EUROPEAN SUPERSTATE TO BE UNVEILED - EU NATIONS TO BE MORPHED INTO ONE.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

OTHER EU OUT STORIES I DONE

http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/poland-to-push-for-radical-new-eu-treaty.html 

http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/readying-for-brexitbritain-may-see-new.html 

http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/kerry-urges-britain-eu-to-manage-their.html 

http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/uk-lawmaker-wants-parliament-to.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/the-other-27-eu-countries-want-britain.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/the-united-kingdom-leave-stay-vote-in.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/today-is-big-day-will-britain-remain-in.html

EU SPAIN #11 (POSSIBLY MIGHT PRODUCE THE WORLD LEADER)

HOW THE COMMON MARKET TO EUROPEAN UNION WAS BORN.

Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (1951)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:11951K/TXT
Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:11957E/TXT
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (1957)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:11957A/TXT

01-BELGIUM-1958 *** (A BELGIAN WILL NEGOTIATE THE UK EXIT FROM EU) *
02-NETHERLANDS-1958 *
03-LUXUMBOURG-1958 *
04-ITALY (ROME)-1958
05-FRANCE-1958
06-GERMANY-1958
(THESE 6 SIGN THE TREATY OF ROME)(THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE)
07-IRELAND-1973
08-DENMARK-1973 *
09-UNITED KINGDOM (BRITAIN)-1973 ** (DROPPED OUT JUNE 23,16) *
10-GREECE-1981
Schengen Convention (1985)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law/treaties-other.html#new-2-26
11-SPAIN-1986 ******* (IMPORTANT SAY IN THE EU) *
12-PORTUGAL-1986
Treaty on European Union (1992)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1992:191:TOC
13-AUSTRIA-1995
14-FINLAND-1995
15-SWEDEN-1995 *
Treaty of Nice (2001)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12001C/TXT
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12004V/TXT
16-CYPRUS-2004
17-CZECH REPUBLIC-2004
18-ESTONIA-2004
19-HUNGARY-2004
20-LATVIA-2004
21-LITHUANIA-2004
22-MALTA-2004
23-POLAND-2004
24-SLOVAKIA-2004
25-SLOVENIA-2004
26-BULGARIA-2007
27-ROMANIA-2007
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2007)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law/treaties-other.html#new-2-38
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12007L/TXT
28-CROATIA-2013

** DROPPING OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TRADE BLOC.
*** NEGOTIATOR WITH HOW UK EXITS THE UNION TRADE BLOC.
******* THESE COUNTRIES COULD HAVE A BIG SAY IN FUTURE EU HAPPENINGS.
* KINGS AND QUEENS IN EU COUNTRIES-MONARCHIES.

JOINING COUNTRIES TREATIES WITH THE EU-ACCESSION TREATIES
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law/treaties-accession.html
OTHER EU TREATIES AND PROTOCOLS
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law/treaties-other.html
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html

ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT BREAKDOWN BY THE BIBLE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/01/obama-close-to-iran-create-muslim-state.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/04/the-eu-or-european-union-is-test-run.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-world-government.html

DANIEL 7:8,24
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,(WORLD DICTATOR) before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) 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.(EITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR BOOTS 3 ORIGINAL COUNTRIES FROM THE 6 FOUNDING MEMBERS OR THE DICTATOR TAKES OVER THE WORLD ECONOMY BY CONTROLLING 3 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

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

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.

No one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary Initiative United Nations.

THE EU WORLD DICTATOR

REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
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:(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and he that sat on him had a bow;(PEACE) and a crown was given unto him:(WORLD LEADER) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
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.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
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.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he (FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

European SUPERSTATE to be unveiled: EU nations 'to be morphed into one' post-Brexit-EUROPEAN political chiefs are to take advantage of Brexit by unveiling their long-held plan to morph the continent’s countries into one GIANT SUPERSTATE, it has emerged.By Nick Gutteridge- | UPDATED: 07:48, Wed, Jun 29, 2016

The foreign ministers of France and Germany are due to reveal a blueprint to effectively do away with individual member states in what is being described as an “ultimatum”. Under the radical proposals EU countries will lose the right to have their own army, criminal law, taxation system or central bank, with all those powers being transferred to Brussels. Controversially member states would also lose what few controls they have left over their own borders, including the procedure for admitting and relocating refugees. The plot has sparked fury and panic in Poland - a traditional ally of Britain in the fight against federalism - after being leaked to Polish news channel TVP Info. The public broadcaster reported the bombshell proposal would be presented to a meeting of the Visegrad group of countries - made up of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia - by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In the preamble to the text the two ministers write: "Our countries share a common destiny and a common set of values ??that give rise to an even closer union between our citizens. We will therefore strive for a political union in Europe and invite the next Europeans to participate in this venture."The revelations come just days after Britain shook the Brussels establishment by voting to leave the European Union in a move some have predicted could leave to the break-up of the EU. A number of member states are deeply unhappy about the creeping federalism of the European project with anti-EU sentiments running high in eastern Europe, Scandinavia and France. Responding to the plot Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski raged: "This is not a good solution, of course, because from the time the EU was invented a lot has changed.“The mood in European societies is different. Europe and our voters do not want to give the Union over into the hands of technocrats.“Therefore, I want to talk about this, whether this really is the right recipe right now in the context of a Brexit."There are deep divides at the heart of the EU at the moment over how to proceed with the project in light of the Brexit vote.Some figures have cautioned against trying to force through further political integration, warning that to do so against the wishes of the European people will only fuel further Eurosceptic feeling. A few weeks before the Brexit vote European Council president Donald Tusk warned that European citizens did not share the enthusiasm of some of their leaders for “a utopia of Europe without conflicting interests and ambitions, a utopia of Europe imposing its own values on the external world, a utopia of Euro-Asian unity”. He added: “Increasingly louder are those who question the very principle of a united Europe. The spectre of a break-up is haunting Europe and a vision of a federation doesn’t seem to me to be the best answer to it.” His view was backed up by the leader of the eurozone countries, Dutch politician Jerome Dijsselbloem, who added: “In the eurozone some are pushing for a completion of the monetary union by creating a full political union, a euro area economic government or even a euro budget… to me it is obvious.“We need to strengthen what we have and finish it, but let’s not build more extensions to the European house while it is so unstable.”Meanwhile Lorenzo Condign, the former director general of Italy’s treasury, has said it is nearly impossible to see Europe opting for more integration at such a time of upheaval. He said: “It seems difficult to imagine that the rest of the EU will close ranks and move in the direction of greater integration quickly. Simply, there is no political will. “Indeed, the risk is exactly the opposite - namely that centrifugal forces will prevail and make integration even more difficult.”But others see the Brexit vote as an opportunity to push ahead with the European elite’s long-cherished dream of creating a United States of Europe.Spain’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo has called for “more Europe” whilst Italy’s finance minister, Carlo Padoan, is advocating a common budget for the eurozone states.And Emmanuel Macron, France’s economy minister, wants to go even further and set up a common eurozone treasury which would oversee the permanent transfer of funds from wealthier northern Europe to shore up Mediterranean economies.

EU Officials To Unveil 'Ultimatum' Blueprint As Final Solution For European Super-State-by Tyler Durden-Jun 27, 2016 11:20 PM

It appears The Brits may have dodged more than a bullet in their decision to leave The EU. The foreign ministers of France and Germany are reportedly due to reveal a blueprint to effectively do away with individual member states in what is being described as an "ultimatum." As The Express reports, the shockingly predictable final solution to Europe's Brexit-driven existential crisis is an apparently long-held plan to morph the continent’s countries into one giant superstate. The radical proposals mean EU countries will lose the right to have their own army, criminal law, taxation system or central bank, with all those powers being transferred to Brussels. According to the Daily Express, the nine-page report has "outraged" some EU leaders.The plans for 'a closer European Union' have been branded an attempt to create a 'European superstate', as The Daily Mail reports,Germany's foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault today presented a proposal for closer EU integration based on three key areas - internal and external security, the migrant crisis, and economic cooperation.But the plans have been described as an 'ultimatum' in Poland, with claims it would mean countries transfer their armies, economic systems and border controls to the EU.Controversially member states would also lose what few controls they have left over their own borders, including the procedure for admitting and relocating refugees.The Express reports that the plot has sparked fury and panic in Poland - a traditional ally of Britain in the fight against federalism - after being leaked to Polish news channel TVP Info.The public broadcaster reports that the bombshell proposal will be presented to a meeting of the Visegrad group of countries - made up of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia - by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier later today.Excerpts of the nine-page report were published today as the leaders of Germany, France and Italy met in Berlin for Brexit crisis talks.In the preamble to the text the two ministers write: "Our countries share a common destiny and a common set of values ??that give rise to an even closer union between our citizens. We will therefore strive for a political union in Europe and invite the next Europeans to participate in this venture."Responding to the plot Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski raged: "This is not a good solution, of course, because from the time the EU was invented a lot has changed.“The mood in European societies is different. Europe and our voters do not want to give the Union over into the hands of technocrats.“Therefore, I want to talk about this, whether this really is the right recipe right now in the context of a Brexit."There are deep divides at the heart of the EU at the moment over how to proceed with the project in light of the Brexit vote.Some figures have cautioned against trying to force through further political integration, warning that to do so against the wishes of the European people will only fuel further Eurosceptic feeling.Czech minister Lubomír Zaorálek added that the four eastern members had reservations about the proposed common security policy.Meanwhile Lorenzo Condign, the former director general of Italy’s treasury, has said it is nearly impossible to see Europe opting for more integration at such a time of upheaval.He said: “It seems difficult to imagine that the rest of the EU will close ranks and move in the direction of greater integration quickly. Simply, there is no political will.“Indeed, the risk is exactly the opposite - namely that centrifugal forces will prevail and make integration even more difficult.”It seems the infamous phrase "never let a crisis go to waste" has not been lost on EU officialdom.

Leaders rule out treaty change to reform EU-By Eszter Zalan-june 29,16-euobserver

BRUSSELS, Today, 18:20-EU leaders will meet in Bratislava in September to rethink the future on the EU in the face of Britain's exit from the bloc and amid growing populism the threatens the foundations of the European project.“Many people express dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs, be it at the European or national level. Europeans expect us to do better … We need to deliver on this, in a way that unites us,” they said in a joint statement after a meeting at the level of just 27 on Wednesday (29 June).The EU-27 earlier the same day held their first preliminary discussion on how to approach reform.Their meeting in Slovakia on 16 September will launch a discussion that some hope will re-energise the European project by next March, in time for the 60th anniversary of the Rome treaty that founded the European Community.The largest countries said it will not only be a “more or less” Europe debate, but on how to create a “better” Europe.German chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU needs to streamline, cut red tape, and create jobs.“We need to act now. We have to set a positive agenda,” she said, adding that the EU also has to get better at delivering results.“The objective has to be to convince citizens why we do certain things … The issue is not about more or less regulation, but to set objectives more precisely,” Merkel said.French president Francois Hollande agreed, saying that “nothing would be worse than the status quo.” “It would be the continuation of the populists' enterprise,” he said.Hollande faces elections next year and far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, who is calling for a referendum on EU membership, is a strong contender.In the coming weeks, countries will have to work out their ideas and priorities.Some countries, like Germany, France and Italy have already put forward papers with ideas on stronger cooperation on security and tackling youth unemployment.-The EU is not in Brussels'-Others see the process as an opportunity to scale back EU competences and to reinforce nation states.Fault lines will inevitably be exposed between those who think a more federalist EU would be more effective, and others who argue that member states should be more in control of union decision-making.“We have to return to the thesis that the member states and not EU institutions form the basis of the EU. The democratic features of the EU can only be strengthened through member states,” Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban said Wednesday.“The EU is not in Brussels, but in the 27, now still 28 capitals,” Orban said, in a reference to the fact that the UK remains a member of the EU until the end of its exit negotiations.He added that prior efforts to create democratic legitimacy for the EU institutions had failed.-Treaty change?-The Bratislava process could eventually lead to treaty change, although the majority of leaders agree that now is not time to open up the legal foundations of the bloc.“Of course the EU needs reforms, but not reforms that are complimentary or contradictory to what we’re doing now … It’s about speeding up reforms not adding reforms,” commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said after the meeting.He added that “the general view [among EU leaders] is that there would be no [EU] treaty change … it’s about implementation, not innovation.”Sources said the more eurosceptic Visegrad countries - Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - would also prepare a common position for the meeting.“We’ll see what happens in Bratislava. Previous groups, previous divisions will change, new groups will emerge,” Orban said.The Hungarian PM said he understood that under the current circumstances treaty change is not timely and would only create uncertainty.“But when things calm down, we should examine what values and procedures to rethink in the current treaty,” he added.Beata Szydlo, the Polish prime minister, whose government advocates “radical” treaty change, said: “To speak about changing the treaty now prompts a certain resistance because everybody is concerned that talks on a new treaty in such an unstable situation could be a big problem ... maybe at the end of the discussions, of the deeper reflection, there will also be talk of the need for a new treaty”.Se warned against ideas of creating sub-sets of EU states each with different levels of integration.“If there’s talk among some states of building a Europe of variable speeds, that’s the end of the european project … leaders have to lay aside talk of clubs or groups that are more or less elite”, she said.Leaders will assess the outcome of the Bratislava talks in October and December and hope have tangible outcomes by next March.

Britain's departure will shift power dynamics in EU-[The Canadian Press]-Geir Moulson, The Associated Press-June 29, 2016-yahoonews

BRUSSELS - Britain's departure from the European Union will deprive the bloc of one of its few truly heavyweight members, a diplomatic, economic and military powerhouse. Britain accounts for more than 60 million of the EU's 500 million people, has the world's fifth-biggest economy and is a nuclear power. Its exit will shift the power dynamics of a bloc that has long relied on trade-offs and compromise between countries that have different ideas about what they want out of a united Europe.Here's a look at shifting powers in the 28-nation bloc:___GERMANY AND FRANCE MAY HAVE TO DO MORE-Germany and France have combined over the decades as the motor of European integration. The two countries often draw up joint proposals for major policy issues before summits of the full bloc — something smaller EU nations can view with suspicion. That frequently requires a balance between different political philosophies, with Germany tending toward a free-market approach while France favouring more state intervention in the economy."When we agree about everything, then the others are worried. When, which is seldom the case, we do not agree, then people are even more worried," French President Francois Hollande said Monday during a visit to Berlin. "So we have decided that we prefer to agree."Amid tensions over Europe's debt crisis, the French-German partnership hasn't been much of a romance over recent years. And it has looked increasingly unbalanced as German Chancellor Angela Merkel presides over a strong economy while the deeply unpopular Hollande struggles to reform France.Germany, France and Italy are the only three EU countries other than Britain with more than 60 million people. Merkel also invited Italian Premier Matteo Renzi to Berlin on Monday ahead of a summit where EU leaders pondered how to keep their union together.The big EU countries are keen not to be seen as dominating their smaller partners."The European Union has no directorate," Renzi said.___THE EUROZONE NOT LIKELY TO EXPAND ANYTIME SOON-Nineteen of the EU's 28 members use the shared euro currency. Britain never joined this inner circle, which brings together countries as diverse as Germany, Slovakia and Greece. Denmark also opted out of the euro and Swedish voters rejected the currency in a 2003 referendum.The club doesn't look likely to expand anytime soon — even though all the many eastern European countries that joined the EU starting in 2004 are on paper committed to joining the euro. Still, governments in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are paying lip service at most to that requirement. They're waiting to see how the currency zone resolves the debt problems that saw Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus bailed out.___THE EAST GETS MORE ASSERTIVE-Four independent-minded eastern European countries that have been increasingly assertive over the past year will demand to have their voice heard as the EU figures out how to move forward: Poland — the biggest of the EU's eastern members with 38 million people — along with Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.The four have already resisted calls by Merkel for all EU countries to share the burden of hosting the massive influx of refugees to the bloc. Nationalist governments in Poland and Hungary, in particular, have little appetite for further EU integration and have bristled at scrutiny from Brussels of their own domestic policy moves.Witold Waszczykowski, Poland's foreign minister, described officials at EU headquarters this week as out of touch with regular people, saying they should be "beating themselves on the chest" in remorse at the British referendum result.___EU HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS MAY HAVE TO REIN IT IN-The European Union's Brussels-based executive Commission has acquired increased influence and confidence over recent years under the 2009 Lisbon Treaty, which governs the way the bloc is run and was meant to make it more effective and accountable.Yet there's a widespread perception in many European countries that the bloc's leaders are too willing to interfere on matters they don't need to. Britain's exit could make governments elsewhere in Europe more inclined to assert themselves against Brussels officials.Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday that the EU should keep in mind "the guiding principle — national solutions where possible, and European solutions where necessary."___Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report.

Malta and Estonia could take over UK’s EU presidency By Eszter Zalan-JUNE 29,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 15:12-Two of the smallest EU nations could take over the UK’s job of holding the rotating presidency of the union next year.British prime minister David Cameron told fellow leaders on Tuesday (28 June) that they would have to wait for his successor to decide if the UK would still retain its role, sources familiar with talks said.The British chairmanship had been scheduled for the second half of 2017.Other leaders asked Cameron to let them know as soon as possible so that they could make alternative arrangements if need be.Malta takes over the presidency at the start of next year and Estonia was due to follow Britain in 2018.The Maltese leader said he would prefer Estonia’s chairmanship to be brought forward to cover the UK, a move that would also bring forward the rest of the EU presidency calendar.Malta, with a population of some 450,000, has already tripled the staff at its EU diplomatic mission, from around 45 to 150, to cope with the tasks.It also has made contractual and financial arrangements for the presidency, so it is less flexible to move its dates.But Malta’s prime minister Joseph Muscat has said he is open to discussion about splitting the UK’s six months with Estonia, or about Malta doing a one-year stint.There could be legal complications on splitting the six month-long period, however.According to the Lisbon Treaty, which introduced a new trio system in 2009, three member states are meant to share each 18-month presidency period in terms of closer cooperation.“It is simpler to change the rotation than the period,” an EU official said.Presiding over a longer presidency would also mean extra costs for the member state in charge. An EU official said other member states might offer financial assistance is the situation arose.Estonia, a Baltic country with a population of 1.3 million, has also started preparations for its presidency. They upped their staff from around 70 to 100, This will be doubled for the presidency period.“We need to be flexible, prepare different scenarios. It would not be easy, but we will manage,” said an EU source. The source said that advancing Estonia’s term also posed “difficult” legal questions.Estonian prime minister Taavi Roivas had on said Monday about the possible change of schedule: "We have thought about it. We’ve prepared for it and we'll cope with it."The order of the presidencies is decided by member states, so the EU Council will have to make the final decision.What is the council presidency?-The rotating presidency is in charge of pushing legislation or other decisions through the EU institutions.It no longer speaks for the EU on the world stage, as presidencies used to prior to Lisbon, which also introduced the new posts of EU Council president and EU foreign relations chief.It is also supposed to be a neutral broker.But presidencies still set the agenda for legislative talks in sectoral areas, giving the host state ample opportunity to promote national interests.The job usually requires years of preparation and the reshuffling of diplomatic staff in the country in charge. Malta, for instance, started its preparations in 2013 - four years before assuming the post.“It’s not the end of the world if we don’t find out until September what the UK wants to do, but the sooner would be the better of course,” an EU source said.

EU divided on answer to Brexit 'wake up call' By Eszter Zalan-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, 28. Jun, 15:59-Twenty-seven EU leaders will meet on Wednesday (29 June) for the first time without their UK counterpart to discuss the British divorce and future EU reforms.Last UK vote to leave the EU rang “alarm bells” across the continent that EU structures are too detached from citizens, giving rise to populism and euroscepticsm.Diplomats and officials in Brussels said there is need for deep reflection on how to bring the union closer to the general public.“The [public’s] attachment to the European project is not enough to offset the negative forces of withdrawal and rejection that are being expressed everywhere in Europe,” one EU diplomat said.Another diplomat said: “We need to listen and understand that there is an alarm bell, we need to change things”. A third EU diplomat used the same terms, saying: “This [the Brexit vote] is a very serious wake up call”.The immediate reaction is expected to be a show of unity by the 27, leaving substantial talks for later.Sources said EU council chief Donald Tusk might draft an informal ideas paper for Wednesday morning to serve as a basis for the summit talks, but that there would be no conclusions on the way forward.They also said the EU self-reflection process would lack the grandeur of previous intergovernmental “conventions”.“We don’t expect conclusions on Wednesday, we do not expect another European convention, this process cannot be carried out by ‘wise-men’,” an EU source said.An EU official noted: “You don't need to be Einstein to understand that if you launch a debate on substance now there will be no unity. In the current context, we cannot … promise things we cannot guarantee”.-New big three-France, Germany and Italy, the EU’s post-Brexit big three, on Monday already called for deeper EU integration in areas of clear common interest.German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Francois Hollande and Italian PM Matteo Renzi said in a joint statement (27 June) in Berlin that they have a “strong commitment to European integration.”They said the EU should work more intensively in areas such as security, economic union, and social cohesion, but take a back seat on issues that capitals can better handle at home.Germany had wanted stronger economic union, while social cohesion is a priority for southern EU states, which need to create jobs for young people.The big three promised to start detailed talks in September and to agree a plan by December. They also spoke of reaffirming the European project in March 2017, the EU’s 60th birthday.In line with that idea, EU council chief Donald Tusk indicated on Tuesday (28 June) arriving to the summit of EU leaders that he would call an informalmeeting of the 27 in Spetember in Bratislava for talks on the EU's future.But Monday’s statement focused on listing joint policies instead of structural EU reform. It also did not mention how to tackle issues of immediate concern to average people, such as the migration crisis.-Reform, not integration-Meanwhile, other EU leaders think that further integration is not the solution.Poland said on Monday the EU should draft a new treaty that returns powers from the European Commission to the Council of the EU, where member states meet.It also called for commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and council head Donald Tusk to resign over Brexit.There is no appetite for treaty change elsewhere in Europe due to fears that it would open a Pandora’s Box of national demands for opt-ins and opt-outs.But some officials said the future role of the EU Commission and its president would have to come up for debate in the reform process.The mood inside the EU corridors was dim, sources said. They said it was necessary to restore trust between member states and the commission and for national leaders to stop scapegoating EU institutions.“It doesn’t work that the leaders blame the EU for everything. It sends the wrong message [to the general public],” one EU contact said.-Real world issues-Josef Janning, a scholar of EU affairs at the ECFR think tank in Berlin, said the statement issued on Monday by France, Germany and Italy “was careful and cautious” and designed to give the impression of “business as usual.”He told EUobserver that Merkel did want to rush the UK, but neither the EU, so it does not commit to something now it cannot deliver later.He said Merkel is herself in a tricky position because there is no consensus on deeper EU integration inside the German government.Janning advised leaders to quickly address issues of pressing public concern, such as migration and economic structural issues in southern member states, to regain trust.He said the EU needed a critical mass of member states that were ready to act, noting that the concerns of countries such as Poland or Hungary ought to be, and could be accommodated.“I would advise to rebuild the political centre in Europe and focus on delivering on the existing crises,” he said.

Brexit vote irreversible, say EU leaders By Eric Maurice-JUNE 29,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 08:45-Five days after the UK voted to leave the EU, the bloc's leaders decided at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (28 June) to wait before starting the legal process for Brexit, but they insisted there was no alternative to Brexit.There was no "clamour" to trigger Article 50, British prime minister David Cameron said, referring to the EU treaty clause that organises a country's exit."Leaders understand that some time is now needed to allow the dust to settle in the UK," European Council president Donald Tusk explained.The position had been agreed on Sunday because of the political crisis in the UK.But EU leaders "also expect the intentions of the UK government to be specified as soon as possible", Tusk added.As one official from a member state put it, the message to British officials was: "You have a referendum, you deal with it."That means Britain will have to trigger Article 50 before any discussion about its future relationship with the EU can start. Cameron, who will resign after the summer, said it would be for the next British government to decide.“As of this evening, I see no way back from the Brexit vote,” German chancellor Angela Merkel told journalists. “This is no time for wishful thinking, but rather to grasp reality.”The message was delivered to Cameron but was in reality addressed to his successor and to eurosceptic leaders in Europe.Many member states want to discourage British officials from trying to negotiate a new deal to stay in the EU as they fear this would give an incentive to other countries or anti-EU parties to threaten the EU with referendums.If talks were held outside the legal framework of Article 50, "what kind of message would you send to everybody else?" the member state official said.-UK 'cannot cherry-pick EU rules'-The mood at the working dinner, the first since last Thursday's referendum and the last for Cameron, was "emotional", sources said.Cameron himself told journalists how several leaders told stories of old links between the UK and their countries.He said that the discussions were "very constructive, positive, calm" and that there was "an understanding that Britain and the EU should seek the closest possible relations... over trade, cooperation, security".He added however that it would be "impossible to have all of the benefits of EU membership without some of the cost of membership"."That is something the next British government is going to have to think through very carefully," he added.Officials said that when the UK negotiates its new status with the EU, "there will be no cherry-picking" of EU rules.-'Face the consequences'-In particular, if it wants to get access to the EU single market, it will have to accept the freedom of movement for goods, capitals, services and above all for people."Freedom of movement is not subject to discussion, even if it has been portrayed in a cartoonesque way in the British press," a senior EU official said, adding that it was "a principle of the EU, we will not move from that".“This isn’t to punish the British people but they will have to face the consequences for some time,” French president Francois Hollande said.The issue is likely to be one of the most contentious ones in future talks.Cameron himself told his colleagues during the discussion that he lost the referendum because he did not get a deal to reduce migration further.“I think people recognised the strength of the economic case for staying, but there was a very strong concern about freedom of movement,” he told journalists.In their summit conclusions, EU leaders only mentioned that "the UK prime minister informed the European Council about the outcome of the referendum in the UK", thus keeping their hands free for the months to come.The Conservatives aim to choose a new leader, who will then become prime minister, by 9 September, party officials said on Tuesday.-'No need to speculate'-EU officials said Article 50 could be activated by the new prime minister in October, at the next EU summit, or later according to the domestic situation. But no time-frame was discussed by leaders, sources said.At the press conference following the meeting, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker surprised everyone by saying that a prime minister from the Remain camp would have two weeks to notify Article 50, while for a PM from the Leave camp "it should be done on the day after his appointment".An official told EUobserver that the remark was only made "in the heat" of the press conference.Speaking after Juncker, Tusk said that there was "no need to speculate"."If they [the future British cabinet] need more time we'll have to wait. It's not the best solution for the UK and for us but this is the only legal way we have today," he said.

Renzi seeks green light to help Italy's banks By Aleksandra Eriksson-JUNE 29,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:24-The European Commission and Italy are floating ideas on a possible bail-out of the country’s banks.Turmoil on global markets following Britain's vote to leave the EU hit hard against Italian banks, which are already struggling under the weight of €360 billion in bad loans, sluggish economic growth and record low interest rates.Euro and finance commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told Bloomberg on Tuesday (28 June) that the EU’s executive arm was closely monitoring the situation of Italian banks and is in contact with Italian authorities about possible measures.Rome is considering shoring up banks with up to €40 billion to save shareholders and junior creditors from taking the losses.But the bailout of bank creditors would be contrary to new EU legislation, which aims to avoid that tax payers bear the brunt of bad banking policies.Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker added later that day that his team would do everything to avoid a run on Italian banks.“This is not a danger for Italy for the time being,” Juncker told journalists, ”but we have to make sure given the uncomfortable global circumstances we are in that the banking sector in Italy and elsewhere will be protected in the best way possible”.Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi said the talks were not yet formal negotiations.He hopes to persuade the commission that Brexit opened up “exceptional circumstances” that would justify the measure.The Italian parliament is meanwhile clearing legal hurdles for the legislation.Dombrovskis declined to elaborate on the talks or the way the EU is leaning.

THE DOW WAS UP 284 POINTS WEDNESDAY-YESTERDAY

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
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:(CONFISCATED) 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.

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

1 KINGS 10:13-14
13  And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

GENESIS 49:16-17
16  Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

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UPDATE-JUNE 30,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET THURSDAY-JUNE 30,2016
09:30AM-37.16
10:00AM-18.70
10:30AM-56.07
11:00AM-82.32
11:30AM-114.57
12:00PM-120.34
12:30PM-186.25
01:00PM-176.07
01:30PM-180.93
02:00PM-184.67
02:30PM-196.25
03:00PM-214.75
03:30PM-220.20
04:00PM-235.31+ 17,929.99 - S&P +28.09 2098.86 - NASDAQ +63.43 4842.67
HIGH +236 LOW +18
TSX +27.80 14,064.54 - GOLD $+0.53 $1,319.35 - OIL $-1.57 $48.30

EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14  And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

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

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

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

UPDATE-JUNE 30, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide-26 of 26 earthquakes in map area.

    4.5-19km WNW of Nagano-shi, Japan-2016-06-30 23:05:00 (UTC)-15.8 km
    3.8-28km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma-2016-06-30 22:25:04 (UTC)-6.6 km
    2.7-36km SW of Cantwell, Alaska-2016-06-30 20:48:32 (UTC)-75.9 km
    2.8-98km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska-2016-06-30 17:07:28 (UTC)-22.3 km
    4.5-126km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea-2016-06-30 16:26:58 (UTC)-196.2 km
    4.6-147km NNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia-2016-06-30 15:20:23 (UTC)-269.2 km
    2.7-35km ESE of Unalaska, Alaska-2016-06-30 15:09:08 (UTC)-65.8 km
    5.1-Southwest Indian Ridge-2016-06-30 12:20:19 (UTC)-10.0 km
    2.5-28km SW of San Joaquin, California-2016-06-30 12:44:01 (UTC)-7.9 km
    2.9-28km S of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming-2016-06-30 09:41:08 (UTC)-0.2 km
    2.8-80km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 05:01:39 (UTC)-35.0  km
    2.9-63km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 03:13:26 (UTC)-70.0 km
    2.5-83km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 02:10:00 (UTC)-16.0 km
    2.8-69km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 01:35:44 (UTC)-61.0 km
    3.4-69km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 01:14:37 (UTC)-55.0 km
    3.2-77km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 00:40:15 (UTC)-38.0 km
    2.9-76km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-30 00:18:03 (UTC)-8.0 km
    2.9-80km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-29 23:39:02 (UTC)-32.0 km
    4.0-58km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands-2016-06-29 23:37:48 (UTC)-11.0 km

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ORTHODOX GROUPS SEEK COURT BAN ON MIXED PRAYERS AT WESTERN WALL.

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Orthodox groups seek court ban on mixed prayers at Western Wall-Petition to High Court claims plan for egalitarian section is illegal because government didn’t consult chief rabbis-By Times of Israel staff June 29, 2016, 8:35 pm

A group of Orthodox Jewish organizations filed an urgent petition with the High Court of Justice on Wednesday against a government plan to allow an egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall.According to the ultra-Orthodox news site Kol Hazman, the petition claims that the government’s decision earlier this year is illegal and was not made in consultation with the country’s chief rabbis, as required by law. The appellants also claim that the government isn’t authorized to make such a decision, but rather the religious affairs minister.The petition was filed by LIBA, an organization promoting Orthodox Judaism in Israeli society, and several other religious groups.A deal was reached in January to set up a non-Orthodox prayer space at the Western Wall, but since then the plan — which met with vociferous opposition from Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox religious figures but hailed as a symbol of Jewish unity in much of the Jewish Diaspora — has encountered a number of setbacks.In their petition, the appellants said “the government’s avoidance of holding a consultation process as demanded by law undermines the infrastructure on which the government’s decision was apparently based. Failure to consult with the chief rabbis, as mentioned, constitutes another flaw, which also must lead to the cancellation of the decision, and this of course does not diminish the claim that the decision lacks validity because the aforementioned was approved without authority.”Earlier this month, a pluralistic prayer service held at the Western Wall to protest the stalled prayer space deteriorated into scuffles between ultra-Orthodox protesters and progressive worshipers.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Orthodox protesters of seeking to divide the Jewish people.The Western Wall compromise, passed in a January 31 cabinet decision that reflected the work of years of negotiations, calls for a permanent prayer platform to be built along the southern end of the Western Wall in an area of the Davidson Archaeological park, otherwise known as Robinson’s Arch, which was to be used for mixed-gender and non-Orthodox prayer services. There is currently a temporary prayer platform set up there in two distinct areas of the park.Raoul Wootliff and JTA contributed to this report.

Bedlam in Knesset as Arab MK brands IDF soldiers ‘murderers’ for Gaza flotilla raid-Several outraged MKs charge toward podium as Hanin Zoabi speaks out; Zionist Union MK calls for her suspension; Likud MK wants her banned-By Times of Israel staff June 29, 2016, 7:23 pm

MK Hanin Zoabi on Wednesday set off a political firestorm after branding IDF soldiers involved in a May 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla “murderers,” and demanding they apologize.The Joint (Arab) List lawmaker, who took part in the flotilla from Turkey that tried to break the Israeli blockade on the Hamas-run coastal enclave, was vociferously berated in the Knesset plenum by lawmakers who attempted to approach the podium and have her removed.Nine Turkish nationals, including one with American citizenship, were killed in clashes that erupted when IDF commandos were violently attacked by those on board the Mavi Marmara, the final ship in the flotilla, and opened fire. A tenth Turkish national died of his wounds years later. A number of Israeli soldiers were also injured in the raid. Zoabi was on board the Turkish-flagged vessel at the time.“I demand an apology for all the political activists on the Marmara and an apology to MK Hanin Zoabi, for inciting against her for six years and hounding her. You all need to apologize, all of the members of Knesset here,” Zoabi said. “Those who murdered need to apologize, you need to apologize.”Zoabi’s comments came a day after Israel signed a deal with Turkey to restore ties, after years of frosty relations exacerbated by the raid. The deal provides for Israel to pay Turkey $20 million compensation over the Marmara raid, a point objected to by some Israeli politicians.Zoabi’s statements were met by howls from several members of Knesset, including MK Micky Levi (Yesh Atid), who charged toward the podium in outrage and attempted to forcibly remove Zoabi.“Your friends are murderers, you’re a partner to terrorism,” Likud MK Oren Hazan screamed at her. “You’re out of line. Don’t use this podium to speak against IDF soldiers!”“You murdered! Shut up!” Zoabi replied.Yesh Atid MK Aliza Lavie called on Zoabi to knock it off, to which Zoabi replied: “Come knock me out.”Yisrael Beytenu MK Hamad Amar, who chaired the plenary session, said Zoabi “lied to me.”Zoabi requested permission to speak because she wanted to apologize, said Amar. “She lied.”She was eventually led out of the plenum, escorted by security, along with Levi, Zionist Union MK Micky Rosenthal and Meretz party leader Zehava Galon.But even after her departure Zoabi’s remarks continued to be met with enraged responses by other lawmakers.“IDF soldiers are the children of all of us, to call them murderers is an abomination,” opposition leader Isaac Herzog wrote on Twitter. “Another reason why we ought not to have agreed to compensate those who attacked the soldiers.”Fellow Zionist Union MK Nahman Shai called on the Knesset’s ethics committee to suspend Zoabi.Likud MK and Coalition Chairman David Bitan said he would put forward a law to bar Zoabi from the Knesset.“She creates provocations regularly, and we can’t continue with this ritual,” he told Army Radio. “She should be a martyr, but not in the Knesset. She doesn’t interest us, we are interested in her not sitting in the Knesset and making provocations.”Zoabi has refused to apologize for her comments.

Over 30 gunmen said killed in Egyptian strikes in Sinai-Officials says assault on Islamic State affiliate foiled planned jihadist attacks on soldiers-By Times of Israel staff June 29, 2016, 7:07 pm

The Egyptian military on Tuesday night bombed multiple sites in the northern Sinai Peninsula linked to the Islamic State affiliate in the area, the Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported Wednesday.The strikes are estimated to have killed some 33 gunmen from Sinai Province, the jihadist group that has sworn allegiance to IS.The five separate airstrikes in the villages of Beit Amira, al-Shalaq and al-Lufitat, south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid, also left as many as 50 injured, Ma’an said.An Egyptian military source told Ma’an that the strikes helped foil attacks that were being planned against Egyptian soldiers in the restive peninsula.They also may have caused a brief disruption in the flow of electricity to Sheikh Zuweid, the Egyptian half of the city of Rafah, and parts of the southern Gaza Strip.There was no separate confirmation of the news Wednesday.The Egyptian military has fought a two-year campaign against Sinai Province since it declared allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.

Putin orders government to start ‘normalizing’ trade with Turkey-Russian, Turkish presidents hold first phone call since rift began over downing of Russian plane, agree to meet-By AFP June 29, 2016, 4:51 pm-the times of israel

MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered his government to begin the process of lifting sanctions imposed against Turkey after Ankara shot down a Russian warplane last year.“I ask that the Russian government begins the process of normalizing general trade and economic ties with Turkey,” Putin said at a cabinet meeting following a telephone conversation with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.First on his list were travel restrictions between the countries.“I want to start with the question of tourism … we are lifting the administrative restrictions in this area,” Putin told government ministers in televised comments.The move came after earlier in the day Putin and Erdogan held their first phone call since Ankara downed one of Moscow’s jets in Syria last year.A statement from the Turkish presidency said Erdogan and Putin “highlighted the importance of the normalization of bilateral relations between Turkey and Russia.”The November incident froze relations between the two nations and saw Moscow slap sanctions on Ankara.Putin also condemned the “heinous” attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport Tuesday that killed at least 41 people and offered condolences to the Turkish people, the statement said.“Reiterating their commitment to reinvigorate bilateral relations and fight terrorism together, the two leaders agreed to remain in contact and meet in person,” Erdogan’s office said.The Kremlin confirmed that the conversation took place and said a statement would be released.The breakthrough phone call by Putin came after Erdogan on Monday sent a letter to the Kremlin leader that Moscow said contained an apology.The downing of the plane in November ruptured relations and saw Moscow impose a raft of sanctions, including an embargo on Turkish food products and a ban on charter flights and the sale of package tours to the country. It also sparked a bitter war of words between the leaders with Putin calling it a “stab in the back” and demanding an apology from Erdogan.Ankara has said Erdogan expressed his “regret” over the incident in Monday’s letter to Putin and asked the family of the pilot who died to “excuse us,” but has not explicitly confirmed he apologized for shooting down the plane.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday described the letter as an “important step” but warned that “there is no need to think that in several days it will be possible to normalize everything.”Turkey has argued that the Russian plane strayed into its airspace and ignored repeated warnings, but Russia insisted it did not cross the border and accused Turkey of a “planned provocation.”The countries are on opposing sides in the Syrian conflict, with Ankara backing rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad while Moscow is one of his last remaining allies.

Turkey and IS: heading for all-out war?-[AFP]-Sammy Ketz with Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Beirut (AFP) - The Turkish authorities have accused the Islamic State group of carrying out the attack on Istanbul's international airport that killed 41 people.Long accused of complacency towards IS, Turkey has changed its approach since joining the US-led coalition against the jihadists in August 2015.What was Ankara's policy towards IS? IS has long relied on Turkey as a conduit for reinforcements and weapons bound for Syria to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad, his armed opponents and Al-Nusra Front, the branch of Al-Qaeda in the war-torn country.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a devout Sunni Muslim, openly advocated the downfall of his old ally, his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad of the Alawite offshoot of Shiite Islam.He therefore supported all components of the rebellion since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011 that has now killed more than 280,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes.Why has it changed? In August 2015, Turkey joined the international military coalition against IS which, along with Russia, is mainly targeting the jihadists' oil facilities, including many fields and wells."Strangely, IS accuses Turkey of lending support to the YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) and has blamed Turkey -- and others -- for the loss of territory along the border," says Aron Stein of the Atlantic Council think-tank.For its part, after having condoned IS's activities, police have been "hitting IS in Turkey pretty hard" including raids in Gaziantep and elsewhere. And Ankara announced recently that its forces were shelling IS positions in Syria.Why is Ankara blaming IS? Although no-one has claimed responsibility for the attack on Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said "the evidence points to Daesh", using another name for IS.According to the Soufan Group intelligence consultancy, "Turkey has become a prime target for the Islamic State in the last year. It has been mentioned several times in the group's English-language magazine, Dabiq; President Erdogan was featured on the cover of issue 11."Turkey also believes that IS hit it where it hurts, especially tourism, which brings the country's economy around $30 billion a year.Ege Seckin of IHS Country Risk says that "the attack was most likely conducted by the Islamic State to undermine the Turkish economy by attacking the airport ahead of the summer months, when tourism peaks."Why isn't IS claiming the airport attack? IS, which is normally quick to claim responsibility and reveal gory details of its attacks, has always been discreet when it comes to Turkey.Unlike Kurdish separatists, it has never endorsed attacks in the country except against Syrian citizen journalists."It's unclear why IS doesn't claim credit, but it appears to be part of a broader strategy to exacerbate internal Turkish tensions, ranging from political polarisation to the Kurdish-Turkish conflict," says Stein of the Atlantic Council.Are they heading for all-out war? The airport attack could mark a turning point."If the Islamic State is indeed behind this attack, this would be a declaration of war," says Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Programme at The Washington Institute."Thus far, Turkey has avoided engaging the Islamic State in full war, instead prioritising its battle against the Assad regime and the Syrian Kurds. For Turkey, fighting the Islamic State as a first order battle could now be unavoidable."

Istanbul death toll rises to 41 as Turkey hunts for perpetrators-At least 13 foreigners among those killed in triple suicide bombings at Ataturk airport; 239 hurt, with 130 still hospitalized-By AFP June 29, 2016, 3:57 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

ISTANBUL — A triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s international airport left 41 people dead, 13 of them foreign nationals, and 239 wounded, the city governor said in a statement.The governor’s office said 109 of the 239 wounded were discharged from hospital.It said 13 of the dead were foreigners. One of the fatalities has been confirmed as a Palestinian.A Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said five of the dead were from Saudi Arabia, two were from Iraq, and one from Tunisia, Uzbekistan, China, Iran, Ukraine and Jordan.No one has claimed Tuesday’s attack yet but Turkish authorities said they suspect Islamic State jihadists.Turkey remains on high security alert after a series of attacks on its soil blamed not only on the IS group but also Kurdish militants.IS has never claimed an attack in Turkey. But authorities have blamed the group for several attacks, including a blast in Ankara in October 2015 that left over 100 people dead and an attack on Istanbul’s busy tourist district Istiklal Street which killed three Israelis and an Iranian in March 2016.Witnesses described scenes of terror and panic on Tuesday evening as the attackers began shooting indiscriminately and then blew themselves up at the entrance to Ataturk airport, one of Europe’s busiest hubs.The assault, at the start of Turkey’s crucial summer tourist season, was the latest in a wave of attacks in Istanbul and the capital Ankara over the past year, putting the country on high alert.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an international “joint fight” against terror, as Western allies including the United States condemned the “heinous” attack.Yildirim said the three suicide bombers had arrived at the airport in a taxi and opened fire at the entrance to the international terminal before detonating their explosives.Security camera footage widely circulated on social media appeared to capture two of the blasts. In one clip a huge ball of flame erupts at an entrance to the terminal building, scattering terrified passengers.Another video shows a black-clad attacker running inside the building before collapsing to the ground — apparently felled by a police bullet — and blowing himself up.The attack came just as Turkey, which had found itself increasingly friendless on the international stage, begins rebuilding relations with Israel and Russia.It follows coordinated IS suicide bombings at Brussels airport and a city metro station in March that left 32 people dead.An AFP photographer saw bodies covered with sheets at the terminal, where bullet holes peppered the windows and shattered glass was strewn on the floor, along with abandoned luggage.Otfah Mohamed Abdullah was checking her luggage in when she saw one of the attackers pull out a hidden gun.“He’s shooting up, two times, and he’s beginning to shoot people like that, like he was walking like a prophet,” she told AFPTV.“Everybody started running in different directions when the shooting started. I hid under the counter where I was standing and a couple of the ground staff did the same,” South African university administrator Judy Favish told eNCA television in her home country.Favish said she and other travelers were ushered to the basement before emerging about two hours later.“We walked through the airport and saw debris and blood. It was just chaos. It was horrible.”Analyst Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, described it as a “symbolic attack against the heart of Turkey.”“If this Islamic State is indeed behind this attack, this would be a declaration of war. Turkey’s vengeance will come down like rain from hell on the Islamic State.”The attack prompted the suspension of all flights at the airport, but operations were resuming on Wednesday with some delays.There was chaos at the nearest hospital in Istanbul’s Bakirkoy district, which was inundated with relatives desperate for news of loved ones.Brussels airport, the scene of suicide bombings just months ago, tweeted condolences, saying: “Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks at @istanbulairport.”The US and French consulates warned people to stay away from the area.Erdogan met his prime minister and military chief after news of the carnage broke.“We urge the world, especially Western countries, to take a firm stand against terrorism,” Erdogan said in a statement.“Despite paying a heavy price, Turkey has the power, determination and capacity to continue the fight against terrorism until the end.”Istanbul, a major tourist hub that is home to some 15 million people, has suffered a series of attacks in the past year, including a bombing in the heart of the tourist district that killed a dozen German visitors and was blamed on IS.Two months later, three Israelis and an Iranian were killed in a bomb attack on the city’s main Istiklal shopping street, also blamed on IS.A blast on the tarmac at Istanbul’s other international airport, Sabiha Gokcen, killed a cleaner in December.Turkey has been hit by at least five attacks blamed on IS jihadists, including a blast in Ankara in October 2015 that left over 100 dead, the worst in the country’s modern history.The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) — seen as a splinter group of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) — also claimed a car bombing in Istanbul in June that killed 11, and warned foreign tourists they would not be safe in Turkey.It said its action was to avenge a sustained offensive against the outlawed PKK in southeastern Turkey following the collapse of a ceasefire last year.Hundreds of members of the Turkish security forces have since been killed in PKK attacks.

Horrific Turkey attack shows why airport security worldwide is a deadly farce-Op-ed: What’s the point of stringent checks at the departure gates if anybody can walk into an airport terminal and start killing people?-By David Horovitz June 29, 2016, 3:58 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

I have stood in a line for well over an hour for the security check at a very busy airport on the US East Coast. A line of hundreds upon hundreds of people that stretched the width of a warehouse-sized hall, that doubled and tripled and quadrupled back on itself — people crowded in together, shuffling to left and to right as they made their painstaking way to the bag-check machines. A line, I was told, that was entirely unremarkable in its length and in the wait it involved. A line, most relevantly, that was accessible to anyone who entered the terminal.I have waited in lines in the departures halls at airports all over Europe to check in luggage. Waited for ages among crowds of passengers and overflowing luggage trolleys at counters, again, freely accessible to anyone who walks into the airport.I have stood with crowds of impatient passengers waiting at the baggage reclaim conveyor belts of airports worldwide. In some airports, the area is off-limits to the wider public. In some, armed police and security staff are on hand. At others, the arrivals halls and baggage reclaim areas are open to the street outside.I have endured the rigors of ostensibly extra-stringent security for various European airlines’ flights to Tel Aviv, had the soles of my shoes double-scanned, watched security staffers agonize over whether a small can of deodorant is going to be allowed on board, seen my young daughter being taken off toward a side room for some unspecified further examination with my outraged wife in hot pursuit.At Newark airport a few weeks ago, I waited behind a family whose pigtailed toddler daughter was being patted down repeatedly and who had collapsed into baffled tears because something on her person kept setting off the metal detector.At another North American airport, I waited in a line that simply didn’t move because the staffer operating the bag-check machine couldn’t get herself comfortable in her chair, kept sliding off it, kept returning the same red bag through her machine for recheck after recheck because she’d been preoccupied with her chair each time it went through, and then, aware of the mounting rumble from the waiting passengers, cleared a long line of bags with only the most cursory of examinations in order to get the line moving again.I’ve flown home from one Mediterranean country in protracted semi-panic because several of the large young men sitting in the rows around me on the flight had set off the metal detectors in security and been waved blithely through.You’ve doubtless had similar experiences. Or worse.On Tuesday night, dozens of people were slaughtered by terrorists at Europe’s third busiest airport, in Istanbul. The specifics of the carnage are still emerging, but the killers apparently made their way into Ataturk Airport’s international terminal and used the guns and explosives they were carrying to devastating effect in the parking area, in the arrivals hall, close to a security checkpoint. Security personnel were on hand, and their actions may have prevented further loss of life.Turkish officials have been quoted saying that the airport has security checks at the entrance to its terminals. The prime minister, Binali Yildirim, says the killers arrived by taxi and, according to the Associated Press, “he ruled out any security failings.”With all due respect to Mr. Yildirim, and with a great deal of empathy for the victims, that’s just not good enough. It’s barely three months since another terrorist outrage at Brussels airport, perpetrated by killers who strolled through the departures hall with explosives in their suitcases before getting down to their murderous business.Israel’s airport security is not perfect. We, too, know what it is like to have people massacred at our airport. But the Israeli authorities have long since recognized that security procedures at the airport, however stringent, can only be partially effective if there’s a great gaping hole of vulnerability before travelers get anywhere near the terminal building. And therefore, at Ben Gurion Airport, all vehicles entering the wider airport area are subject to a first check. It may appear cursory; indeed, it is cursory. But simply asking drivers to lower their windows and lobbing a question or two at them affords the security personnel a first opportunity to register anything suspicious. There’s a second, again relatively cursory check, on everybody entering the terminal — another opportunity to pick up on something untoward. And then there’s the vexing issue of passenger profiling — a sensitive matter; an ordeal for some passengers. But a process that enables Israeli security to focus its attention on potentially more problematic travelers and thus to reduce the risk to all travelers.Diverse factors are at work in Israeli passenger profiling techniques. Thirty years ago, at Heathrow Airport, El Al security found a bomb in the baggage of a young Irish woman traveling to Tel Aviv; it had been hidden in the false bottom of her bag by her Jordanian boyfriend. No amount of questioning would have prompted Anne-Marie Murphy to disclose the bomb’s existence, because Nezar Hindawi hadn’t told her it was there. She was carrying his child and he was sending her, his unborn baby and the rest of the passengers to their deaths. But she merited particularly close inspection because she was traveling alone, had never previously been to Israel, and had purchased the ticket a short time before the flight.The current accelerating pace of international terrorism requires more than the now-standard, routine, unthinking procedures for securing airports and other places where people gather in large numbers. The attacks in Paris last November underline, for instance, how effective even rudimentary security at soccer stadiums can be in deterring terrorists, and how catastrophic can be the absence of such security at concert halls. The bombers failed to get into the Stade de France, where guards had been deployed more to prevent hooliganism than murder. The terrorists killed some 90 people at the Bataclan Theater, where there were no security personnel at the doors.Complacently declaring, hours after a massacre at your airport, that there were no security failures — well, that’s just an invitation to the next group of killers. Unconscionably, it’s an invitation that’s also open at most airports around the world.

CIA chief Brennan looks at Turkish attack and sees a warning for Americans-Daniel Klaidman-Deputy Editor, Yahoo News-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Four hours after three suicide bombers killed at least 41 people and wounded hundreds more at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, CIA Director John Brennan said the attacks bore the grim hallmarks of ISIS and warned that the fanatically violent Islamic terrorist group wants to conduct similar large-scale attacks in the United States.“I am worried from the standpoint of an intelligence professional who looks at the capabilities of Daesh … and their determination to kill as many as people as possible and to carry out attacks abroad,” Brennan said in an exclusive interview at CIA headquarters with Yahoo News. Brennan credited effective homeland security measures and intelligence for the fact that ISIS has been unable to attack America directly — the Orlando and San Bernardino shootings were carried out by radicals inspired by ISIS but not under its control — but he believes the group will keep trying to penetrate American defenses.“You look at what happened in the Turkish airport, these were suicide vests. It’s not that difficult to actually construct and fabricate a suicide vest … so if you have a determined enemy and individuals who are not concerned about escape, that they are going into it with a sense that they are going to die, that really does complicate your strategy in terms of preventing attacks.”He added: “I’d be surprised if Daesh is not trying to carry out that kind of attack in the United States.” Daesh is an acronym for the Arabic name of the Islamic State, better known as ISIS or ISIL.Without confirming that the airport bombings were carried out by ISIS, which as of Wednesday morning had not claimed responsibility, Brennan indicated that the method of attack — suicide bombers wearing explosives-laden vests — pointed to the Islamic extremist group rather than to Kurdish nationalists, who have been waging a campaign of violence against the Turkish state. “It was a suicide bombing [which] is usually more a Daesh technique,” Brennan said.Moreover, Brennan said that ISIS has a motive to spread its terror to Turkey, which has been targeting ISIS terrorists across the border in Syria. Until recently, Ankara’s failure to police its border with Syria was a sore point with Washington. “Turkey has been cracking down on some of the transit of foreign fighters who are flowing into, as well as out of, Turkey, and they are part of part of the coalition providing support, allowing their territory to be used by coalition aircraft, so there are a lot of reasons why Daesh would want to strike back.”Brennan said ISIS is using terror tactics to “offset” tactical battlefield setbacks and losses of territory in Syria and Iraq. But he was quick to add that the wider offensive in the region and Europe and beyond is “not solely” a reaction to losses in Iraq and Syria. “Over the past year and a half they have made a more determined effort to carry out attacks abroad, and we see in terms of their plans, their preparations, the movement of people as well as propagandizing outside, exhorting, inciting a much more determined effort to carry out these external operations,” Brennan said.In the interview, Brennan was blunt about the slow nature of progress both in the fight against ISIS and efforts to push Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power. He echoed somewhat pessimistic comments he made earlier this month before the Senate Intelligence Committee about the enduring strength of ISIS as a terrorist organization with global reach. “We’ve yet to really thwart Daesh’s ability to reach beyond the Syria-Iraqi borders and put in place some of the plans and preparations to carry out attacks,” Brennan said. He added, “I am very concerned we have not had the success against Daesh in that environment as we’ve had in the core areas of Syria and Iraq.”A key prong of U.S. strategy to defeat ISIS is the removal of Assad, whom Brennan described as a “magnet” for a wide spectrum of extremist groups in Syria. But the CIA chief acknowledged that Assad is getting stronger rather than weaker. “Relative to where he was on the battlefield last year, [Assad] is in a better and stronger position [today],” he said. For that he blames Russia, which intervened last September to prop up its flagging client with thousands of troops and sophisticated weaponry. Frustrated with Moscow, Brennan said, “The Russians sometimes want their cake and eat it too as far as having the cooperation with us against terrorists but not wanting to do anything that’s going to lead to a political settlement that will have a more durable future as a far as a political agreement.”Between the Syrian conflict and Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, Moscow has been a persistent problem for Brennan. More recently, he had to confront his Russian counterparts over evidence that their intelligence operatives have been systematically harassing U.S. diplomats both in Moscow and Europe. According to a Washington Post report, Russian agents have paid journalists to write negative stories about Americans, have followed their kids home from school and, in one case, have even broken into a U.S. defense attache’s home and killed his dog. Brennan says he told his counterparts “in direct terms,” that the behavior was “unacceptable” and “destructive” to the relationship.Another sort of irritant emanating from Moscow is Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor whose unauthorized disclosures of highly classified surveillance programs infuriated and embarrassed the U.S. intelligence community. A polarizing figure, who some see as a whistleblower and others as a traitor, Snowden was granted asylum by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government in 2013 and later charged by U.S. prosecutors with violating the Espionage Act. In the twilight of Barack Obama’s presidency, there are mounting calls for Snowden to receive a pardon. Brennan is having none of it. “He has dishonored his oath,” he said, and should return to the U.S. to face charges. Asked to comment on former Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent comment that Snowden, while harming American interests, “actually performed a public service” by sparking a debate on civil liberties, Brennan bristled a bit and said, “I do not believe that at all. I respectfully but vehemently disagree with the former attorney general.”In the Yahoo News interview, Brennan also weighed in on reports that state-sponsored hackers in Russia penetrated the computer systems of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in an effort to collect intelligence about the U.S. election — potentially to try to influence it. “There probably are concerns that people might have on this issue in terms of any types of external influences ,” Brennan said carefully about an active FBI investigation into the cyber-intrusion. “If there are efforts to get into different types of networks and databases, there’s absolutely that concern and I will defer to my FBI and Homeland Security and other colleagues to address their concerns in that cyber realm.”Brennan was cautious in his comments about Donald Trump. Asked about Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric, Brennan declined to criticize the presumptive nominee directly but mentioned that his fellow spymasters, particularly in the Middle East, are concerned that comments coming from “some political quarters” in the U.S. are feeding extremist narratives. And Brennan sidestepped a question about whether he would be comfortable giving Trump a classified intelligence briefing, as protocol dictates, the day after he becomes the formal Republican nominee. “The agency will carry out its responsibilities as appropriate in the aftermath of the conventions,” Brennan said.Toward the end of the interview, which took place in the director’s private dining room in Langley, overlooking the lush woods surrounding the CIA’s main campus, Brennan contemplated every spymaster’s darkest fear: the possibility, however remote, that a mole has penetrated his service. “If you’re part of an intelligence organization, counter-intelligence needs to pervade everything that you do,” Brennan said. “One should never assume that there is not a mole in your organization.” Lightning flashed across a cloud-darkened sky as Brennan mused on the chances of an enemy spy in his midst.The full transcript of the interview will be posted on Yahoo News next week.

U.S. to rally business for refugees, Obama aims to double global resettlement-[Reuters]-By Michelle Nichols-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The White House will on Thursday rally businesses to give jobs to refugees ahead of a September summit where U.S. President Barack Obama will urge world leaders to boost humanitarian funds by a third and double the number of refugees being resettled.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said on Wednesday that the Obama summit during the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations would also aim to get one million refugee children in school and one million more refugees access to legal work in the neighboring countries they fled to."The summit is by no means a panacea; even if we hit every target, our response will still not match the scale of the crisis," Power told the United States Institute of Peace, adding that it would boost the number of countries trying to help."We need businesses, big and small, to do more too; which is why tomorrow, the White House is launching a private sector call to action, which will rally companies to do their part, from providing jobs to donating services to refugees," Power said.The United Nations refugee agency said last week that a record 65.3 million people were uprooted worldwide last year, many of them fleeing wars only to face walls, tougher laws and xenophobia as they reach borders.Power said the United Nations estimates that some 1.2 million refugees globally need to be resettled elsewhere because they are unsafe or their needs are not being met, but that in 2015 only 107,000 people relocated."Even as the crisis continues to grow – many countries are making no effort at all to do their fair share," Power said."While we often overstate the security threats and economic costs of resettling more refugees, we routinely understate the likely consequences of failing to muster the global response that is needed," Power said.She said groups like Islamic State, al Qaeda and Boko Haram stood to benefit from a failed response to the refugee crisis as a central part of their narrative was that the West is at war with Islam.She said the United States intended to meet its goal of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees, out of a total 85,000 refugees, this year and slammed calls by some Americans to halt the refugee program following attacks in Paris and Orlando."Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisors," Power said.(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Bernard Orr)

Donald Trump’s lawyer tweets image that claims Hillary Clinton ‘murdered an ambassador’-Dylan Stableford-Senior editor-June 28, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer published a tweet on Tuesday that accused Hillary Clinton of selling uranium to Russia through a fake charity, illegally deleting public records and murdering a U.S. ambassador.Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to the presumptive Republican nominee, posted an image of the former secretary of state that included the conspiratorial accusations.“I presided over $6 billion lost at the State Department, sold uranium to the Russians through my faux charity, illegally deleted public records, and murdered an ambassador,” the text above Clinton’s image read. “Elect Me!”NBC/WSJ poll has @realDonaldTrump beating #CrookedHillary on #Honesty & #NationalSecurity. This picture says it all! pic.twitter.com/E9YKIgoqnV— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) June 28, 2016-Cohen did not immediately respond to a request seeking evidence of the accusations. But in an email to the Washington Post, he sought to distance himself from the campaign. Cohen has repeatedly appeared on CNN as a Trump surrogate.“As you are well aware, I am not part of the campaign and do not speak on behalf of Mr. Trump,” he wrote to the Post. “My tweets are mine and mine alone.”Cohen’s Tuesday tweet was published hours before Republicans on the House Select Committee on Benghazi released its final report on the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attacks that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, at a U.S. outpost in Libya.The committee blamed the Obama administration for what it concluded was a slow response to help the Americans under attack. But the report did not find that Clinton, head of the State Department at the time, did anything illegal.Democrats on the Benghazi committee blasted the GOP report as “a conspiracy theory on steroids — bringing back long-debunked allegations with no credible evidence whatsoever.”Trump himself has repeatedly accused Clinton of breaking the law by using a private email server for official State Department business.“What she did is illegal,” Trump said last week. “She shouldn’t have had a server.”And the brash real estate mogul has floated other far-right-wing conspiracy theories about the Clintons. In a May interview with the Washington Post, Trump mused about the “very fishy” circumstances surrounding the 1993 death of Vincent Foster, the former White House aide who both police and federal investigators determined had committed suicide.

Canada, U.S., Mexico want action on excess global steel capacity-[Reuters]-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, the United States and Mexico on Wednesday demanded that all major steel-producing nations make a strong and immediate commitment to address the problem of excess capacity in the industry.A joint statement called for an end to government subsidies and supports that artificially maintain capacity, but did not name any country. The United States has acted several times to counter what it says is dumping of some Chinese steel products.(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by James Dalgleish)

#safetypin campaign emerges against the rise of hate crime in U.K.-[The Daily Buzz]-The Daily Buzz-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Racial abuse has reportedly skyrocketed across the U.K. in the wake of the country’s decision to leave the European Union last week. On June 23, the day of the Brexit vote, U.K. police say the number of race-related hate crimes had risen 57 per cent compared to a month earlier. The majority of the attacks are aimed at immigrants. Racist slogans like this one, saying “Leave the EU - no more Polish vermin,” are increasingly being displayed in public. these cards have actually been put through letter boxes of Polish families in Huntingdon today. I could weep pic.twitter.com/P3maK1Vasf— fencelt (@howgilb) June 25, 2016 -But one Twitter user, found a way to tackle the hate crimes.Allison, who goes by @cheeahstar11​, is a U.S. citizen living in London and came up with a simple initiative to help protect those being abused as a result of the Brexit Referendum.As a way to show solidarity with immigrants in the U.K., Allison suggested wearing an empty safety pin as a badge. “The idea being that anyone against the sort of nationalistic, racist violence we’ve been seeing could identify themselves as a ‘safe’ ally,” Allison wrote.“A safe person to sit next to on a bus, walk next to on a street, even have a conservation with.”Branded as the #safetypin campaign, it quickly gained traction with people sharing their safety pin selfies on Twitter.EU citizens and immigrants: you’re safe around me. #safetypin pic.twitter.com/lAL5JoxQfe— Motörgregg (@clinteldorado) June 28, 2016-I’m wearing my #safetypin to show support for the diverse people around Britain who are always welcome. pic.twitter.com/ioye1k80a5— Adam White (@AdJWhite) June 28, 2016-Wearing a #safetypin to show solidarity with EU citizens and immigrants here in the UK. #youarewelcomehere pic.twitter.com/dQ0sukN9t5— Emma Pass (@EmmaPass) June 28, 2016-Inspired by the #ridewithme campaign against Islamphobia in Australia, Allison told indy100 she came up with the idea after seeing reports of abuse around the U.K.“I’m always having to remind people I’m an immigrant. You know, I’m white and speak English as a first language so I get a pass. They say ‘oh you don’t count, you’re not the kind of person we’re talking about,” she told indy100.It appears the #safetypin campaign even captured the attention of television personality Piers Morgan, who branded it “utterly absurd.”

EU, U.S. urge Bosnia to pass reforms critical for EU bid, IMF funds-[Reuters]-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - European Union and U.S. envoys warned Bosnia's leaders on Wednesday that the country risked missing out on closer ties with the EU in the near term and losing 2 billion euros in support due to an impasse over reforms.Bosnia hoped Brussels would consider its EU membership bid at its next ministerial council in mid-July, but without the reforms this may not happen."The window to secure a positive response in the near term to the application of (Bosnia) for membership in the EU is closing fast," Head of EU Delegation and EU Special Representative Lars-Gunnar Wigemark and U.S. Ambassador Maureen Cormack said in a joint statement.Bosnia, an ethnically divided Balkan nation beset by corruption and economic woes, formally applied to join the 28-nation EU in February and was told it must advance economic and social reforms before its bid can be considered.Most of the conditions, such as the adjustment of Bosnia's Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU to reflect changes after Croatia, another ex-Yugoslav republic, joined the bloc, and the approval of an effective coordination mechanism with Brussels, are still on hold due to Bosnian Serb opposition.Since the 1992-95 war, Bosnia has been divided into the Serb-dominated Serb Republic and the Federation shared by Croats and Muslim Bosniaks.The Serb Republic President Milorad Dodik said he feared the SAA adjustment would deprive the region's agriculture sector of an estimated 210 million euros annually and he sought further negotiations."The events over the next few days are likely to have a profound effect on the prosperity and security of the country through the next decade," the diplomats said.They warned a revising of the SAA and Brussels' acceptance of Bosnia's EU membership bid are also critical to keep on track a 550 million euro three-year loan arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), expected to be approved by the lender by mid-July. [L5N18L5UU]-In exchange for reforms the international community has pledged to secure over two billion euros in budget and infrastructure support for the country over the next three to four years, the diplomats said."But all of this is predicated upon [Bosnia] being on a stable political path toward Europe. There is simply no time left... The future of [Bosnia] depends upon it," they said. ($1 = 0.8999 euros)-(Reporting by Maja Zuvela; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

Brazil official says political crisis not a risk at Olympics-[Associated Press]-MAURICIO SAVARESE-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One of Brazil's top security officials says the political turmoil that has brought repeated changes to key government positions will not affect security at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.Andrei Rodrigues, responsible for overseeing Brazil's security at special events, said on Wednesday that there will be no impact on the Games despite staff turnover triggered by impeachment proceedings against suspended President Dilma Rousseff.The Olympics open in just over five weeks.This week acting President Michel Temer replaced the leader of the country's intelligence agency, which is responsible for tracking terrorism threats.Brazilian media is also reporting that the head of the federal police will soon be replaced.

China slams South China Sea case as court set to rule-[Reuters]-By Ben Blanchard and Anthony Deutsch-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

BEIJING/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An international court said on Wednesday it would deliver a hotly anticipated ruling in the Philippines' case against China over the South China Sea on July 12, drawing an immediate rebuke from Beijing, which rejects the tribunal's jurisdiction.The United States, which is a close ally of the Philippines and is concerned about China's expansive South China Sea claims, reiterated its backing for The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration and urged a peaceful resolution of the dispute.Manila is contesting China's historical claim to about 90 percent of the South China Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Several Southeast Asian states have overlapping claims in the sea and the dispute has sparked concerns of a military confrontation that could disrupt global trade.In a lengthy statement after the court's announcement of the July 12 ruling date, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Manila's approach flouted international law."I again stress that the arbitration court has no jurisdiction in the case and on the relevant matter, and should not hold hearings or make a ruling," he said."The Philippines' unilateral lodging of the South China Sea arbitration case is contrary to international law."He said: "On the issue of territory and disputes over maritime delineation, China does not accept any dispute resolution from a third party and does not accept any dispute resolution forced on China."In Manila, presidential communications secretary Herminio Coloma Jr said the Philippines "expects a just and fair ruling that will promote peace and stability in the region".U.S. state department spokeswoman Anna Richey-Allen reiterated U.S. backing for the court. "We support the peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea, including the use of international legal mechanisms such as arbitration."China's official Xinhua news agency said the court was a "law-abusing tribunal" that had "widely contested jurisdiction." It said the case would only worsen the dispute."Manila fails to see that such an arbitration will only stir up more trouble in the South China Sea, which doesn't serve the interests of the concerned parties in the least," it said.The case "even threatens to further complicate the issue by giving certain parties in the disputes the false impression they could profit by deliberately creating chaos", Xinhua added.China's bases its South China Sea claim on a so-called "Nine Dash line" stretching deep into the maritime heart of southeast Asia and covering hundreds of disputed islands and reefs, rich fishing grounds and oil and gas deposits.The Philippines argues that China's claim violates the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea and restricts its rights to exploit resources and fishing areas within its exclusive economic zone.U.S. officials are worried China may respond to what is widely expected to be a negative ruling for Beijing by declaring an air defense identification zone in the South China Sea, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013, and by stepping up its building and fortification of artificial islands.U.S. officials say that beyond diplomatic pressure, the U.S. response to such moves could include accelerated "freedom-of-navigation" patrols by U.S. warships and overflights by U.S. aircraft as well as increased defense aid to southeast Asian countries.China has accused the United States of "hyping" the issue and warned in May that international complaints about its actions in the South China Sea would snap back on its critics. But it has largely avoided specific threats of how it might respond to the arbitration ruling.(Additional reporting by Manny Mogato in Manila and David Brunnstrom on Washington; Editing by Richard Balmforth)

Mississauga house explosion: Residents disturbed by letters found at site-[CBC]-June 29, 2016-YAHOONEWS

Neighbours who live near a house in Mississauga, Ont., that exploded yesterday, killing a woman, say they've found letters near the scene that they find disturbing.​Tuesday's explosion at 4201 Hickory Dr. also wounded several people, and damaged 25 homes in the residential area about 30 kilometres west of Toronto. Fire officials have not said what may have caused the explosion. Ontario's fire marshal is investigating.Some residents told CBC News they found notes among piles of household items, building materials and other debris. The notes were handed over to police.It's not known whether the notes came from the house that exploded. Residents who read them told CBC News the wording is apologetic in tone. They say the writer describes being in pain, asks God for help and, according to at least two different residents, requests forgiveness for the writer's future actions."They were apologizing for what they were about to do and [said] 'dear Jesus please forgive me,'" said Rhonda, who found a shopping bag full of letters in her yard and admits they may have "no bearing" on the investigation. She would only give her first name.One of the letters a neighbour showed to CBC News was addressed to God and mentioned health problems suffered by both the writer and the writer's husband. It also made reference to the writer's faith in God."Why are we still here God?" the letter asks.A second letter shown to CBC News also mentions health challenges and includes an apology for the writer's inability to keep up with home maintenance and cleaning."I trust God to look after me and my husband to take us home," the writer says.Several homeowners found similar handwritten letters, bills and even a man's will mixed among debris from the blast. "This is part of the person's life and I think it needs to be turned in to police," said Rhonda. "It may help the relatives of the deceased and it may help them in their investigation."Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans said the force is investigating where exactly the papers came from and their significance. "Citizens reported seeing pieces of paper, with possible information that may lead us to the cause ... we're still in the initial stages on that, but we are pursuing that."