuinely pan-European perspective on Europe’s role in the world:

ECFR was founded by a council whose members include serving and former ministers and parliamentarians, business leaders, distinguished academics, journalists and public intellectuals. Their aim is to promote a new strategic culture at the heart of European foreign policy.

With offices in seven countries, ECFR’s in-house policy team brings together some of Europe’s most distinguished analysts and policy entrepreneurs to provide advice and proposals on the EU’s big global challenges.

ECFR’s pan-European advocacy and campaigns will work through the internet and the media to make the necessary connections between innovative thinking, policy-making and civic action.

ECFR is backed by the Soros Foundations Network, Sigrid Rausing, FRIDE (La Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior), the Communitas Foundation and Dr. Hannes Androsch. ECFR works in partnerships with other organisations but does not make grants to individuals or institutions.

Council

Among the fifty founding members of the European Council on Foreign Relations are former prime ministers, presidents, European commissioners, current and former parliamentarians and ministers, public intellectuals, business leaders, activists and cultural figures from the EU member states and candidate countries.

Urban Ahlin - Martti Ahtisaari - Giuliano Amato - Hannes Androsch - Marek Belka - Svetoslav Bojilov - Emma Bonino - Robert Cooper - Marta Dassu - Gijs de Vries - Jean-Luc Dehaene - Gianfranco Dell'Alba - Andrew Duff - Sarmite Elerte - Brian Eno - Joschka Fischer - Timothy Garton Ash - Bronislaw Geremek - Diego Hidalgo - Mary Kaldor - Gerald Knaus - Caio Koch-Weser - Rem Koolhaas - Ivan Krastev - Mart Laar - Mark Leonard - Adam Lury - Alain Minc - Christine Ockrent - Leoluca Orlando - Cem Özdemir - Simon Panek - Teresa Patricio Gouveia - Chris Patten - Diana Pinto - Andrew Puddephatt - Sigrid Rausing - Albert Rohan - Pierre Schori - Narcís Serra - Elif Shafak - Aleksander Smolar - George Soros - Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Helle Thorning Schmidt - Michiel Van Hulten - Mabel Van Oranje - Antonio Vitorino - Stephen Wall - Andre Wilkens

Urban Ahlin (Sweden) - Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party

Transformative power works and is changing the world. The prospect of EU membership is in itself a powerful tool for change, and together with such other instruments as diplomacy, trade and aid has it contributed to changing the world in substantial ways. But there is still much to be done to sharpen the EU foreign policy in different fields. How can the EU strengthen its policy regarding the eastern neighbourhood? How can Europe start to speak with one voice regarding foreign policy. A voice badly needed in the world.

Martti Ahtisaari (Finland) - UN Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo; President of the Crisis Management Initiative; former President

The European Council on Foreign Relations is essential in creating channels for open debate in Europe. ECFR promotes the need for Europe to become an important unified, courageous, innovative and coherent actor. I regard ECFR pivotal in promoting this vision in a globalising world.

Giuliano Amato (Italy) - Minister of Interior; former Prime Minister and vice president of the European Convention

Hannes Androsch (Austria) - Founder of AIC Androsch International Management Consulting

Marek Belka (Poland) - Executive Director of the UN Economic Commission for Europe; former Prime Minister

Europeans need more self-confidence and the mobilizing efforts of opinion-makers are one thing that should be obviously done. We should be proud of Europe but work hard for further progress.

Svetoslav Bojilov (Bulgaria) - Founder of the Communitas Foundation and President of Venture Equity Bulgaria Ltd.

The European Council on Foreign Relations is the most significant civil initiative until now for effective support of European integration in the area of common foreign politics of Europe. This initiative will help for a more coherent approach of the EU as a unitary actor on the international stage, while also integrating more and more states to its civilizational model of development. This in particular is one of the challenges which made me take part in the initiative.

Emma Bonino (Italy) - Minister for Europe and International Trade; former European Commissioner

A well-known English proverb says If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I think the opposite reading is also true, and that is the current situation with the European Union. Not only do we lack a strong Europe on the global scene, able to promote our interests and common values and contribute to a better world. We also risk taking a step backwards in the degree of integration we have achieved in common foreign policy. We risk ‘breaking’ it. I feel that the ECFR is well placed to help ‘fix’ – and even further – this level of integration. Through effective advocacy, and through good ideas. Does one really need any better reason to participate in this organisation?

Robert Cooper (United Kingdom) - Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the EU General Secretariat

There is no reason for Europeans to think of competing with America's military supremacy. But it is a scandal that we do not challenge their dominance in foreign policy ideas and analysis. The pen is mightier than the sword: but only when it has got brains, energy and effort behind it.

Marta Dassù (Italy) - Diplomatic adviser to Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema; Director of the Aspen Institute Italia.

Encouraging the development of EU-wide debates and ideas has become crucial in the current European context – one in which deeply rooted national feelings and approaches daily coexist with Brussels-based decisionmaking processes as well as transnational movements. In particular, the network structure of the ECFR promises to bring together the best of both the US tradition of informed expert analysis and European diversity. There is plenty of space for an organization that has direct access to EU institution but also total intellectual autonomy and the willingness to really think ahead, beyond official taboos.

Gijs de Vries (The Netherlands) - Senior Fellow at the Clingendael Institute; former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator

From conflict to climate change, from terrorism to trade, most global problems require stronger transatlantic cooperation. As America prepares to elect a new President, Europeans must prepare to re-engage Washington – and to be engaged as partners. The European Council on Foreign Relations can play a key role in preparing the new EU-US agenda.

Jean-Luc Dehaene (Belgium) - Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister and vice president of the European Convention

The new challenge for the European Union is to become a global actor and as such an actif contributor to the global governace. To achieve that EU:have toe speak with one voice. The European Council on Foreign Relations can contibute to formulate the European message.

Gianfranco Dell'Alba (Italy) - Chef de Cabinet for Minister Emma Bonino

We need to move beyond the ‘good old way’ of doing foreign policy. Europe deserves the contribution of all those who are willing to move towards the goal of a single voice for the EU in the global arena. National governments still matter a lot. Which is exactly why we need strong, committed and transparent advocacy in order to achieve a paradigm shift. The ECFR could be a wonderful stimulus in this respect, and gather together those like-minded Europeans who believe that the time for acting never comes twice.

Andrew Duff (United Kingdom) - Member of the European Parliament, ALDE

The European Union needs to know where it is going in the world. None of the institutions has yet demonstrated a great capacity to think and act strategically in the common interest of all Europe. The ECFR can fill this gap.

Sarmite Elerte (Latvia) - Editor-in-chief of Latvian daily newspaper Diena

Those of us who have spent years under authoritarian rule have a deeply personal appreciation for open society values. The ECFR conversation on Europe will build Europe`s strenght and self-confidence, and will ensure that European doors remain open to those who are committed to upholding open society values.

Brian Eno (United Kingdom) - musician and producer

Joschka Fischer (Germany) - Former Foreign Minister and vice-Chancellor

The European Union has been a powerful example for integration, prolonged peace, and prosperity in a complex international environment. The international system of the 21st Century needs a strong and united EU and ECFR will make an important contribution to this end.

Timothy Garton Ash (United Kingdom) - Professor of European Studies at Oxford University

The time has come for Europe to speak with one voice on key issues in our turbulent neighbourhood and an increasingly multi-polar world. The ECFR will help us to work out what we should say and how we can most effectively say it.

Bronislaw Geremek (Poland) - Member of the European Parliament, ALDE; former Foreign Minister

L'Europe a besoin d'une politique étrangère commune pour effacer le stéréotype négatif d'un géant économique et nain politique. Les réformes institutionnelles ne suffisent pas. Il faut un effort d'investissement intellectuel pour définir la stratégie internationale de l'Union Européenne: le ECFP, en puisant dans les institutions académiques et politiques, en s'adressant à la société civile, peut créer le climat nécessaire pour des débats ouverts et non-partisans sur les problèmes clefs concernant la place et le rôle de l'Europe dans le monde.

Diego Hidalgo (Spain) - Co-founder of Spanish newspaper El Pais and President of FRIDE

If Europe with its values, wants to have any influence in the multipolar world of the XXIst century, it needs to speak with one voice. The EFCR is an essential initiative in this context; hence it had my strongest support since it was born as an idea.

Mary Kaldor (United Kingdom) - Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics

Gerald Knaus (Germany) - Founding director of the European Stability Initiative

There is a urgent need for a think tank to make the case for and analyse the potential of the EU as the world's most successful soft power; to encourage policy makers to continue to advance European values in the European neighborhood; and to make the case to European citizens that it is worth the effort.

Caio Koch-Weser (Germany) - Vice Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Group; former State Secretary.

I am extremely pleased to be a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. I am convinced this new initiative will make its mark as governments of the European Union follow ECFR's call for a more coherent and vigorous foreign policy based on common European interests and our shared values. My many years of experience in international fora be it through my work at the World Bank, in the German government or now at a leading global financial institution have taught me both the risk and opportunities stemming from globalization and its many facets. It is of utmost importance that Europe speaks with one voice on such critical issues as climate change, human rights or violent extremism that affect us all, today and for generations to come.

Rem Koolhaas (The Netherlands) - architect and urbanist; Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University

Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria) - Chair of Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria The promise of the European Council on Foreign Relations is the promise of a common European foreign policy based on visionary pragmatism. The 21st century could and should be the European century, an open society century.

Mart Laar (Estonia) - Former Prime Minister of Estonia

Mark Leonard (United Kingdom) - Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations

Europe needs to come of age. We need to stop complaining about what others are doing to the world, and start thinking for ourselves. We want a can-do foreign policy, where European power is put at the service of European values.

Adam Lury (United Kingdom) - Director of Menemsha Ltd; former advisor to Lord Browne

The ECFR will bring together all of Europe in order to construct an outward looking story that will shape critical individual and national decisions and so produce global consequences. I hope to build optimism, energy and excitement into this story.

Alain Minc (France) - Chairman of Le Monde; Head of consulting group AM Conseil

I believe strongly that Europe has no future without unification and I think that the driving force has presently to come from society and non governmental organizations. From that point of view the ECFR is an ambitious and clearly focused project.

Christine Ockrent (Belgium) - Editor-in-chief at France Télévision.

I strongly believe we Europeans as well as all those committed to the values of an open society need a stronger and more influential European foreign policy.

Leoluca Orlando (Italy) - MP; President of the Sicilian Renaissance Institute

Cem Özdemir (Germany) - Member of the European Parliament, Green Party

If the aim of the European Union is to shape the world according to its values and interests, then we have to start discussing foreign policy issues coherently. The ECFR provides a common European platform.

Simon Panek (Czech Republic) - Chairman of the People in Need Foundation

Teresa Patricio Gouveia (Portugal) - Trustee to the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; former Foreign Minister

I believe there is the need both for awareness of Europe’s existing strengths and capabilities, and for Europe to make full use of them in responding to the demanding international challenges. To encourage public awareness and the commitment of member states to those objectives is a major purpose for the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Chris Patten (United Kingdom) - Chancellor of Oxford University; Former EU Commissioner and Governor of Hong Kong

If the European Union wants to play a more active role on the world stage - as it should - it needs better and objective advice on the available options and the challenging choices ahead. I believe that is what the ECFR will deliver.

Diana Pinto (France) - Historian and author

The European Council on Foreign Relations is the vital forum where a truly European foreign policy based on shared values and needs can be built beyond the classical barter of national interests. I joined ECFR because it seeks to include civil society voices along with those of experts in thinking Europe's place in the world.

Andrew Puddephatt (United Kingdom) - Director of Global Partners & Associated Ltd.

Sigrid Rausing (United Kingdom) - Founder of the Sigrid Rausing Trust

I have noted with increasing concern the European Union's failure to take a leading role in the fight against human rights abuses in the world. I believe that this failure of action is due to a lack of coordination, and not to any ill will, of EU members. I am, therefore, pleased to be a part of the effort of the Council to mobilise EU countries to work in concert and to employ the power of their numbers, to promote and respect human rights worldwide.

Albert Rohan (Austria) - Deputy to the UN Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo

In today's increasingly globalized and multipolar world Europe must assume its responsibilities and become a strong voice in international affairs. By developing and advocating concrete policy options the ECFR will be an important factor in shaping European policies based on common principles and values. After fourty years in diplomacy I want to contribute to this endevour.

Pierre Schori (Sweden) - Director General of FRIDE; and SRSG to Cote d´Ivoire

Peace and progress, both on the national and global level, will only be achieved in this interdependent and turbulent world, when people and nations work together. The European Union is a historic project for world-wide democratic solidarity and economic growth but its potential is underutilised. Europe must do much better. My hope is that the ECFR will encourage citizens and governments to live up to their ideals and opportunities.

Narcís Serra (Spain) - Chair of CIDOB Foundation; former Vice President

The European Union has become a successful experience of effective multilateralism and has redefined the conception of sovereignty. However, it needs a new impetus to continue progressing in this direction. ECFR is an excellent initiative which will contribute to the intellectual debate and will lead to political action in order to boost and export our success as a model for global governance

Elif Shafak (Turkey) - Writer

Aleksander Smolar (Poland) - Chairman of the Board, Stefan Batory Foundation

ECFR should contribute to the integration of a European public space, to the reinforcement of the feeling of common external challenges and necessairy common answers.

George Soros (Hungary/US) - Chairman, Open Society Institute

The European Union embodies the principles of an open society and it ought to serve as a model and motive force for a global open society. The EU is used to taking its lead from the United States, reacting to its agenda, sometimes positively, sometimes negatively, but it basically accepted the world order as given. That has to change and it cannot be achieved by individual countries acting on their own.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn (France) - MP, Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Former Finance Minister

Helle Thorning Schmidt (Denmark) - Leader of the Social Democratic Party

The European Council on Foreign Relations is a very interesting initiative, and I fully agree with the notion of the European Union as a motive force for a global open society. There is a definite need for a more pro-active European foreign policy, and I am convinced that the ECFR could play an important role in promoting this agenda.

Michiel Van Hulten (The Netherlands) - Managing Director of Burson-Marsteller, Brussels; Former MEP and chairman of the Dutch Labour Party

To older Europeans who experienced the Second World War the European Union stands for 50 years of peace, stability and prosperity. To younger generations it has yet to acquire a raison d’etre that goes beyond free movement and free markets. The European Council on Foreign Relations wants to help make the EU a credible and effective force for good not just within but also beyond the EU’s borders, and in doing so will help increase the legitimacy of the EU itself – especially among younger people concerned about issues such as global warming, disease, famine and civil war.

Mabel Van Oranje (The Netherlands) - International Advocacy Director, Open Society Institute

Europe’s weight in the world can no longer be taken for granted. Either we unite and have an impact on global problems such as terrorism, the climate crisis and AIDS. Or, the fate of our generation will be decided by others. The European Council on Foreign Relations will take a fresh approach to the issues that will shape our future.

Antonio Vitorino (Portugal) - Lawyer and former European Commissioner

There is an urgent need for creative action at EU level on foreign policy. This is a cristal clear request from European citizens. This is a key challenge for ECFR. I ' m confident we will meet this challenge together!

Sir Stephen Wall (United Kingdom) - Chairman of Hill and Knowlton (Public Affairs EMEA) and former Europe advisor to PM Tony Blair

Foreign policy is not going to be about foreign ministers debating remote subjects in remote places. Europe’s relations with the rest of the world will be set by the issues of poverty, energy, climate and trade. We all have to care about foreign policy as it is our lives that are on the line. ECFR is about turning individual concern into collective action.

Andre Wilkens (Germany) - Executive Director of the Open Society Institute in Brussels

The European Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, pan-European voice which will help the EU to emerge from its crisis of confidence as a revived, confident actor projecting its success story in the world.

Staff and Experts

Mark Leonard, Executive Director
Areas of expertise: European Foreign Policy, China, Transatlantic Relations, EU Institutions, Public Diplomacy and Nation branding, UK Foreign Policy

Languages: English, French, German

Hans Wolters, Deputy Director
Areas of expertise: European politics, especially European foreign policy, environmental policies, organisational development and people management

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian

François Godement, Senior Policy Fellow
Languages: French, English, Mandarin

Areas of expertise: Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, issues of integration and conflicts.

Richard Gowan, Policy Fellow

Ulrike Guérot, Senior Policy Fellow, Head of Berlin Office
Areas of expertise: EU integration process; EU institutions; Franco-German relations; EU-US relations.

Languages: German, English, French.

Thomas Klau, Editorial Director, Head of Paris Office
Areas of expertise: EU integration and institutions; Franco-German relations; EU-US relations; the world economy.

Languages: French, German, English, some Italian and Dutch.

Daniel Korski, Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise: Common Foreign Security and Defence Policy; the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, International Development and Post-conflict Reconstruction, National Security, Military Restructuring, Security Sector Reform

Languages: Danish, English, Swedish, French, Serbo-Croat

Alba Lamberti, Advocacy
Languages: Italian, English, French.

Areas of expertise: EU institutional reform; Common Foreign Security and Defence Policy; Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy; Inclusive security.

Ognyan Minchev, Senior Policy Fellow, Head of Sofia Office
Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, English

Areas of expertise: Post-communist transition, regional security and developmental studies on Central, Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Black Sea region, issues of corruption and organized crime, comparative democratization and institutional development.

Pierre Nöel, Policy Fellow
Languages: French, English

Areas of expertise: Oil and gas markets and industries; Interaction between international relations and energy market dynamics; Global and regional energy security; US, European and Chinese energy policies and politics.

Nicu Popescu, Policy Fellow
Languages: English, French, Russian and Romanian.

Areas of expertise: European Neighbourhood Policy, secessionist conflicts in the post-soviet space, EU relations with Russia, Moldova and the South Caucasus.

Zsofia Szilagyi, Communications and Media Relations
Languages: English, French, Hungarian

José-Ignacio Torreblanca, Senior Policy Fellow, Head of Madrid Office
Areas of Expertise: EU enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, EU institutional reforms, Common Foreign Security and Defence Policy

Languages: Spanish, English

Andrew Wilson, Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of Expertise: Ukraine, comparative politics of democratisation in the post-Soviet states, political technology.
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, some Belarusian. Conversational French

Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow (from mid-November 2007)
John Fox, Senior Policy Fellow (from January 2008)
Nick Witney, Senior Policy Fellow (from January 2008)

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the European Council on Foreign Relations?

The European Council on Foreign Relations in a pan-European think-tank, research institute and advocacy group. ECFR has been set up to engage in European foreign policy research, and to promote a more integrated European foreign policy in support of shared European interests and values. With offices in seven European capital cities and by building partnerships and networks with leading European foreign policy institutes, ECFR brings a genuienly pan-European perspective to global issues.

2. Who is behind this initiative?

ECFR was launched in October 2007 by its 50 founding council members, all prominent Europeans from EU member states and candidate countries. Among the founding council members are serving and former heads of government, ministers and parliamentarians, business leaders, distinguished academics, journalists and public intellectuals. Together, they have drafted and endorsed the ECFR’s Statement of Principles for a coherent and vigorous European Union foreign policy.

ECFR is backed by the Soros Foundations Network, Sigrid Rausing, FRIDE (La Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior), the Communitas Foundation and Dr. Hannes Androsch. ECFR works in partnerships with other organisations but does not make grants to individuals or institutions.

3. What are you? Are you a think-tank or are you a mass-movement organization?

ECFR’s founding members are all prominent Europeans from EU member states and candidate countries ranging from from serving and former ministers and parliamentarians to business leaders, distinguished academics, journalists and public intellectuals. Their shared aim is to foster a new high level strategic culture at the service of European foreign policy. In addition, ECFR’s in-house policy team brings together a small group of Europe’s brightest and best foreign policy analysts. Good ideas are no use if there is no political buy-in for them and the ECFR’s pan-European campaigning and advocacy work will make the connections between innovative policy thinking, popular engagement and civic action.

4. How are the members of the council selected?

Membership is by invitation and for a limited period of time (5 years renewable). Members will be selected according to criteria that include balance, intellectual distinction, policy influence, and commitment to open society values. Membership is limited to citizens of EU member states and candidate countries.

Candidates for membership must be nominated in writing by one ECFR member and seconded by a minimum of two other individuals who do not need to be ECFR members. Nomination letters should address the following criteria: intellectual attainment and expertise ; experience, interest, and current involvement in European foreign policy; promise of future achievement; potential contributions to the ECFR’s objectives; desire and ability to participate in ECFR’s activities; standing among their peers.

5. Can I join?

Anyone who agrees to sign ECFR’s Statement of Principles can become an ECFR Associate Member. Associate Members get advance copies of publications, will be invited to take part in telephone briefings with leading foreign policy practitioners and will be consulted on the future direction of ECFR’s research agenda. through online polls.

ECFR’s website is fully interactive and designed with the objective of facilitating pan-European conversations on foreign policy among EU citizens. Our in-house policy team will produce policy briefings and reports available to all.

6. Why do you have seven offices across Europe?

We believe that if we are to meet the aspiration of being a genuinely pan-European initiative, the ECFR needs a physical presence in several EU member states. The current and planned office locations in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sofia and Warsaw give ECFR a physical presence in countries that between them account for more than 70 per cent of the current EU population.

7. Why no office in Brussels?

Building a pan-European presence from scratch is no small organisational task. We think we have been very ambitious in planning seven offices in our first year. In time it is possible that further offices may be opened. Brussels is the seat of the main EU institutions and while ECFR will initially be focussing its efforts in member state capitals, the Open Society Institute-Brussels will be a close partner, and will in certain instances have an ambassadorial role for ECFR. It should not be forgotten that high speed rail links connect both London and Paris with Brussels.

8. When you talk of “One Voice for Europe”, are you suggesting that the European Union should take France or Britain’s permanent seats on the UN Security Council?

No. ECFR’s membership, like the European population will have a range of views on this issue, but ECFR does not take a collective position. However we do believe that effective multilateralism requires that the EU work hard to build alliances behind its values and interests at institutions like the UN - both by co-ordinating European positions and persuading third countries to join us.

9. What is ‘open society’?

The concept of open society was first used by the French philosopher Henri Bergson in his book ‘The Two Sources of Morality and Religion’ published in 1932. The Austrian-born British philosopher Karl Popper refined the concept in his book ‘The Open Society and Its Enemies’ published in 1944. Open societies are guided by universal human rights and seek to protect and promote the freedom of the individual. An open society can be endangered by abstract, universal or fundamentalist ideologies like communism, fascism which claim to be in possession of the ultimate truth. Because of the incompatibility between open societies and concepts of ultimate truths, it is never possible to set out a full definition of what an open society is, although it is possible to list practices which are incompatible with open society values, such as authoritarian rule, absence of laws or inconsistency in the application of law, oppression of political dissidents, discrimination against women and minorities, torture, detention without trial and censorship of the media.

10. What is your view of the new EU Reform Treaty?

ECFR’s membership does not take a collective view on the reform treaty. However, in relation to the EU’s external relations, the need for EU member states to ‘speak with one voice’ and back EU foreign policy with the full weight of the EU single market, aid budgets, diplomatic force and military requires a strengthened role for the EU High Representative and the creation of a ‘European External Action Service’. The EU’s current arrangements are too fragmented to be effective. At present the European Commission has about 3,500 staff working on external relations, over 120 overseas representations and a foreign policy budget that will soon rise to around €10 billion a year. However its operations are separate from those of the High Representative Javier Solana who has a total of about 500 staff (including the military staff), a budget of just €125 million and no more than a handful of overseas representations. The Reform Treaty would not only bring together the two sides of EU foreign policy by making the High Representative a vice president of the European Commisison, it would also give the member-states more leverage over how the European Commission uses its resources. The Reform Treaty contains many proposals that would help to bring about a more ‘coherent and vigorous’ EU foreign policy.

11. Do you support Turkish membership of the EU?

In signing the ECFR Statement of Principles, the founding members of the ECFR endorse the view that the EU should stand by its existing commitments to the three countries that are ‘official candidates’ for EU membership: Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia.

12. What kind of legal entity are you? Are you an NGO, or rather an academic institution?

ECFR is a project initiated by and legally part of:

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WE GIVE THANKSGIVING TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD KING JESUS FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS HE HAS BLESSED US WITH. THE ONE GOD WITH 3 SEPARATE OFFICES - GOD THE FATHER, JESUS THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT THE COMFORTER AND POWER GIVER. THANK YOU GOD AND COME QUICKLY KING JESUS.

Notice the Bible uses the 6PM to 6PM NEXT DAY (THE ISRAELI CALENDAR, NOT THE 12PM TO 12PM OUR CALENDAR. WE SHOULD BE GOING BY THE ISRAELI EVENING - MORNING CALENDAR BY THE BIBLE.

GENESIS 1:1-5 King James Bible
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

JOHN 1:1,14 King James Bible
1 In the beginning was the Word,(JESUS)and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
14 And the Word was made flesh,(JESUS)and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Verses About Thanksgiving

PSALMS 90:1-2 King James Bible
1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

PSALMS 50:23 King James Bible
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

PSALMS 92:1 King James Bible
1 IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:

PSALMS 97:12 King James Bible
12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

PSALMS 100:4 King James Bible
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

PSALMS 105:1-2 King James Bible
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

PHILIPPIANS 4:6 King James Bible
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.