2ND CORINTHIANS 5:6-8 JERRY INSTANTLY WAS TAKEN BY ANGELS TO GOD AT DEATH
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
BREAKING NEWS
PRAY FOR JERRY FALDWELL HE WAS FOUND UNCONCIOUS IN HIS OFFICE IN LINCHBERG VIRGINIA.
HES IN GRAVE CONDITION REPORTS.
JERRY FALWELL HAS DIED. ITS 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. 73 YEAR OLD JERRY HAS DIED. A SAD DAY IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY JERRY WAS A MORAL LEADER.
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
PSALMS 122:2-9
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
PSALMS 137:5-7
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom (Jordon) in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
AT 6:00 PM ISRAEL CELEBRATES JERUSALEM DAY. THE DAY GOD GAVE JERUSALEM FOREVER TO ISRAEL AND SOON TO BE THE WORLD CAPITAL.
THERE ARE 2 ELECTS THE CHURCH AND ISRAEL.
ISRAEL ON EARTH DURING TRIBULATION 7 YR PEACE TREATY
ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, (Israel) in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect (Israel) shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
ROMANS 11:28
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, (Israel) they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
THE CHURCH ELECT
1 PETER 1:2
1:2 Elect (Christians) according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Thousands of youngsters evacuated from moorland amid flood fears. 3-The Nation's Weather. 4-Hamas kills 8 at Gaza border crossing. 5-Jordan's king set to meet Olmert. 6-Anti-Semitism on rise in parts of Europe: study. 7-Muslim Religious Ban on Leaving Israel. 8-Artifacts From Time of Kings David and Solomon Revealed. 9-Five signs of the Mahdi's return?
EARTHQUAKES
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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Tue May 15 11:00 AM EDT
MAY 15,07
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.7 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 5.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 4.8 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 5.3 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.6 NEAR THE COAST OF NICARAGUA
MAP 3.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.7 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 5.2 PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
MAP 3.1 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAY 14,07
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.7 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.8 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.8 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.9 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.5 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.0 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.5 VERMONT
MAP 3.1 BERING SEA
MAP 5.2 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.6 SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
MAP 2.7 SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
MAP 3.1 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.7 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Thousands of youngsters evacuated from moorland amid flood fears Sun May 13, 7:11 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) - The army said it was evacuating thousands of youngsters, many of them by helicopter, from moorland in southwest England on Sunday after their annual trek was called off due to concerns about rain-swollen rivers. Some are friends of Charlotte Shaw, a 14-year-old girl who died after falling into a swollen stream on March 4 during training for the two-day, army organised expedition on Dartmoor which involves 2,400 youngsters nationwide.Four hundred teams, each with six members, began long treks Saturday over rugged terrain, but the army, citing deteriorating weather conditions and a high dropout rate of 15 percent, called off the event late Saturday.The weather forecast indicates that the rivers, which are already at their peak, will become increasingly swollen, it said in a statement.Around 200 youngsters have already been evacuated from the moor by two Royal Navy Sea King helicopters, with the rest waiting in their tents or walking back, the army said.
The helicopters carrying the teams were arriving back into Okehampton battle camp at regular intervals from 6 am (0500 GMT) Sunday and all the youngsters were expected to have left the moor by mid-afternoon.Army spokesman David Hamilton said more than 700 personnel, including military and the Dartmoor Rescue Group, were involved in the weekend's activities and the recovery of the teams.Jenna Drew, 17, was on a team completing a 55-mile (88-kilometre) route, the longest of three possible treks, when she was airlifted back to camp early Sunday.I'm really, really devastated. We really wanted to finish. I think we could have done it if we had been allowed to go on. Obviously the safety of everyone is their main priority, Drew said.The annual treks began in 1959 after several officers in the army, which has used Dartmoor for training for years, decided it would be a good challenge for young civilians.
The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Tue May 15, 5:59 AM ET
A balmy day dawned over the Northeast and Southwest early Tuesday, while storms stalked the Great Lakes, Rockies and Mississippi Valley. A stormy system was expected to push through the Great Lakes toward the Northeast, with a cold front sweeping across the Plains, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys.Apart from the rain, cooler air was expected to spread across the Midwest. The stormy weather should move to the East Coast and Gulf States on Wednesday.Low pressure was to remain in the Gulf of Mexico, keeping scattered showers and thunderstorms over southern Florida.
Out West, mostly sunny skies with seasonal temperatures was expected. The California coast was to be cool and clear, while the Desert Southwest was to remain hot and dry.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states on Monday ranged from a low of 22 degrees at Stanley, Idaho, to a high of 109 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS)whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
CIVIL WAR BREAKING OUT IN GAZA NOW, WATCH FOR THE EU TO BRING IN THEIR RAPID REACTION TEAM AT SOME POINT TO GUARENTEE THE PEACE OF ISRAEL AND THE ARABS.
Hamas kills 8 at Gaza border crossing By IBRAHIM BARZAK, AP MAY 15,07
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas gunmen on Tuesday ambushed rival Fatah forces near a key crossing along the Israeli border, killing eight people in the deadliest battle yet in three days of factional fighting. The incident briefly drew Israeli gunfire, threatening to drag Israel into the conflict at a time when its prime minister said his country was ready to discuss an Arab initiative that offers peace for land.At least 20 people, including 11 total on Tuesday, have died in the fighting, bringing life in Gaza to a standstill and pushing the fragile Palestinian unity government closer to collapse. Hamas and Fatah formed the union to end months of violence. Tuesday's fighting began when Hamas gunmen approached a training base used by Fatah forces that guard the crossing, officials said.
The base was set up in part by a U.S. security team sent to train Palestinians on how to check cargo and bags at crossings.
The Islamic militant Hamas force attacked the base with rockets, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, said Ahmed al-Kaisi, spokesman for the pro-Fatah Presidential Guard: We consider this a serious provocation and a crime committed in cold blood.When another Fatah security unit arrived to provide backup, they were ambushed by Hamas gunmen, witnesses said.A jeep full of security men that came under fire veered off the road and crashed. Hamas forces then riddled it with gunfire, said one witness, who gave only his first name, Jamil, out of fear for his safety.Hospital and security officials said eight men were killed in the ambush.As the fighting raged, Israeli troops opened fire at two gunmen who approached the border, the army said. Palestinian officials said one man was killed.
He was identified as a member of the Presidential Guard, who apparently was trying to help his comrades.Witnesses also said three Israeli tanks approached Karni, and the Hamas force quickly withdrew. Israel also closed the crossing, which is the passage for cargo going in and out of Gaza.Hours after the Karni incident, another security officer loyal to Fatah was killed in a clash with Hamas gunmen in Gaza City, Fatah officials said. Another man was killed in a separate fight, but it was not immediately known to which side he belonged.Israel has remained silent throughout the latest Palestinian infighting, but the border incident illustrated how fragile the situation is. Israel has been debating whether to take large-scale military action in Gaza in response to repeated rocket fire aimed at southern Israel.In Jordan, King Abdullah ll held high-level talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert aimed at breathing life into an Arab peace initiative that offers Israel recognition in return for land.
Olmert said his country was ready to discuss the initiative, but Abdullah told him that Israel first had to take concrete steps to improve relations with the Palestinians, and urged him to set a firm timetable for doing that, said Amjad Adayleh, information director at Jordan's royal palace.
The plan would give Israel full recognition in exchange for a total withdrawal from lands it captured in the 1967 Middle East war and the creation of a Palestinian state. Israel has welcomed the plan as a good starting point for negotiations, but objects to several provisions.The Arab peace plan was first floated by Saudi Arabia in 2002 and renewed in March at a meeting of the Arab League. Arab leaders have urged Israel to seize the new opportunity.Abdullah also told the Israeli leader at their meeting in the seaside resort of Aqaba that he was worried about reports Israel is planning new settlements or to expand existing ones, Adayleh said, but Olmert called such reports baseless.Abdullah also urged Olmert to lift an economic blockade on Palestinians, making it easier for them to cross borders and immediately unfreeze all Palestinian money held by Israel. Adayleh said the meeting focused on the Arab land-for-recognition plan and Abdullah told Olmert that all the Arabs are committed to the peace initiative and they have a real intention for a comprehensive peace if Israel accepts that.Before the talks with Abdullah, Olmert told a conference in Petra, Jordan, of Nobel laureates and Israeli and Arab youth that Israel was ready to listen to Arab views.
We heard about the Arab peace initiative and we say come and present it to us. You want to talk to us about it, we are ready to sit down and talk about it carefully, he said. In the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the immediate implementation of a security plan to halt the internal fighting. We must do that ... without any reluctance or delay, to put an end to civil strife and the ghost of internal fighting, he said in a speech marking the anniversary of the uprooting of many Palestinians in the 1948 Mideast War fought over Israel's founding. The plan calls for rival security forces to operate under a joint command. A majority of the 80,000 security officers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are loyal to Abbas, while Hamas set up its own 6,000-member militia last year. Associated Press Writer Jamal Halaby contributed to this report in Petra, Jordan.
Jordan's king set to meet Olmert By JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writer
Tue May 15, 6:58 AM ET
PETRA, Jordan - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed his country's readiness Tuesday to discuss an Arab peace initiative and find ways to implement such a plan. Olmert said after arriving for talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II that Israel was ready to sit down and talk about it carefully and was willing to listen to Arab views.We heard about the Arab peace initiative and we say come and present it to us. You want to talk to us about it, we are ready to sit down and talk about it carefully, he told a conference in this ancient city.Describing the plan as very interesting, Olmert said we are ready to cooperate to find the appropriate manner to implement. If the Arab countries want to present their peace initiative, we will be more than happy to sit down and listen carefully.Olmert invited the 22 leaders of the Arab nations that are ready to make that kind of peace with Israel, to come to Israel, where ever they want and to sit down with us and start talk and present their ideas.
He added that if they were willing to invite him somewhere for talks, then I'm ready to come.Olmert arrived in Petra for a rare high-level meeting with Abdullah on the sidelines of a conference involving Nobel Laureates and Israeli and Arab youth on ways to solve conflicts in the Mideast.We are ready to come and to invite Arab leaders without preconditions from us or their side, Olmert said.The Petra meetings came as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for immediate implementation of the government's security plan to halt lawlessness and internal fighting.Earlier, Hamas gunmen attacked rival Fatah forces at a key crossing along the Israeli border, killing seven people and drawing fire from nearby Israeli troops.
Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief, urged rival Palestinian factions on Tuesday to end the chaos that threatens to unravel the Palestinian unity government. Ahead of the meeting, however, the Palestinians indicated it would take time to set up a meeting between Olmert and Abbas.I think it will take time before they meet again. The Israelis are not ready. All we've been told it that they are willing to prepare for the next meeting, Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said.Jordan, along with Egypt, were the first Arab countries to make peace with Israel and are charged with promoting the Arab-initiated peace deal to the Jewish State, which has welcomed it as a good starting point but objects to several key provisions.The peace process is frozen, but what we are looking for is seeing a real serious step from the Israeli side to sit at the table to negotiate what the roads map and the Arab peace initiative are calling for, Rdeneh added.Ahead of Olmert's meeting with Abdullah, his spokeswoman Miri Eisin said the two leaders planned to break away from the conference and travel to the king's palace in the southern Jordanian resort of Aqaba for their talks.
Abdullah regards the Arab peace plan as a historic chance and will make it the focus of his talks with Olmert.The Arab peace plan offers Israel full recognition in exchange for a full withdrawal from lands it captured in the 1967 Mideast war and the creation of a Palestinian state. Israel has welcomed the plan as a good starting point for negotiations but has objected to several key provisions. The Arab peace plan was proposed in 2002 and renewed in March at a meeting of the Arab League in Saudi Arabia. Arab leaders have urged Israel to seize the new opportunity.
While saying it has positive elements, Israel has objected to major provisions of the plan, including the call to evacuate all captured lands and to repatriate millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants. Israel says such a large influx of Palestinians would destroy Israel's character as a Jewish state. Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2000 after the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising
against Israel. Subsequent efforts to restart peace talks, including the 2003 U.S.-backed road map peace plan and a recent U.S. push to bring the sides back to the negotiating table, have made little progress.
Progress on Arab-Israeli peace could be a welcome boost for Olmert who has been under increasing criticism back home after a scathing government commission report on his performance during Israel's summer war with Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla. There have been widespread calls for him to resign. The conference in Petra, a city carved into rose-red stone and built by the Nabataean culture some 2,000 years ago, is hosted jointly by the King Abdullah II Fund for Development and the New York-based Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Four Israeli schoolchildren hand picked by their government will join Palestinian students and youth from Kuwait, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt.
No details were provided about the youth. Associated Press writers Amy Teibel and Dale Gavlak contributed to this report. On the Net: King Abdullah II Fund for Development: http://www.kafd.jo Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity: http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org Petra conference: http://www.petranobel.com
Anti-Semitism on rise in parts of Europe: study By Allyn Fisher-Ilan
Mon May 14, 9:01 AM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An increasing number of Europeans believe that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their home countries and have too much influence in world finance, a U.S. group monitoring anti-Semitism said on Monday. A large number of Europeans continue to be infected with anti-Jewish attitudes, holding on to classic anti-Semitic canards and conspiracy theories, Abraham Foxman, director of the Washington-based Anti-Defamation League, told reporters.These attitudes help legitimize anti-Semitism, including violence against Jews, and give us great concern, he said.
A survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League in France, Spain, German, Poland and Italy in March and April found that negative stereotypes about Jews had gained ground in these countries since 2005.The study measured responses to these statements: that Jews are more loyal to Israel than their country, that they have too much power in the business world and financial markets and that they talk too much about the Nazi Holocaust of World War Two.
In all countries studied, with the exception of Italy, the poll found an increase since a survey in 2005 in the percentage of Europeans who felt Jews held Israel above their own states.
In Poland and Spain, about 60 percent of those surveyed expressed that sentiment, up from about 50 percent two years ago. In Germany the figure was 51 percent, with 48 percent in Italy and 39 percent in France.Foxman called the dual loyalty allegation a classical canard of anti-Semitism and a tenet of Hitler's ideology that Jews had sold out Germany for their own interests.One in four of the some 2,700 people surveyed said their attitudes toward Jews are colored by events in the Middle East, Foxman added.
Of these, 52 percent said they held a lower opinion of Jews as a result.Foxman pointed to what he called an emergence of a significant relationship between anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli sentiments or criticism. But he said it was too soon to draw any direct parallels from the survey.The study did not tabulate incidents of anti-Semitic violence in Europe. Tel Aviv University in Israel said in findings
published in April that the numbers of attacks against Jews had doubled worldwide last year compared with 2005.Most of the rise in violence was reported in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and France, the Tel Aviv study said.
Muslim Religious Ban on Leaving Israel
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 15,07
Yet another Islamic religious ruling forbidding Moslems from leaving the Holy Land has been issued, this time from the Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine. Recently, the Hamas-affiliated Association of Religious Sages of Palestine publicized its ruling forbidding emigration from the lands of the Palestinian Authority. The Mufti of Jerusalem has now joined in with his own ban, released on Monday, May 14. The rulings are an indication of the great fear in the Arab world that young people from the Palestinian Authority are increasingly seeking their fortunes abroad. The latest ruling, entitled, No permission to emigrate from the land of Palestine, reads as follows:
There is much talk these days in our land of Palestine about emigration, and especially among the young, and this because of the difficult security and economic situation, and out of a desire to find a living in other lands.
Expression of this can be found in the rush to the gates of the embassies and consulates of the Western nations with requests for visas in order to reside permanently in those countries Based on [the ruling of the prophet Muhammed and his friends], emigration from the blessed lands to live permanently in other countries is not permitted in terms of religious law. The people living in these areas must remain in their places of residence, and not leave them to infiltrators and conquerors, and they will thus perform an act of honor, and will be a support for the Al-Aqsa mosque... and will merit the good tiding of the prophet...Regarding temporary travel to other lands for the purpose of study and work, this is permitted as long as there is a determination to return and live in the blessed lands after the stage of study and work.
Tens of Thousands
PA officials reported last November that in the preceding four months, foreign and Arab diplomats had authorized the entry of 10,000 PA residents to their countries, and that another 45,000 emigration requests were under similar consideration. Similar statements were made in October.
Artifacts From Time of Kings David and Solomon Revealed
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (INN) MAY 15,07
In honor of Jerusalem Day, which begins Tuesday night, archaeologists revealed a number of seals from the time of the Biblical Kings David and Solomon. The seals, along with other recently uncovered artifacts, were displayed for the first time on Monday, at a conference marking 40 years since the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem by the modern State of Israel. The City of David area was a commercial and trading center.The Bible-period artifacts were unearthed during archaeological excavations underway in Ir David, the City of David, below Jerusalems Old City to the east. The specific artifacts on display on Monday were found at the Beit HaMaayan (well-house) dig, overseen by Haifa University's Archaeology Department Director, Professor Ronny Reich. The greatest scientific and public interest was focused on more than 100 seals and signet rings, used as a means of authentication for written papyrus documents, from the time of the reigns of Kings David and Solomon. The seals bear various markings that, when deciphered, indicate the sender of the document and his or her location. The large number of such seals, archaeologists explained, indicate that the City of David area was a commercial and trading center.
Several hundred leaders of Israel's industry and the economy took part in the Jerusalem gathering at which the artifacts were displayed. Similar seals and signets have been found at various excavation sites around Jerusalem over the past decade. Some of those seals bear names of royal advisors and servants mentioned in various Biblical accounts of the reigns of Jewish monarchs. In 2005, a Hebrew University archaeologist and a leading authority on ancient Jerusalem,Some seals bear the names of royal advisors mentioned in various Biblical accounts.Dr. Eilat Mazar uncovered a clay seal in what she claimed served as the residential palace of Jewish kings from King David until the destruction of the First Temple, for a period of 450 years. That seal, dated from about 580 BCE, bears the name Yehuchal Ben-Sheleimiya, who is identified as a royal envoy and court minister sent by King Zedekiah to the prophet Jeremiah (in chapters 37 and 38 of the Bible's Book of Jeremiah).
Several years earlier, another circa-580 BCE royal seal was found at the same site. It had the name of Gemaryahu, son of Shafan, who is also mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah, and who was a top official in the court of King Zedekiah's predecessor, King Yehoyachim. Another seal found among dozens of others bears the name of Azaryahu Ben-Hilkiyahu, a member of a priestly family, who served in the Temple before Jerusalem's destruction (according to I Chronicles, 9:10).
NEW DETAILS OF AHMADINEJAD'S APOCALYPTIC BELIEFS:
Five signs of the Mahdi's return? Also, part two of Dobson interview runs today.
By Joel C. Rosenberg
(Washington, D.C., May 15, 2007) First, the good news: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Jordan's King Abdullah II will meet today in Petra and Aqaba to discuss peace.
Olmert is expected to personally invite the King to visit Jerusalem to discuss the future of the region. Now, the bad news: Olmert will return from Jordan to oversee a major IDF war games exercise as Israeli intelligence officials warn him that this summer could see a major war. Latest warning signs: The New York Times is reporting this morning that Iran is enriching uranium faster and on a much larger scale than previously known. According to a new report by the IAEA, Iran could have 3,000 centrifuges operating by June - enough to make one bomb's worth of material every year. Tehran may...be able to build an additional 5,000 centrifuges by the end of the year, for a total of 8,000.
There are new reports this week that Iran may join Central Asian military alliance with Russia. Syria has just moved up its schedule for a major military exercise. It was planned for the late summer and early fall. Now it will begin in May and run through July. This has intensified speculation among intelligence analysts that Syria could be preparing for a summer war. Palestinian leaders, meanwhile, are marking the catastrophe of Israel's rebirth by vowing to recapture Jerusalem. The European Union is boycotting Jerusalem Day, which marks the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem coming back under Jewish control for the first time in 2,000 years. Meanwhile, an Israeli newspaper is running a big story this morning entitled, If the Bomb drops..., giving people details of how to protect oneself in case of a nuclear attack. In that context, if you're looking for some light summer reading, you might want to skip The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran by Yossi Melman, a leading Israeli investigative journalist, and Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born Mideast analyst who works closely with the BBC, Voice of America and the Los Angeles Times. But if you're interesting in revealing new insights into Ahmadinejad's apocalyptic religious beliefs, look no further.
Major American news outlets like CBS's 60 Minutes, NBC News, CNN and Time have covered Ahmadinejad extensively -- even interviewed him exclusively this year -- yet keep missing the big story: the end of the world theology driving his foreign policy. But Melman and Javedanfar get it and report it in detail.
Excerpts from their new book:
* Ahmadinejad is the first Muslim leader who has prayed for the hastening of the return of the Shiite Messiah, known as the Mahdi, at teh U.N. General Assembly, an act that reinforced his conviction that he was carrying God's words and acting on behalf of the Messiah....Never before had an Iranian leader so publicly acknowledged his messianic beliefs. (p. 42)
* The Ayandeye Roshan (Bright Future) Institute, based in Qom, specializes in theological research about the Mahdi. It points to at least five 'distinct signs' that need to happen before the Mahdi appears. (p. 43-44)
1. The first is the rise of a fighter from Yemen called the Yamani, who attacks the enemies of Islam.
2. The second sign is the rise of an anti-Mahdi militant leader named Osman Ben Anbase, who will also be known as the Sofiani. He will be joined by another anti-Mahdi militant called Dajal, whom many Muslims clerics have compared to the Antichrist. The uprising of Sofiani will precede the appearance of the Mahdi in Mecca by exactly six months. These two forces, known as the forces of evil, will occupy Syria and Jordan and advance from there....[for] an epic battle near the city of Kufa, in the Shiite heartland of southern Iraq.
3. The third distinct sign will be voices from the sky. The most distinct voice will be that of the Angel Gabriel, who will call the faithful to gather around the Mahdi.
4. The fourth sign will entail the destruction of Sofiani's army.
5. The fifth and final sign is the death of a holy man by the name of Muhammed bin Hassan, called Nafse Zakiye, or the pure soul. Fifteen days after he is killed, the Mahdi will appear in Mecca. The Mahdi will appoint Jesus Christ as his deputy. People will recognize the Mahdi because there will be an angel above his head shouting, This is the Mahdi. Follow him. The Mahdi will be wearing a ring that belonged to King Solomon and will hold the wooden stick that Moses held when he parted the Red Sea. His army of 313 will grow into 10,000, fifty of whom will be women.An additional indicator of the Mahdi's arrival, say the religious scholars to whom Ahmadinejad is listening, will be the death of 80 percent of the world's population in a massive war.The authors note that Ahmadinejad is telling associates time is very short, noting that in 2005, he made the timetable more specific, saying the Mahdi would reappear in 2007. He thus increased government funding for the leading Islamic school that teaches about the coming of the Mahdi by 1,000% to $3.5 million.
With Iran now able to enrich uranium, it could become nuclear in 2007, the authors conclude. If that happens, Iran's nuclear arsenal might give the regime the confidence it needs to start a war, which could then become the 'platform' that Ahmadinejad has said he wants to create for the reappearance of the Mahdi.NOTE: I leave Thursday for a week in Israel. Will send updates on the situation from there. WEBLOG with the latest on events in the Middle East and Russia, including links to articles mentioned in this story, and a link to the audio of my interviews with Dr. Dobson on radical Islam.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
ISRAEL EXISTS 59 YEARS LATER
ISRAEL WILL BECOME A NATION. LITERALLY IN THE SPRING.
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
EZEKIEL 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
EZEKIEL 37:9-28
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds,(ALL THE WORLD) O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.(COME TO LIFE)
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.(ISRAEL WILL HAVE A POWERFUL ARMY)
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.(BURNED BY HITLER)
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.(THE DRY BONES COME TO LIFE IN 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.
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
MARK 13:28
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
59 YEARS AGO TODAY BY OUR CALENDAR THE SIX POINTED STAR OF DAVID MADE ITS MIRACULAS APPEARANCE IN ONE DAY. GOD'S PROMISE TO ISRAEL WAS KEPT AND PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED.
Isaiah 66:7-8: Before going into labor, she gave birth; before her pains came, she delivered a male child. Who ever heard of such at thing? Who has ever seen such things? Is a country born in one day? Is a nation brought forth all at once? For as soon as Tziyon went into labor, she brought forth her children. - Stern's Complete Jewish Bible
Isaiah 66:7-8
Israel would reborn in just one day....
Bible passage: Isaiah 66:7-8
Prophet: Isaiah
Written: perhaps between 701-681 BC
Fulfilled: 1948
In Isaiah 66:7-8, the prophet foreshadowed the re-birth of Israel, which happened in 1948. Isaiah describes a woman giving birth before going into labor, and he speaks of a country being born in one day. This accurately describes what happened on May 14, 1948 - when the Jews declared independence for Israel as a united and sovereign nation for the first time in 2900 years.
During that same day, the United States issued a statement recognizing Israel's sovereignty. And, only hours beforehand, a United Nations mandate expired, ending British control of the land. During a 24-hour span of time, foreign control of the land of Israel had formally ceased, and Israel had declared its independence, and its independence was acknowledged by other nations. Modern Israel was literally was born in a single day.
Isaiah said the birth would take place before there would be labor pains. And that too is precisely what happened. A movement called Zionism began in the 1800s to encourage Jews worldwide to move to Israel, which at that time was called Palestine. Within hours of the declaration of independence in 1948, Israel was attacked by the surrounding countries of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
When reading Isaiah 66:7-8, keep in mind that Israel's status as a sovereign nation was established and reaffirmed during the course of a single day, and that it was born of a movement called Zionism, and that its declaration of independence was not the result of a war but rather the cause of one.
OTHER NEWS TODAY
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-The Nation's Weather.3-Jordan's king warns Cheney on Mideast.4-Pope assails Marxism and capitalism. 5-Israel marks 40 year rule of Arab east Jerusalem. 6-Rabbis Call for Temple Mount Visits. 7-The Six Day War: Not Only Jerusalem. 8-The New Sabbath According to Orlev. 9-Portugal pushes for June treaty deal. 10-Liberal Democrats are out to silence you!
EARTHQUAKES
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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Mon May 14 11:00 AM EDT
MAY 14,07
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.2 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.9 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.5 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
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MAP 4.7 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
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MAP 3.0 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
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MAP 4.5 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
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STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Mon May 14, 6:34 AM ET
A storm system moving out of the northern Rockies Monday will speed across the northern Plains, pushing a cold front from Central Colorado to Northern Wisconsin. Thunderstorms are expected to pick up in intensity throughout the day, and while high winds were likely to be the main threat, isolated twisters were possible. Thunderstorms were also likely across Florida. While rain may put out wildfires in the state, winds and lightning could make them worse.The rest of the East as well as the West will have mostly clear skies.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Sunday ranged from a low of 17 degrees at Spincich Lake, MI to a high of 105 degrees at Gila Bend, Ariz.
Iranian leader threatens retaliation By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
Mon May 14, 7:32 AM ET
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Iranian president said Monday Iran will retaliate if the U.S. strikes the country — a tough response to recent comments by the Vice President Dick Cheney that Washington would prevent the Islamic republic from dominating the Middle East.
Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said Iran had agreed for the benefit of the Iraqi people to meet with the U.S. in Baghdad to discuss security in Iraq.They (the U.S.) cannot strike Iran, he said at a press conference during a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates. The Iranian people can protect themselves and retaliate. The Iranian president's comments followed those on Friday by Cheney, who said from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf that the U.S. and its allies would prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and dominating the region.Despite the tense words, the U.S. and Iran announced Sunday that they have agreed to meet in Baghdad to discuss security and stability in Iraq.
Both parties have confirmed the talks will take place in Baghdad in the presence of the Iraqi government, Ahmadinejad said Monday. We decided we were ready and prepared to do this to support the Iraqi people.The Iranian president, in a subdued mood after the previous night's raucous anti-American rally in a Dubai soccer stadium, repeated his calls for the United States to leave the Gulf region. Washington holds military bases in all Gulf countries except Saudi Arabia.In stark contrast to Cheney's low-key visit, Ahmadinejad was greeted with fanfare by the top leaders of the Emirates, who apparently had no objection to Sunday's rally.
Ahmadinejad said relations with the Emirates had taken a quantum leap, with the two countries agreeing to create a joint committee headed by their foreign ministers to boost cooperation in tourism, trade, energy and development.There's a willingness on both sides to upgrade relations, he said. Relations between Iran and the UAE can be a model for all the countries of the region.Ahmadinejad appeared to be pushing his agenda at a time when the U.S. administration's popularity in the region is at a low point. He said Iran is ready to band together in a Gulf-wide security alliance with Washington's traditional regional allies.
He also called for the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Egypt that were broken in 1979, saying it would strengthen regional security and stability.The U.S. presence in the Gulf, Ahmadinejad said, runs counter to the best interests of the Muslim-majority countries on both sides of the oil-rich sea. Similar pleas for a regional security alliance have come during recent visits by Iranian Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and national security adviser Ali Larijani.Ahmadinejad said the Americans had overextended their welcome in the region and were advocating tough actions that reached beyond what their Arab allies wished.What are these others doing in our region? he replied when asking to comment on Cheney's remarks aboard the USS John C. Stennis on Friday. Are they more keen with regard to the nuclear issue than everyone else in the region?
The U.S. has accused Iran of covertly developing nuclear weapons, but Iran has denied the charge, saying its nuclear program is peaceful. Tehran has also objected to U.S. claims that Iran is supplying Iraqi Shiite militias with deadly roadside bombs that kill American troops.Ahmadinejad said the U.S.-allied Emirates backs Iran's position that the U.S. military should leave the Gulf.This region won't allow other powers from thousands of miles away to threaten the region and create enmity, he said. Our talks with our brothers in the United Arab Emirates reiterated this truth again and again.
Emirati officials had no immediate comment. They have previously expressed strong concerns about growing U.S.-Iranian tensions and elevated U.S. rhetoric against Iran, but have shown no indication they intend to ask the U.S. military to leave.
A pair of newspaper editorials in the Dubai pro-government Gulf News expressed concern about Cheney's speech and supported closer relations with Iran. On Sunday, the paper lambasted Cheney for lumping the Gulf Arab countries into his anti-Iran rhetoric, saying he had needlessly stoked tensions with Iran.
Such careless talk by the vice president is not only unwelcome but is likely to have created an all-inclusiveness that is not welcome to the Arab states, the paper said. On Monday, the paper said Ahmadinejad's landmark visit had opened a new page in relations and backed the decision to form a bilateral commission. No Gulf leader has publicly backed Iran's call for a security alliance or for the removal of U.S. troops from the region.
Jordan's king warns Cheney on Mideast By JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writer Mon May 14, 7:01 AM ET
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's king warned visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Monday that time was running out to use an Arab peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a royal palace statement. King Abdullah II, a moderate Arab leader and a key U.S. ally, also called for a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, the statement said.Jordan stands in support of a peaceful resolution to the issue of Iran's nuclear capabilities that would spare the region further tensions, Abdullah told Cheney in a closed-door meeting at the king's beachside residence in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba.Abdullah said the Arab peace initiative, which was first launched in 2002 and revived at an Arab summit earlier this year, still represented an opportunity to advance peace and end the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Time is not on anyone's side, Abdullah warned. He did not elaborate, but he has previously said that the absence of peacemaking is increasing the popularity of extremists across the Muslim world.The Palestinians have embraced the Arab plan, which calls for full peace with all Arab nations if Israel withdraws from territories captured in the 1967 Middle East War and agrees to the creation of a
Palestinian state. It also calls for a just solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees.Israel and the United States have said the plan could be a basis for reviving the peace process.
But Israel has expressed reservations over many of its provisions, including the call to solve the Palestinian refugee issue.The king suggested to Cheney that there was a need to set a time frame to establish tangible results on the ground related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.Abdullah also emphasized that the United States plays a key role in helping the Palestinians and Israelis return to the negotiating table to reach a final settlement to the Palestinian issue.
Cheney's visit to Jordan is part of a regional tour that has taken him to Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The vice president is trying to build support for efforts to ease tensions in Iraq, end sectarian violence and encourage national reconciliation between disputing Iraqi factions. Abdullah reiterated the importance of achieving national reconciliation and including all segments of Iraqi society in Iraq's political process a reference to minority Sunnis, who complain they are being sidelined by their Shiite-dominated government.
The king said reinforcing security and establishing stability in Iraq is in the interest of the country as well as a key Jordanian interest. Jordan has complained that terrorists affiliated with al-Qaida in Iraq are infiltrating the Iraqi-Jordanian border to carry out terror attacks in the country.In November 2005, al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for Amman's triple hotel blasts, which killed 63 people, including three Iraqi suicide bombers.
Pope assails Marxism and capitalism By ALAN CLENDENNING, Associated Press Writer MAY 14,07
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
Wrapping up five-day visit to Brazil, the 80-year-old pontiff denounced Marxism in an hour-long speech Sunday opening a 19-day conference of Latin American bishops in the shrine city of Aparecida.The Marxist system, where it found its way into government, not only left a sad heritage of economic and ecological destruction, but also a painful destruction of the human spirit, the pope said.He also warned of unfettered capitalism and globalization. Before boarding a plane for Rome later Sunday, he said the two could give rise to a worrying degradation of personal dignity through drugs, alcohol and deceptive illusions of happiness.Marxism still influences some grassroots Catholic activists in Latin America, remnants of the liberation theology movement Benedict worked to crush when he was cardinal. Liberation theology holds that the Christian faith should be reinterpreted specifically to deliver oppressed people from injustice.
Benedict also defended the church's campaign centuries ago to Christianize indigenous people, saying Latin American Indians had been silently longing to become Christians when Spanish and Portuguese conquerors violently took over their native lands centuries ago.In effect, the proclamation of Jesus and of his Gospel did not at any point involve an alienation of the pre-Columbus cultures, nor was it the imposition of a foreign culture, he told the bishops.Throughout his first papal visit to the region, Benedict emphasized Catholic moral values as the answer to Latin America's social and economic problems. Returning to that theme Sunday, he warned that legalized contraception and abortion in Latin America threaten the future of the peoples and said the historical Catholic identity of the region is under assault.Speaking in Spanish and Portuguese, the pope called on the bishops to reinvigorate the church, still the dominant faith in the region but rapidly losing ground to evangelical Protestant churches.
He urged bishops to mold a new generation of leaders, saying Latin America needs more dedicated Catholics at high levels in government, the media and at universities. While Brazil is the most populous Roman Catholic country, home to more than 120 million of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, the census shows that people calling themselves Catholics fell to 74 percent in 2000 from 89 percent in 1980.
Those calling themselves evangelical Protestants rose to 15 percent from 7 percent.The pope did not name any countries in his criticism of capitalism and Marxism, but left-leaning leaders govern most of South America. The region's most prominent promoter of Marxism is Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose spokesman deflected the criticism on Monday. We all know that the current Pope is characterized as a conservative man, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we must automatically think that any word he utters ... is against Venezuela, Willian Lara said.
Religious experts said Benedict failed to address key challenges to the church in Latin America, including a severe shortage of priests or a specific strategy for how parishes should try win back Catholics who have turned into born-again Protestants or simply stopped going to church. Psychologists say what you don't talk about are often the most important things, and that was the case with the pope, said Fernando Altermeyer, a theology professor at Sao Paulo's Catholic Pontificate University.
Added former Vatican Radio reporter David Gibson: By not looking to the church's structural problems, he's handicapping the chances for success.In events in and near Sao Paulo that attracted more than 1 million people, Benedict criticized the rising tide of Latin Americans flouting the church's prohibition on premarital sex and divorce and told drug dealers they will face divine justice for the misery they cause.Then he headed to the shrine city of Aparecida, telling the bishops to convince Catholics from all walks of life to bring the light of the Gospel into public life, into culture, economics and politics.Benedict called the institution of the family one of the most important treasures of Latin American countries, but said it is threatened by legislation and government policies contrary to church doctrine on marriage, contraception and abortion.Mexico City lawmakers recently legalized abortion and gay civil unions, and the Brazilian government routinely hands out millions of free condoms to prevent AIDS. The pope called the region the continent of hope during a Sunday Mass before 150,000 faithful in front of the mammoth basilica of Aparecida home to the nation's patron saint, a black Virgin Mary. But the turnout fell far short of the 400,000 to 500,000 worshippers local organizers hoped would show up for Benedict's last big public event of the papal tour, his longest since becoming pope two years ago. Waiting to catch a glimpse of the 80-year-old pope at Aparecida's basilica, 68-year-old Maria Costa said she hoped his trip would revitalize the church in Brazil. Catholics weren't feeling very good with the Church, and that's why so many were leaving, she said. I think that could change now. Let's hope so.Associated Press Writers Tales Azzoni and Victor L. Simpson contributed from Aparecida.
THIS IS A DECEPTIVE HEADLINE IT SHOULD READ ISRAEL MARKS 40 YR RULE OF ISRAELI JERUSALEM. ITS ISRAELS CAPITAL NOT THE ARABS.
Israel marks 40 year rule of Arab east Jerusalem Mon May 14, 7:29 AM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Monday began marking 40 years since it conquered and annexed Arab east Jerusalem but the ceremonies were boycotted by European and US diplomats. The last 40 years were only the beginning, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a special parliamentary session marking the anniversary according to the Hebrew calendar.I believe, I hope and I pray that we will continue to work together to reinforce Jerusalem in order to extend its boundaries.Israel captured Arab east Jerusalem on June 7, 1967, the third day of the six-day Middle East war, and unilaterally annexed the sector in a move not recognised by the international community.Israel in 1980 passed a law declaring Jerusalem the unified and eternal capital of Israel, but the Palestinians want occupied east Jerusalem to be the capital of their future sovereign state.
Israel's unilateral moves in Jerusalem have been condemned by UN Security Council Resolutions, including one in 1980 that resulted in 13 Jerusalem-based foreign embassies being moved to Tel Aviv.
US and EU ambassadors have refused to attend Monday's parliamentary session as well as ceremonies due to be held on Jerusalem Day on Wednesday.They say Jerusalem's fate must be decided as part of final status negotiations to end the Middle East conflict and that in the meantime the status quo should be preserved in accordance with international law.A statement from a group of Israeli left-wing groups issued a statement deploring the deliberate marginalisation of Palestinian districts in Jerusalem by the Israeli authorities since 40 years.
Rabbis Call for Temple Mount Visits
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 14,07
Close to 30 leading religious-Zionist rabbis visited the Temple Mount in purity on Sunday, after taking the necessary Halakhic precautions. The precautions involve immersing in a mikveh (ritual bath), taking off one's shoes, and clarifying the precise areas forbidden for entry - or else going only with a guide who knows the area. The visit was unique in that it marks the first time such a large group of
rabbis ascended together to the holy site. Among today's visitors were Kiryat Arba Chief Rabbi Dov Lior, Yeshivat Har Etzion Dean Rabbi Yaakov Meidan, Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz of Maaleh Adumim, Rabbi Daniel Shilo of Kedumim, Rabbi Shalom Gold of Har Nof, Jerusalem, and others.
Rabbi Shilo, asked to explain the timing of the visit, told Arutz-7, For one thing, Jerusalem Reunification Day is approaching. In addition, our hold on the Temple Mount is not yet strong among many people of Torah and others, because of halakhic [Jewish-legal] obstructions that we feel are no longer relevant. Biblical law forbids one from entering the holy areas of the Temple Mount, and some feel that the precise boundaries of those areas are not known. However, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel of the Temple Institute has shown that the rock under the Dome of the Rock is in fact the Holy of Holies, and most scholars agree.
Police accompanied the rabbis, and the representatives of the Islamic Waqf [the Moslem body that oversees the site - ed.] looked quite miffed, Rabbi Shilo said. MK Uri Ariel (National Union) expressed approval of the rabbis' move, saying, It appears that the police now understand that the current situation of restricting Jewish presence on the Jews' most sacred site is absurd and must change... This disgrace must be stopped. Jewish prayer must be allowed on the site, in a gradual
manner and in the places permitted by Halakhah.Last week, a group of over 40 rabbis signed a declaration calling upon the religious public - those who know the laws and restrictions - to frequent the permitted sites on the Temple Mount and to arouse love for this holy site in which our prayers are most accepted.Among the signatories are Rabbi Chaim Druckman, head of the Yeshivot Bnei Akiva organization; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat; Kiryat Shmonah Chief Rabbi Tzefaniah Drori; Rabbi Bnayahu Bruner of Tzfat; Rabbi Re'em HaCohen of Otniel; Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Bat Ayin; Rabbi Chanan Porat of Kfar Etzion; Rabbi Gideon Perl of Alon Shvut; Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel of Bnei Brak; and more. Former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, however, issued an opposite call, saying that visits to the Temple Mount could lead to the grave sin of entering forbidden sacred locations.
It's not that anyone is apathetic to our inability to pray on the Temple Mount, his son, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu of Tzfat said in his father's name. Our pain over this is almost physical. Rabbi M. Eliyahu is of the opinion that a synagogue should be built in a permitted area of the Temple Mount.
The Six Day War: Not Only Jerusalem
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 14,07
There is a purposeful disregard of the liberation of Judea and Samaria during the Six Day War, says geographer and historian Avraham Shvut. Speaking with Arutz-7's Hebrew newsmagazine, Shvut author of a work on the modern history of Judea and Samaria said that ignoring these results of the Six Day War means also ignoring the fact that the Six Day War was the finale of the War of Independence. By doing so, they are purposely harming the nation's attitude towards the areas of Judea and Samaria.It's part of our national sickness of ignoring large parts of our Land, the Land of the Bible, Shvut said. Shvut's book HaAliyah El HaHar (The Ascent to the Mountain), published in 2003, reviews the history of Jewish settlement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza in the past 40 years.
Almost immediately after the Six Day War, construction began in the areas of Jerusalem liberated from Jordanian control, leading to the addition of neighborhoods such as Ramat Eshkol, Sanhedria Murhevet, Talpiot, Gilo and others. The other areas redeemed from Jordan - Judea and Samaria - were, in many ways, overlooked and viewed as not to be settled. Then-Defense Minister Moshe Dayan even said, We are waiting to negotiate with King Hussein. Years were wasted as the Land of Israel loyalists expected the government to take the lead in inhabiting the areas, as it did in the Golan, the Jordan Valley and even the Sinai Desert. When Judea and Samaria finally began to be settled, it was the first time that modern Israel was settled by a non-political organization - Gush Emunim - essentially a group of private people, as opposed to a government movement. It was also the first time, Shvut noted, that massive settlement began in mountainous regions. In the Galilee, as well, mountainous overlooks were first built around the same time, in the 1970's. Another first-time aspect of the Yesha communities was the lack of dependency on agriculture. Until then, communities were built where the land could be farmed, and much money was spent on preparing the ground, building hothouses, chicken coops and cowsheds. But in Yesha, the new style of communal towns enabled the construction of many of them. All you needed was a few caravans for living and public buildings, and you had a town!
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
WELL ALL I HAVE TO SAY AMERICA ITS GONNA BE A DANGEROUS HURRICANE SEASON THIS YEAR, GOD WILL HAVE THE LAST SAY ON ISRAELS CAPITAL JERUSALEM, NOT THE ARABS CAPITAL.
After 40 Years, U.S. Avoids Jerusalem Reunification Day
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (INN) MAY 14,07
The United States will avoid Jerusalem Reunification Day festivities this week despite a 12-year-old Congressional bill calling for the American embassy to be located in the capital. Since then, every President has exercised a waiver in the bill allowing the move to be deferred for a renewable period of six months.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni insisted that the connection between Israel and Jerusalem is inseparable despite the boycott by the U.S. and most of the international community. Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski went further and declared, Anyone who doesn't recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel does not recognize the State of Israel.Anyone who doesn't recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel does not recognize the State of Israel.American officials, including former Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, have stated that moving the embassy is not likely to happen until there is a final peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The U.S. did not issue an official statement explaining why the current Ambassador, Richard Jones will not be attending the ceremonies, but Ambassador Dr. Harald Kindermann from Germany, which heads the European Union (EU) this year, specifically said EU countries will not participate because of Arab claims of sovereignty over eastern Jerusalem, which includes the Old City. The Foreign Ministry said Sunday it is unhappy and disappointed that most delegations announced they were not coming to the festivities but added that officials from several embassies will attend. Two American lawmakers have launched an effort to put a stop to the continuing deferral of the Congressional bill to move the embassy from Tel Aviv. Republican House of Representatives members Joe Wilson and Mike Pence recently introduced a resolution stating that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel during the past 40 years.Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel during the past 40 years.
The new resolution strongly urges American President George W. Bush to stop exercising the waiver to delay the move of the embassy. It also calls on him and American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to repeatedly affirm publicly, as a matter of United States policy, that Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of the State of Israel.The congressmen also noted that the 2003 Foreign Relations
Authorization Act directs that the birth of any U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem should be recorded as Jerusalem, Israel upon the request of the citizen or his or her guardian. That requirement has never been implemented, and the city is listed without its being designated that it is in Israel. Israel officially incorporated all of Jerusalem into the municipality in 1980, a move that caused virtually all of the embassies that had been located in Jerusalem to move away. The last holdouts were El Salvador and Costa Rica, which pulled out several months ago.
The New Sabbath According to Orlev
by Hana Levi Julian (INN) MAY 14,07
Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev is stepping onto a tightrope by proposing two new laws that could change the face of Israeli society.The pair of bills written by the National Union / National Religious Party Chairman are also likely to reawaken the age-old debate over Israeli laws pertaining to the Sabbath. One bill would change the length of the traditional Israeli weekend; the second would change its character. If passed, they will also change the way Sabbath is traditionally observed in Israeli society, both in the religious and secular populations.One of the bills would end the practice of beginning the regular work week on Sundays. Instead, the weekend break which traditionally begins on Friday afternoon would not end until Monday morning.
Industry and trade will, if the law passes, no longer be completely forbidden on the Sabbath, nor would public or state services, as they are at present. This would allow an increase in recreational and cultural activities, provided they would comply with noise regulations.The main purpose for the change, said MK Orlev, is to allow Sabbath-observant Jews to have a day to travel and enjoy cultural and recreational activities as a family. Due to the six-day work week, this currently causes hardship for the religious population. A worker must use a paid (or unpaid) vacation day and a student must skip school in order for the family to take the day off together.The second proposal would change the public transportation system.If passed, the new law would allow limited public transportation to become available on the Sabbath. At present public transportation is permitted only six days a week Sunday through Friday. The new Sabbath lines would be serviced by vans similar to the private sheirut or mini-buses run by private companies along the regular public bus routes. None would be allowed to travel through religious communities or neighborhoods.
MK Orlev also recommended establishing a committee to oversee the development of Sabbath services under his proposals.According to the Jerusalem Post, a number of senior religious Zionist rabbis and senior members of the Knesset are supporting the proposals; however, MK Orlev could not be reached to confirm the claim.Both bills are expected to face an initial Knesset hearing in the near future. Reactions from Sabbath-observant Knesset members were not long in coming, however. Minister Eli Yishai, Chairman of the Sephardic religious Shas party, slammed the proposals and the NU / NRP parties, saying, Any initiative by parties calling themselves religious and turning reform on Shabbat (Sabbath) matters should be foiled.Meretz Knesset Member Zahav Gal-On had a different take on MK Orlev's motivation for proposing the measures, saying it was a red herring. As long as the religious-rabbinical establishment dictates how we should marry, divorce and what we should eat, she declared, all these proposals are insignificant.
Portugal pushes for June treaty deal
14.05.2007 - 09:18 CET | By Honor Mahony
As incoming EU presidency in the second half of this year, Portugal has made it clear that if there is no significant agreement on a new treaty in six weeks time, it will put the issue on the political back burner for its six month tenure of the bloc.Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates said that Berlin, as current EU presidency, will have to secure a precise mandate during the EU leaders summit on 21-22 June, otherwise Lisbon would not continue individual negotiations with member states. He made the announcement after an informal meeting over the weekend in the Portuguese town of Sintra including German chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso to assess the state of play on the treaty negotiations.
While appearing to up the public pressure for a deal, Mr Socrates' words dovetail with Germany's own policy of trying to get as much agreed at the summit as possible. Mrs Merkel is pushing to get all the big issues out of the way in order to have an intergovernmental conference on the rest of the issues during Portugal's presidency - beginning 1 July that is to be as technical as possible, according to diplomats.
The strategy stems in part from the fear that Portugal, followed by Slovenia, taking over the presidency in January 2008, will not have the political clout to force other - bigger - member states to come to a deal.EU presidencies give political guidance to the bloc and are tasked with trying to find agreement among the 27 member states on the issues of the day.
For its part, Germany has also attached significant public importance to the constitutional task seeing its presidency as the last chance to set in motion a timetable that would see all member states ratify a new treaty by mid 2009 the date of the next European elections.Speaking after the Sintra meeting, the German chancellor called on other EU member states to work together on the issue.I am certain that we will accomplish it if we remain united, if we work together, she said, according to AFP. It is in our interest and it is our responsibility to allow Europe to act in the face of the challenges that confront us.According to Spanish daily El Pais, quoting a senior official attending the Sintra meeting, quite some time in the gathering was spent analysing the proposals of French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy, the ideas of Gordon Brown, the likely successor to British leader Tony Blair, as well as the difficulties that the Dutch and Polish governments have in relation to a new treaty.
Germany revived negotiations on a new-look treaty for the bloc at the beginning of the year following 18 months of almost complete political silence after France and the Netherlands rejected the EU constitution in mid-2005.In order to get a deal, Berlin has to keep as much of the original treaty as possible intact to please the 18 countries that have already largely ratified the document, while taking into account the sceptical public in many of the remaining nine countries.However, this delicate balancing act looks to be upset by two key member states – Poland, which wants to renegotiate the voting system and the UK which wants as small a treaty as possible, keeping member states' right to veto in as many areas as possible.
Liberal Democrats are out to silence you! MAY 14,07
Urgent Telephone Alert on the Meehan Amendment (H.R. 2093)!
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I wrote to you in January about legislation in the U.S. Senate that could have silenced grassroots communication from groups like American Family Association. Thankfully, that part of the legislation was defeated after you and other concerned citizens let your voices be heard.
Unfortunately, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to reconsider the grassroots gag order when the Meehan Amendment (H.R. 2093) will be offered on Tuesday, May 15, during debate on a broader lobbying reform bill. This amendment, sponsored by Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.), would establish, for the first time, federal regulatory authority over efforts aimed at motivating citizens to communicate with their representatives about bills moving in Congress.This threat is so serious that American Family Association has joined with other pro-family groups, as well as organizations from the left of the political spectrum, including the ACLU, to oppose the bill. Last week, we signed a joint letter calling on members of Congress to reject this dangerous effort to exclude men and women like you from the democratic process. The full House of Representatives is expected to act on the lobbying reform legislation on May 22. Depending on what happens in the Judiciary Committee on May 15, the full House may also vote on whether to include the Meehan provision in the broader bill.
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GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
EZEKIEL 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
EZEKIEL 37:9-28
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds,(ALL THE WORLD) O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.(COME TO LIFE)
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.(ISRAEL WILL HAVE A POWERFUL ARMY)
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.(BURNED BY HITLER)
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.(THE DRY BONES COME TO LIFE IN 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.
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
MATTHEW 24:32
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:(ISRAEL WAS LITERALLY REBORN JUST BEFORE SUMMER,MAY 14,1948).
MARK 13:28
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
DANIEL 9:24
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
59 YEARS AGO TODAY BY OUR CALENDAR THE SIX POINTED STAR OF DAVID MADE ITS MIRACULAS APPEARANCE IN ONE DAY. GOD'S PROMISE TO ISRAEL WAS KEPT AND PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED.
Isaiah 66:7-8: Before going into labor, she gave birth; before her pains came, she delivered a male child. Who ever heard of such at thing? Who has ever seen such things? Is a country born in one day? Is a nation brought forth all at once? For as soon as Tziyon went into labor, she brought forth her children. - Stern's Complete Jewish Bible
Isaiah 66:7-8
Israel would reborn in just one day....
Bible passage: Isaiah 66:7-8
Prophet: Isaiah
Written: perhaps between 701-681 BC
Fulfilled: 1948
In Isaiah 66:7-8, the prophet foreshadowed the re-birth of Israel, which happened in 1948. Isaiah describes a woman giving birth before going into labor, and he speaks of a country being born in one day. This accurately describes what happened on May 14, 1948 - when the Jews declared independence for Israel as a united and sovereign nation for the first time in 2900 years.
During that same day, the United States issued a statement recognizing Israel's sovereignty. And, only hours beforehand, a United Nations mandate expired, ending British control of the land. During a 24-hour span of time, foreign control of the land of Israel had formally ceased, and Israel had declared its independence, and its independence was acknowledged by other nations. Modern Israel was literally was born in a single day.
Isaiah said the birth would take place before there would be labor pains. And that too is precisely what happened. A movement called Zionism began in the 1800s to encourage Jews worldwide to move to Israel, which at that time was called Palestine. Within hours of the declaration of independence in 1948, Israel was attacked by the surrounding countries of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
When reading Isaiah 66:7-8, keep in mind that Israel's status as a sovereign nation was established and reaffirmed during the course of a single day, and that it was born of a movement called Zionism, and that its declaration of independence was not the result of a war but rather the cause of one.
OTHER NEWS TODAY
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-The Nation's Weather.3-Jordan's king warns Cheney on Mideast.4-Pope assails Marxism and capitalism. 5-Israel marks 40 year rule of Arab east Jerusalem. 6-Rabbis Call for Temple Mount Visits. 7-The Six Day War: Not Only Jerusalem. 8-The New Sabbath According to Orlev. 9-Portugal pushes for June treaty deal. 10-Liberal Democrats are out to silence you!
EARTHQUAKES
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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Mon May 14 11:00 AM EDT
MAY 14,07
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.2 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
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LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Mon May 14, 6:34 AM ET
A storm system moving out of the northern Rockies Monday will speed across the northern Plains, pushing a cold front from Central Colorado to Northern Wisconsin. Thunderstorms are expected to pick up in intensity throughout the day, and while high winds were likely to be the main threat, isolated twisters were possible. Thunderstorms were also likely across Florida. While rain may put out wildfires in the state, winds and lightning could make them worse.The rest of the East as well as the West will have mostly clear skies.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Sunday ranged from a low of 17 degrees at Spincich Lake, MI to a high of 105 degrees at Gila Bend, Ariz.
Iranian leader threatens retaliation By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
Mon May 14, 7:32 AM ET
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The Iranian president said Monday Iran will retaliate if the U.S. strikes the country — a tough response to recent comments by the Vice President Dick Cheney that Washington would prevent the Islamic republic from dominating the Middle East.
Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said Iran had agreed for the benefit of the Iraqi people to meet with the U.S. in Baghdad to discuss security in Iraq.They (the U.S.) cannot strike Iran, he said at a press conference during a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates. The Iranian people can protect themselves and retaliate. The Iranian president's comments followed those on Friday by Cheney, who said from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf that the U.S. and its allies would prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and dominating the region.Despite the tense words, the U.S. and Iran announced Sunday that they have agreed to meet in Baghdad to discuss security and stability in Iraq.
Both parties have confirmed the talks will take place in Baghdad in the presence of the Iraqi government, Ahmadinejad said Monday. We decided we were ready and prepared to do this to support the Iraqi people.The Iranian president, in a subdued mood after the previous night's raucous anti-American rally in a Dubai soccer stadium, repeated his calls for the United States to leave the Gulf region. Washington holds military bases in all Gulf countries except Saudi Arabia.In stark contrast to Cheney's low-key visit, Ahmadinejad was greeted with fanfare by the top leaders of the Emirates, who apparently had no objection to Sunday's rally.
Ahmadinejad said relations with the Emirates had taken a quantum leap, with the two countries agreeing to create a joint committee headed by their foreign ministers to boost cooperation in tourism, trade, energy and development.There's a willingness on both sides to upgrade relations, he said. Relations between Iran and the UAE can be a model for all the countries of the region.Ahmadinejad appeared to be pushing his agenda at a time when the U.S. administration's popularity in the region is at a low point. He said Iran is ready to band together in a Gulf-wide security alliance with Washington's traditional regional allies.
He also called for the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Egypt that were broken in 1979, saying it would strengthen regional security and stability.The U.S. presence in the Gulf, Ahmadinejad said, runs counter to the best interests of the Muslim-majority countries on both sides of the oil-rich sea. Similar pleas for a regional security alliance have come during recent visits by Iranian Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and national security adviser Ali Larijani.Ahmadinejad said the Americans had overextended their welcome in the region and were advocating tough actions that reached beyond what their Arab allies wished.What are these others doing in our region? he replied when asking to comment on Cheney's remarks aboard the USS John C. Stennis on Friday. Are they more keen with regard to the nuclear issue than everyone else in the region?
The U.S. has accused Iran of covertly developing nuclear weapons, but Iran has denied the charge, saying its nuclear program is peaceful. Tehran has also objected to U.S. claims that Iran is supplying Iraqi Shiite militias with deadly roadside bombs that kill American troops.Ahmadinejad said the U.S.-allied Emirates backs Iran's position that the U.S. military should leave the Gulf.This region won't allow other powers from thousands of miles away to threaten the region and create enmity, he said. Our talks with our brothers in the United Arab Emirates reiterated this truth again and again.
Emirati officials had no immediate comment. They have previously expressed strong concerns about growing U.S.-Iranian tensions and elevated U.S. rhetoric against Iran, but have shown no indication they intend to ask the U.S. military to leave.
A pair of newspaper editorials in the Dubai pro-government Gulf News expressed concern about Cheney's speech and supported closer relations with Iran. On Sunday, the paper lambasted Cheney for lumping the Gulf Arab countries into his anti-Iran rhetoric, saying he had needlessly stoked tensions with Iran.
Such careless talk by the vice president is not only unwelcome but is likely to have created an all-inclusiveness that is not welcome to the Arab states, the paper said. On Monday, the paper said Ahmadinejad's landmark visit had opened a new page in relations and backed the decision to form a bilateral commission. No Gulf leader has publicly backed Iran's call for a security alliance or for the removal of U.S. troops from the region.
Jordan's king warns Cheney on Mideast By JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writer Mon May 14, 7:01 AM ET
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's king warned visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Monday that time was running out to use an Arab peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a royal palace statement. King Abdullah II, a moderate Arab leader and a key U.S. ally, also called for a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, the statement said.Jordan stands in support of a peaceful resolution to the issue of Iran's nuclear capabilities that would spare the region further tensions, Abdullah told Cheney in a closed-door meeting at the king's beachside residence in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba.Abdullah said the Arab peace initiative, which was first launched in 2002 and revived at an Arab summit earlier this year, still represented an opportunity to advance peace and end the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Time is not on anyone's side, Abdullah warned. He did not elaborate, but he has previously said that the absence of peacemaking is increasing the popularity of extremists across the Muslim world.The Palestinians have embraced the Arab plan, which calls for full peace with all Arab nations if Israel withdraws from territories captured in the 1967 Middle East War and agrees to the creation of a
Palestinian state. It also calls for a just solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees.Israel and the United States have said the plan could be a basis for reviving the peace process.
But Israel has expressed reservations over many of its provisions, including the call to solve the Palestinian refugee issue.The king suggested to Cheney that there was a need to set a time frame to establish tangible results on the ground related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.Abdullah also emphasized that the United States plays a key role in helping the Palestinians and Israelis return to the negotiating table to reach a final settlement to the Palestinian issue.
Cheney's visit to Jordan is part of a regional tour that has taken him to Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The vice president is trying to build support for efforts to ease tensions in Iraq, end sectarian violence and encourage national reconciliation between disputing Iraqi factions. Abdullah reiterated the importance of achieving national reconciliation and including all segments of Iraqi society in Iraq's political process a reference to minority Sunnis, who complain they are being sidelined by their Shiite-dominated government.
The king said reinforcing security and establishing stability in Iraq is in the interest of the country as well as a key Jordanian interest. Jordan has complained that terrorists affiliated with al-Qaida in Iraq are infiltrating the Iraqi-Jordanian border to carry out terror attacks in the country.In November 2005, al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for Amman's triple hotel blasts, which killed 63 people, including three Iraqi suicide bombers.
Pope assails Marxism and capitalism By ALAN CLENDENNING, Associated Press Writer MAY 14,07
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Pope Benedict XVI lamented the deep divide between rich and poor in Latin America but told priests to steer clear of politics as they work to reverse Roman Catholicism's waning influence in the region.
Wrapping up five-day visit to Brazil, the 80-year-old pontiff denounced Marxism in an hour-long speech Sunday opening a 19-day conference of Latin American bishops in the shrine city of Aparecida.The Marxist system, where it found its way into government, not only left a sad heritage of economic and ecological destruction, but also a painful destruction of the human spirit, the pope said.He also warned of unfettered capitalism and globalization. Before boarding a plane for Rome later Sunday, he said the two could give rise to a worrying degradation of personal dignity through drugs, alcohol and deceptive illusions of happiness.Marxism still influences some grassroots Catholic activists in Latin America, remnants of the liberation theology movement Benedict worked to crush when he was cardinal. Liberation theology holds that the Christian faith should be reinterpreted specifically to deliver oppressed people from injustice.
Benedict also defended the church's campaign centuries ago to Christianize indigenous people, saying Latin American Indians had been silently longing to become Christians when Spanish and Portuguese conquerors violently took over their native lands centuries ago.In effect, the proclamation of Jesus and of his Gospel did not at any point involve an alienation of the pre-Columbus cultures, nor was it the imposition of a foreign culture, he told the bishops.Throughout his first papal visit to the region, Benedict emphasized Catholic moral values as the answer to Latin America's social and economic problems. Returning to that theme Sunday, he warned that legalized contraception and abortion in Latin America threaten the future of the peoples and said the historical Catholic identity of the region is under assault.Speaking in Spanish and Portuguese, the pope called on the bishops to reinvigorate the church, still the dominant faith in the region but rapidly losing ground to evangelical Protestant churches.
He urged bishops to mold a new generation of leaders, saying Latin America needs more dedicated Catholics at high levels in government, the media and at universities. While Brazil is the most populous Roman Catholic country, home to more than 120 million of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, the census shows that people calling themselves Catholics fell to 74 percent in 2000 from 89 percent in 1980.
Those calling themselves evangelical Protestants rose to 15 percent from 7 percent.The pope did not name any countries in his criticism of capitalism and Marxism, but left-leaning leaders govern most of South America. The region's most prominent promoter of Marxism is Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose spokesman deflected the criticism on Monday. We all know that the current Pope is characterized as a conservative man, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we must automatically think that any word he utters ... is against Venezuela, Willian Lara said.
Religious experts said Benedict failed to address key challenges to the church in Latin America, including a severe shortage of priests or a specific strategy for how parishes should try win back Catholics who have turned into born-again Protestants or simply stopped going to church. Psychologists say what you don't talk about are often the most important things, and that was the case with the pope, said Fernando Altermeyer, a theology professor at Sao Paulo's Catholic Pontificate University.
Added former Vatican Radio reporter David Gibson: By not looking to the church's structural problems, he's handicapping the chances for success.In events in and near Sao Paulo that attracted more than 1 million people, Benedict criticized the rising tide of Latin Americans flouting the church's prohibition on premarital sex and divorce and told drug dealers they will face divine justice for the misery they cause.Then he headed to the shrine city of Aparecida, telling the bishops to convince Catholics from all walks of life to bring the light of the Gospel into public life, into culture, economics and politics.Benedict called the institution of the family one of the most important treasures of Latin American countries, but said it is threatened by legislation and government policies contrary to church doctrine on marriage, contraception and abortion.Mexico City lawmakers recently legalized abortion and gay civil unions, and the Brazilian government routinely hands out millions of free condoms to prevent AIDS. The pope called the region the continent of hope during a Sunday Mass before 150,000 faithful in front of the mammoth basilica of Aparecida home to the nation's patron saint, a black Virgin Mary. But the turnout fell far short of the 400,000 to 500,000 worshippers local organizers hoped would show up for Benedict's last big public event of the papal tour, his longest since becoming pope two years ago. Waiting to catch a glimpse of the 80-year-old pope at Aparecida's basilica, 68-year-old Maria Costa said she hoped his trip would revitalize the church in Brazil. Catholics weren't feeling very good with the Church, and that's why so many were leaving, she said. I think that could change now. Let's hope so.Associated Press Writers Tales Azzoni and Victor L. Simpson contributed from Aparecida.
THIS IS A DECEPTIVE HEADLINE IT SHOULD READ ISRAEL MARKS 40 YR RULE OF ISRAELI JERUSALEM. ITS ISRAELS CAPITAL NOT THE ARABS.
Israel marks 40 year rule of Arab east Jerusalem Mon May 14, 7:29 AM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Monday began marking 40 years since it conquered and annexed Arab east Jerusalem but the ceremonies were boycotted by European and US diplomats. The last 40 years were only the beginning, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a special parliamentary session marking the anniversary according to the Hebrew calendar.I believe, I hope and I pray that we will continue to work together to reinforce Jerusalem in order to extend its boundaries.Israel captured Arab east Jerusalem on June 7, 1967, the third day of the six-day Middle East war, and unilaterally annexed the sector in a move not recognised by the international community.Israel in 1980 passed a law declaring Jerusalem the unified and eternal capital of Israel, but the Palestinians want occupied east Jerusalem to be the capital of their future sovereign state.
Israel's unilateral moves in Jerusalem have been condemned by UN Security Council Resolutions, including one in 1980 that resulted in 13 Jerusalem-based foreign embassies being moved to Tel Aviv.
US and EU ambassadors have refused to attend Monday's parliamentary session as well as ceremonies due to be held on Jerusalem Day on Wednesday.They say Jerusalem's fate must be decided as part of final status negotiations to end the Middle East conflict and that in the meantime the status quo should be preserved in accordance with international law.A statement from a group of Israeli left-wing groups issued a statement deploring the deliberate marginalisation of Palestinian districts in Jerusalem by the Israeli authorities since 40 years.
Rabbis Call for Temple Mount Visits
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 14,07
Close to 30 leading religious-Zionist rabbis visited the Temple Mount in purity on Sunday, after taking the necessary Halakhic precautions. The precautions involve immersing in a mikveh (ritual bath), taking off one's shoes, and clarifying the precise areas forbidden for entry - or else going only with a guide who knows the area. The visit was unique in that it marks the first time such a large group of
rabbis ascended together to the holy site. Among today's visitors were Kiryat Arba Chief Rabbi Dov Lior, Yeshivat Har Etzion Dean Rabbi Yaakov Meidan, Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz of Maaleh Adumim, Rabbi Daniel Shilo of Kedumim, Rabbi Shalom Gold of Har Nof, Jerusalem, and others.
Rabbi Shilo, asked to explain the timing of the visit, told Arutz-7, For one thing, Jerusalem Reunification Day is approaching. In addition, our hold on the Temple Mount is not yet strong among many people of Torah and others, because of halakhic [Jewish-legal] obstructions that we feel are no longer relevant. Biblical law forbids one from entering the holy areas of the Temple Mount, and some feel that the precise boundaries of those areas are not known. However, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel of the Temple Institute has shown that the rock under the Dome of the Rock is in fact the Holy of Holies, and most scholars agree.
Police accompanied the rabbis, and the representatives of the Islamic Waqf [the Moslem body that oversees the site - ed.] looked quite miffed, Rabbi Shilo said. MK Uri Ariel (National Union) expressed approval of the rabbis' move, saying, It appears that the police now understand that the current situation of restricting Jewish presence on the Jews' most sacred site is absurd and must change... This disgrace must be stopped. Jewish prayer must be allowed on the site, in a gradual
manner and in the places permitted by Halakhah.Last week, a group of over 40 rabbis signed a declaration calling upon the religious public - those who know the laws and restrictions - to frequent the permitted sites on the Temple Mount and to arouse love for this holy site in which our prayers are most accepted.Among the signatories are Rabbi Chaim Druckman, head of the Yeshivot Bnei Akiva organization; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin of Efrat; Kiryat Shmonah Chief Rabbi Tzefaniah Drori; Rabbi Bnayahu Bruner of Tzfat; Rabbi Re'em HaCohen of Otniel; Rabbi Daniel Cohen of Bat Ayin; Rabbi Chanan Porat of Kfar Etzion; Rabbi Gideon Perl of Alon Shvut; Rabbi Moshe Tzuriel of Bnei Brak; and more. Former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, however, issued an opposite call, saying that visits to the Temple Mount could lead to the grave sin of entering forbidden sacred locations.
It's not that anyone is apathetic to our inability to pray on the Temple Mount, his son, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu of Tzfat said in his father's name. Our pain over this is almost physical. Rabbi M. Eliyahu is of the opinion that a synagogue should be built in a permitted area of the Temple Mount.
The Six Day War: Not Only Jerusalem
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 14,07
There is a purposeful disregard of the liberation of Judea and Samaria during the Six Day War, says geographer and historian Avraham Shvut. Speaking with Arutz-7's Hebrew newsmagazine, Shvut author of a work on the modern history of Judea and Samaria said that ignoring these results of the Six Day War means also ignoring the fact that the Six Day War was the finale of the War of Independence. By doing so, they are purposely harming the nation's attitude towards the areas of Judea and Samaria.It's part of our national sickness of ignoring large parts of our Land, the Land of the Bible, Shvut said. Shvut's book HaAliyah El HaHar (The Ascent to the Mountain), published in 2003, reviews the history of Jewish settlement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza in the past 40 years.
Almost immediately after the Six Day War, construction began in the areas of Jerusalem liberated from Jordanian control, leading to the addition of neighborhoods such as Ramat Eshkol, Sanhedria Murhevet, Talpiot, Gilo and others. The other areas redeemed from Jordan - Judea and Samaria - were, in many ways, overlooked and viewed as not to be settled. Then-Defense Minister Moshe Dayan even said, We are waiting to negotiate with King Hussein. Years were wasted as the Land of Israel loyalists expected the government to take the lead in inhabiting the areas, as it did in the Golan, the Jordan Valley and even the Sinai Desert. When Judea and Samaria finally began to be settled, it was the first time that modern Israel was settled by a non-political organization - Gush Emunim - essentially a group of private people, as opposed to a government movement. It was also the first time, Shvut noted, that massive settlement began in mountainous regions. In the Galilee, as well, mountainous overlooks were first built around the same time, in the 1970's. Another first-time aspect of the Yesha communities was the lack of dependency on agriculture. Until then, communities were built where the land could be farmed, and much money was spent on preparing the ground, building hothouses, chicken coops and cowsheds. But in Yesha, the new style of communal towns enabled the construction of many of them. All you needed was a few caravans for living and public buildings, and you had a town!
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram,(CHANGED TO ABRAHAM LATER) Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:(PALESTINE,ISRAEL)
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
WELL ALL I HAVE TO SAY AMERICA ITS GONNA BE A DANGEROUS HURRICANE SEASON THIS YEAR, GOD WILL HAVE THE LAST SAY ON ISRAELS CAPITAL JERUSALEM, NOT THE ARABS CAPITAL.
After 40 Years, U.S. Avoids Jerusalem Reunification Day
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (INN) MAY 14,07
The United States will avoid Jerusalem Reunification Day festivities this week despite a 12-year-old Congressional bill calling for the American embassy to be located in the capital. Since then, every President has exercised a waiver in the bill allowing the move to be deferred for a renewable period of six months.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni insisted that the connection between Israel and Jerusalem is inseparable despite the boycott by the U.S. and most of the international community. Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski went further and declared, Anyone who doesn't recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel does not recognize the State of Israel.Anyone who doesn't recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel does not recognize the State of Israel.American officials, including former Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, have stated that moving the embassy is not likely to happen until there is a final peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The U.S. did not issue an official statement explaining why the current Ambassador, Richard Jones will not be attending the ceremonies, but Ambassador Dr. Harald Kindermann from Germany, which heads the European Union (EU) this year, specifically said EU countries will not participate because of Arab claims of sovereignty over eastern Jerusalem, which includes the Old City. The Foreign Ministry said Sunday it is unhappy and disappointed that most delegations announced they were not coming to the festivities but added that officials from several embassies will attend. Two American lawmakers have launched an effort to put a stop to the continuing deferral of the Congressional bill to move the embassy from Tel Aviv. Republican House of Representatives members Joe Wilson and Mike Pence recently introduced a resolution stating that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel during the past 40 years.Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel during the past 40 years.
The new resolution strongly urges American President George W. Bush to stop exercising the waiver to delay the move of the embassy. It also calls on him and American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to repeatedly affirm publicly, as a matter of United States policy, that Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of the State of Israel.The congressmen also noted that the 2003 Foreign Relations
Authorization Act directs that the birth of any U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem should be recorded as Jerusalem, Israel upon the request of the citizen or his or her guardian. That requirement has never been implemented, and the city is listed without its being designated that it is in Israel. Israel officially incorporated all of Jerusalem into the municipality in 1980, a move that caused virtually all of the embassies that had been located in Jerusalem to move away. The last holdouts were El Salvador and Costa Rica, which pulled out several months ago.
The New Sabbath According to Orlev
by Hana Levi Julian (INN) MAY 14,07
Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev is stepping onto a tightrope by proposing two new laws that could change the face of Israeli society.The pair of bills written by the National Union / National Religious Party Chairman are also likely to reawaken the age-old debate over Israeli laws pertaining to the Sabbath. One bill would change the length of the traditional Israeli weekend; the second would change its character. If passed, they will also change the way Sabbath is traditionally observed in Israeli society, both in the religious and secular populations.One of the bills would end the practice of beginning the regular work week on Sundays. Instead, the weekend break which traditionally begins on Friday afternoon would not end until Monday morning.
Industry and trade will, if the law passes, no longer be completely forbidden on the Sabbath, nor would public or state services, as they are at present. This would allow an increase in recreational and cultural activities, provided they would comply with noise regulations.The main purpose for the change, said MK Orlev, is to allow Sabbath-observant Jews to have a day to travel and enjoy cultural and recreational activities as a family. Due to the six-day work week, this currently causes hardship for the religious population. A worker must use a paid (or unpaid) vacation day and a student must skip school in order for the family to take the day off together.The second proposal would change the public transportation system.If passed, the new law would allow limited public transportation to become available on the Sabbath. At present public transportation is permitted only six days a week Sunday through Friday. The new Sabbath lines would be serviced by vans similar to the private sheirut or mini-buses run by private companies along the regular public bus routes. None would be allowed to travel through religious communities or neighborhoods.
MK Orlev also recommended establishing a committee to oversee the development of Sabbath services under his proposals.According to the Jerusalem Post, a number of senior religious Zionist rabbis and senior members of the Knesset are supporting the proposals; however, MK Orlev could not be reached to confirm the claim.Both bills are expected to face an initial Knesset hearing in the near future. Reactions from Sabbath-observant Knesset members were not long in coming, however. Minister Eli Yishai, Chairman of the Sephardic religious Shas party, slammed the proposals and the NU / NRP parties, saying, Any initiative by parties calling themselves religious and turning reform on Shabbat (Sabbath) matters should be foiled.Meretz Knesset Member Zahav Gal-On had a different take on MK Orlev's motivation for proposing the measures, saying it was a red herring. As long as the religious-rabbinical establishment dictates how we should marry, divorce and what we should eat, she declared, all these proposals are insignificant.
Portugal pushes for June treaty deal
14.05.2007 - 09:18 CET | By Honor Mahony
As incoming EU presidency in the second half of this year, Portugal has made it clear that if there is no significant agreement on a new treaty in six weeks time, it will put the issue on the political back burner for its six month tenure of the bloc.Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates said that Berlin, as current EU presidency, will have to secure a precise mandate during the EU leaders summit on 21-22 June, otherwise Lisbon would not continue individual negotiations with member states. He made the announcement after an informal meeting over the weekend in the Portuguese town of Sintra including German chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso to assess the state of play on the treaty negotiations.
While appearing to up the public pressure for a deal, Mr Socrates' words dovetail with Germany's own policy of trying to get as much agreed at the summit as possible. Mrs Merkel is pushing to get all the big issues out of the way in order to have an intergovernmental conference on the rest of the issues during Portugal's presidency - beginning 1 July that is to be as technical as possible, according to diplomats.
The strategy stems in part from the fear that Portugal, followed by Slovenia, taking over the presidency in January 2008, will not have the political clout to force other - bigger - member states to come to a deal.EU presidencies give political guidance to the bloc and are tasked with trying to find agreement among the 27 member states on the issues of the day.
For its part, Germany has also attached significant public importance to the constitutional task seeing its presidency as the last chance to set in motion a timetable that would see all member states ratify a new treaty by mid 2009 the date of the next European elections.Speaking after the Sintra meeting, the German chancellor called on other EU member states to work together on the issue.I am certain that we will accomplish it if we remain united, if we work together, she said, according to AFP. It is in our interest and it is our responsibility to allow Europe to act in the face of the challenges that confront us.According to Spanish daily El Pais, quoting a senior official attending the Sintra meeting, quite some time in the gathering was spent analysing the proposals of French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy, the ideas of Gordon Brown, the likely successor to British leader Tony Blair, as well as the difficulties that the Dutch and Polish governments have in relation to a new treaty.
Germany revived negotiations on a new-look treaty for the bloc at the beginning of the year following 18 months of almost complete political silence after France and the Netherlands rejected the EU constitution in mid-2005.In order to get a deal, Berlin has to keep as much of the original treaty as possible intact to please the 18 countries that have already largely ratified the document, while taking into account the sceptical public in many of the remaining nine countries.However, this delicate balancing act looks to be upset by two key member states – Poland, which wants to renegotiate the voting system and the UK which wants as small a treaty as possible, keeping member states' right to veto in as many areas as possible.
Liberal Democrats are out to silence you! MAY 14,07
Urgent Telephone Alert on the Meehan Amendment (H.R. 2093)!
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Unfortunately, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to reconsider the grassroots gag order when the Meehan Amendment (H.R. 2093) will be offered on Tuesday, May 15, during debate on a broader lobbying reform bill. This amendment, sponsored by Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.), would establish, for the first time, federal regulatory authority over efforts aimed at motivating citizens to communicate with their representatives about bills moving in Congress.This threat is so serious that American Family Association has joined with other pro-family groups, as well as organizations from the left of the political spectrum, including the ACLU, to oppose the bill. Last week, we signed a joint letter calling on members of Congress to reject this dangerous effort to exclude men and women like you from the democratic process. The full House of Representatives is expected to act on the lobbying reform legislation on May 22. Depending on what happens in the Judiciary Committee on May 15, the full House may also vote on whether to include the Meehan provision in the broader bill.
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JERUSALEM CELEBRATIONS ALL WEEK
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-The Nation's Weather. 3-Scientists monitor undersea volcano. 4-Fog, lower temps take bite out of California wildfires. 5-Wildfire forces evacuations in northwestern Ontario. 6-Livni hints at West Bank pullouts. 7-Israeli Cabinet debates Gaza operation. 8-EU proposes monitoring radical mosques. 9-More Than 1,000 Expected at Joseph's Tomb, With or Without IDF. 10-Report: IDF and UN Soldiers Had Three Incidents in Past Month. 11-Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty 12-Islamic Extremists Believe God Will Give Jerusalem to Islam. 13-Week of Celebrations in Jerusalem.
EARTHQUAKES
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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Sun May 13 13 AM EDT
MAY 13,07
MAP 4.4 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.5 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.0 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 NICARAGUA
MAP 4.4 FIJI REGION
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.9 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.1 WEST CHILE RISE
MAP 4.4 COSTA RICA
MAP 3.1 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAY 12,07
MAP 4.5 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.7 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.7 WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.3 SOUTH OF PANAMA
MAP 4.2 GUATEMALA
MAP 4.7 TONGA
MAP 5.5 SERAM, INDONESIA
MAP 3.4 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 5.9 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.2 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 3.4 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.6 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 5.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.9 MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.1 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Sun May 13, 4:59 AM ET
Showers and some thunderstorms were forecast for Sunday along the Southeast Coast, as a slow-moving frontal system drifts out into the Atlantic Ocean. A high pressure system was expected to move over the Great Lakes toward the Northeast and keep much of the eastern half of the country dry.
Showers and some thunderstorms were expected to develop in parts of the Southwest and Southern Rockies.Temperatures nearing 100 degrees were possible in the Southwest, while the Southeast was to see temperatures in the 80s and 90s. Highs in the 60s and 70s were expected in the Northeast and Northwest.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Saturday ranged from a low of 30 degrees at Lake Yellowstone, Mont., to a high of 107 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Scientists monitor undersea volcano By DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press Writer Sun May 13, 3:18 AM ET
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Researchers have installed a seismometer atop an active volcano called Kick 'em Jenny under the Caribbean Sea to warn of eruptions or earthquake activity, scientists said Saturday. The device allows scientists to collect real-time rumbling from tremors or as bubbling magma and gases are released from the volcano, about 820 feet beneath the sea's surface off Grenada's northwest coast.The system essentially acts as a kind of doctor's stethoscope so we can directly listen to the pulse of the volcano, said Richard Robertson, director of the Seismic Research Unit at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad.He said the seismometer is connected to a flexible hose that runs to a buoy, where a high-frequency radio transmitter sends readings to an observatory in a northern Grenadian village — all within milliseconds.
A team of scientists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts attached the monitoring system to the volcano by a remote-controlled underwater craft on May 6.By putting a seismometer right on the volcano we will significantly improve our ability to detect precursory activity before an eruption takes place, said Woods Hole scientist Rob Reves-Sohn.Since its discovery in 1939, when it shot a cloud of ash 900 feet above the sea surface, Kick em Jenny has erupted at least 12 times, most recently in 2001. The volcano, which rises above the sea floor on the steep inner western slope of the Lesser Antilles ridge, has not caused any deaths or injuries.In 2003, scientists discovered a field of five other active underwater volcanos off Grenada's north coast. The largest, nearly one-mile high, was dubbed Kick 'em Jack, after its neighbor.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Fog, lower temps take bite out of California wildfires Sat May 12, 5:16 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Lower temperatures and fog cover on Saturday combined to reduce the virulence of a raging fire that has been blazing in southern California, which is unusually dry for this time of year. Fire officials said the blaze that forced evacuations and consumed 10 percent of Santa Catalina Island, a nature reserve and popular day-trip destination near Los Angeles, was 35 percent contained late Friday and residents were beginning to return.The fire tore through more than 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares) after erupting suddenly on Thursday, just as firefighters were gaining the upper hand on a another blaze that devastated more than 800 acres (300 hectares) of Los Angeles' historic Griffith Park.
The fog cover and lower temperatures on Saturday (65 degrees Fahrenheit, 18 degrees Celsius) followed a drop in winds Friday and increased humidity that allowed firefighters to make significant inroads into the island blaze.No one was reported injured by the fire, though at least one house and several buildings were destroyed, officials said.Los Angeles is in the grip of the driest start to the year since records began in 1877, according to the National Weather Service.Meanwhile, fires continued to rage in the southern state of Florida, causing several highways to close and consuming more than 212,000 acres (86,000 hectares), state and federal agencies said.
Wildfire forces evacuations in northwestern Ontario
Last Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2007 | 7:25 PM ET CBC News
Emergency officials advised hundreds of residents in northwestern Ontario to evacuate their cottages Saturday as a wildfire raged out of control in the region. The fire began at an unattended campsite across the border in Northern Minnesota several days ago.A forest fire burns about 75 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ont. Police and fire officials were going door to door Saturday to ensure people were leaving the area. (CBC) Staff with Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources spent
Saturday checking cottages in the area, about 75 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, making sure people left the danger zone.We're asking individuals to leave the area for public safety reasons, said Dave Jackson, a fire information officer with Natural Resources.I don't think they'll need an awful lot of convincing because there is quite a bit of smoke from the nearby fire.
Ministry officials estimated the fire had scorched about 100 square kilometres on the Canadian side of the border. U.S. officials said it had already burned about 120 square kilometres in Minnesota.An evacuation order was first issued Friday and was expanded Saturday because of fears about changing wind conditions.Jackson said there were no major communities in the border area that is studded with lakes, mostly hunting and fishing lodges and cottages.Officials estimated there were between 200 and 300 people in the area.We're in the process of going door to door and documenting who's in and who's out, Jackson said.Ontario Provincial Police were called in to look for people in the evacuation zone, a time-consuming process because the cottages are spread apart, Jackson said.Roads into the area have been blocked and nobody was being allowed in, he added.A wider area encompassing another 400 to 500 cottages was under evacuation alert in case the fire further expands on the Canadian side.We're constantly assessing it, Jackson said.Ontario officials were in the process of preparing efforts to actually fight the fire, he added.With files from the Canadian Press.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Livni hints at West Bank pullouts
Associated Press - Saturday, May 12, 2007 (Jerusalem)
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni pledged in comments published on Saturday that Israel would make further withdrawals from the West Bank to facilitate the creation of a Palestinian state.But she said that the process was being hindered by moderate Palestinian leaders' inability to rein in militants.
In an interview with Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram, Livni, who has said she will challenge Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for leadership of their Kadima party, says the 2005 pullback from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements will not be the last Israeli withdrawals from Palestinian areas. I can assure you that Gaza is not the last step, we are convinced that to establish a Palestinian state, we have to withdraw from other areas, she said. We do not want to control the Palestinians.No detail on timing .She did not detail the extent or timing of another round of pullbacks.Violence between rival Palestinian groups and bloody family feuds have spiraled of late.
Palestinians have repeatedly fired rockets from Gaza at Israel in recent weeks, breaching a ceasefire in place along the Gaza-Israel border since November and prompting speculation about a possible large-scale Israeli incursion into the strip.Defence Minister Amir Peretz said on Saturday that an Israeli ground operation in Gaza should only be carried out as a last resort.I think that going into Gaza is an option that should be kept for a situation where there is absolutely no other alternative, he told a public meeting in the Israeli town of Holon.Peretz has said he would step down as Defence Minister but will probably wait until after his Labour Party has held its primaries at the end of the month.
Peretz, along with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former army chief Lt Gen Dan Halutz, was criticised by an official commission for his handling of last summer's Lebanon war.
Seek Olmert's resignation Livni has called on Olmert to resign.
The latest comments from Livni and Peretz came a day before Jordanian KingAbdullah's scheduled trip to the West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday for talks withPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the king's first visit in seven years.Olmert is to meet Abdullah in Jordan on Tuesday on the sidelines of a Nobel Laureates conference in Petra.Palestinian and Israeli officials denied reports of a planned trilateral meeting between the king, Olmert and Abbas.
Israeli Cabinet debates Gaza operation By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer Sun May 13, 5:34 AM ET
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's senior ministers were expected on Sunday to approve intensified operations against Gaza Strip rocket squads, but to stop short of authorizing a large-scale operation to try to stop daily attacks on southern Israel, government officials said. The rocket fire generates great panic in areas of southern Israel that are frequent targets, but harsh military action is liable to upset efforts to revive the peace process.
Israeli defense officials have cautioned that the Gaza Strip is becoming a powder keg as militants smuggle in weapons from Egypt and militants affiliated with the ruling Hamas movement become involved in the rocket fire.The rocket fire rarely causes casualties but violates a November cease-fire with Gaza militants. Three missiles were launched early Sunday, but no one was hurt, the army said.Israel's so-called Security Cabinet was debating how to respond to the rocket fire at a time of increased diplomatic activity designed to prod Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Jordan's King Abdullah was to pay a rare visit to the West Bank later in the day to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, where the two were likely to discuss an Arab proposal for a comprehensive Mideast peace.
Olmert and Abdullah are to talk about the initiative on Tuesday in a meeting in Petra, Jordan, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discussed the plan last week with her Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts in Cairo.At Israel's Security Cabinet meeting, senior defense officials were to present a range of options to counter the rocket fire. While senior commanders support a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip, most of the defense establishment does not, defense officials said Sunday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the press.The defense officials will propose increased strikes against rocket-launchers and operations in outlying areas of the Gaza Strip where the projectiles are fired, they said.Israeli ministers, including Defense Minister Amir Peretz, do not at this time support a large operation in Gaza, government officials said Sunday.I think that at this moment a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip won't bring solutions, said Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, a member of the security Cabinet and a former defense minister and military chief of staff. Mofaz said he thought pinpoint air strikes against rocket squads and limited ground operations would be more effective.
Such action would not constitute a drastic change in Israel's current retaliation practices, but could further unravel the truce Israel and Gaza militants reached in November following a harsh Israeli military campaign that killed hundreds of militants but provoked radicals to increase the rocket fire.
Moderate Arab states are pressing Israel to accept a Saudi Arabian peace plan that would trade a full Israeli withdrawal from areas captured in 1967 for Arab states' recognition of Israel.Abdullah's meetings with Abbas and Olmert this week signified an increased effort to push forward talks on the plan, which had been presented by Saudi Arabia in 2002 and was revived in March.
Israel and the United States have said the proposal could be a basis for reviving Arab-Israeli peacemaking. But Israel has expressed reservations over many of its provisions, including the call to solve the Palestinian refugee issue.Abdullah's visit to the Palestinian areas was rare, and he was not visiting Israel ahead of his meeting with Olmert, on the sidelines of a conference of Nobel laureates. Abdullah visited the West Bank once before, in 2000. He made a secret trip to Israel in 2004 to visit then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and paid a public visit in August 2000, a month before the Palestinian uprising against Israel broke out.Abbas was invited to attend the event in Petra, but declined, apparently reluctant to get entangled in a three-way meeting with the king and Olmert that he thinks would not yield the Palestinians any concrete results. Livni said in comments published Saturday that Israel wanted to carry out further withdrawals from the West Bank to facilitate creation of a Palestinian state but the Palestinians' inability to rein in militants has hindered the process.She told the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram that Israel's 2005 pullback from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements will not be the last withdrawals from Palestinian areas.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
EU proposes monitoring radical mosques By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press Writer Sat May 12, 4:30 PM ET
VENICE, Italy - Security officials from Europe's largest countries backed a plan Saturday to profile mosques on the continent and identify radical Islamic clerics who raise the threat of homegrown terrorism. The project, to be finished by the fall, will focus on the roles of imams, their training, their ability to speak in the local language and their sources of funding, EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini told a news conference after a meeting on terrorism.
Italian Interior Minister Guiliano Amato said Europe had extensive experience with the misuse of mosques, which instead of being places of worship are used for other ends.This is bringing about a situation that involves all of our countries and involves the possibility of attacks and developing of networks that use one country to prepare an attack in another, Amato said.
The transit attacks in Madrid and London along with several thwarted terror plots — have raised concerns across Europe about the susceptibility of disaffected young Muslims to the messages of extremist clerics.British police have said the bombers in the July 2005 London suicide attacks listened to the sermons of Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical cleric who was sentenced last year to seven years in prison for inciting followers to kill non-Muslims.
Britain also recently ordered the deportation of a Jordanian-born cleric, Abu Qatada, accusing him of links to terrorism and being a threat to national security. Abu Qatada is appealing.Adel Smith, a well-known Muslim activist in Italy, said mosques in Italy are already extensively monitored and called the EU plan discriminatory.I think this is nonsense, I think mosques have been well monitored for some years, he said in a telephone interview. It is a form of religious discrimination.Frattini emphasized the need of deeper dialogue with the Islamic communities to avoid sending messages that incite hate and violence.
Separately, the security officials from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland also pledged to work with African nations to interrupt a new cocaine route from Colombia across Africa into Europe.They have created bases in Europe and we need to have our counter-bases, Amato said, noting that the Spaniards have seen an influx of cocaine in the south and east of their country coming from beyond the traditional Atlantic route.The officials proposed setting up drug-fighting bases in Portugal to monitor smuggling by sea and in Gibraltar to watch land routes.
More Than 1,000 Expected at Joseph's Tomb, With or Without IDF
by Ezra HaLevi (INN) MAY 13,07
Organizers of the mass entry into PA-assigned Shechem (Nablus) to visit Josephs Tomb say the worshipers are expected to make the pilgrimage despite IDF security warnings. The IDF announced that the entry to Josephs Tomb would endanger civilians and interfere with IDF activities in the region.
Moshe, one of those planning on making the journey regardless of IDF warnings, told Army Radio Sunday morning that, Whereas under former IDF Central Regional Commander Moshe Kaplinsky there were several organized visits to the Tomb, ever since Yair Naveh took the position, there have been almost no organized entries at all.Asked whether he was concerned about endangering his own life and the lives of those entering Shechem due to concrete terror threats reported by the IDF, Moshe said: We have heard the same story of concrete threats by the IDF many times. They know that we know they can handle it, but Central Commander Naveh simply wants to demonstrate his ability to scare us away from Josephs Tomb, which we are supposed to be able to pray at even under the Oslo Accords.Organizers cite the IDF's opposition to recent mass returns to Homesh, which, rather than physically opposing, it stood aside and allowed at the last minute.
Over 1,000 people are expected to attempt to reach the tomb, around which the modern Arab city of Shechem has been built. Sunday night is the date of the 49-day Omer count between Pesach and Shavuot associated most with Joseph, whose undocumented date of death is also observed on that night. Groups of dozens of Breslov Chassidim have in the past succeeded in circumventing IDF checkpoints and praying at the tomb. Organizers have requested that right-wing Knesset Members convince the IDF to allow an organized visit if there truly are security concerns. We are dealing with hundreds of youths, over which there is no control, Moshe told Arutz-7. We are dealing with people who are very angry that for two years they have not been allowed to visit Josephs Tomb. They want to prove to the army that if it cannot succeed in securing entry to the city of Shechem, then they can get along on their own. Most of them have already done this dozens of times.MK Uri Ariel (National Union-NRP) rejected calls to pressure the IDF, and instead called upon Jews considering entering Shechem not to endanger themselves. He also called upon the IDF to begin organizing secured visits as it used to do in the past.
Illegal Entry Probably Not Necessary, Organizers Say After Meeting
After meeting with IDF officials, who promised an organized visit would be granted in the very near future, organizers announced that worshipers should refrain from entering Shechem on their own Sunday night, but should gather at nearby Jewish communities such as Itamar and Yitzhar in order to pressure the IDF to commit to providing safe passage in return for calling off the unauthorized pilgrimage.We are awaiting final notice from the IDF on what their response will be, Moshe told Arutz-7 Sunday afternoon.
Report: IDF and UN Soldiers Had Three Incidents in Past Month
by Ezra HaLevi (INN) MAY 13,07
The IDF and European soldiers serving in a UN peacekeeper force in Lebanon have come close to engaging each other in combat three times in the last month, according to foreign press reports.
German officials confirmed a Rheinische Post report that there had been three incidents recently involving the IDF and UN peacekeepers. The IDF spokesman also confirmed that Israel has investigated two complaints against its army by UN troops. One of the incidents took place on April 30 and involved German and Israeli naval vessels. According to the German press report,Germanys SS Niedersachsen took steps toward attacking an IDF naval vessel traveling toward it because the Israeli vessel did not identify itself. Another incident involved Israeli fighter jets that approached German ships, according to German statements.
A third incident, also reported by Germany, allegedly involved an Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) approaching a Swedish speedboat, though no complaint was filed by Sweden. Last October, incidents between German forces in Lebanon and IDF forces led to an apology by PM Olmert for misunderstandings. A German naval vessel, at the time, on an unannounced intelligence-gathering mission was targeted by IAF fighter jets, which fired warning shots over the ship. Germanys command center for its peacekeeper troops in Lebanon is located in the German city of Potsdam.
The countrys Foreign Ministry downplayed the incidents, saying they would be worked out with Israel directly.
Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty
Critics say it would put 70% of Earth under control of global bureaucracy
May 13, 2007 - WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON – In a move that has already angered some of his most ardent supporters, President Bush has asked the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate to revive a proposal for ratification of the United Nation's Law of the Sea Treaty, an international agreement defeated two years ago by Republican leadership in the upper house. Critics say ratification would compromise U.S. sovereignty and place 70 percent of the Earth's surface under the control of the U.N. – even providing for a tax that would be paid directly to the international body by companies mining in the world's oceans.
The battle over the Law of the Sea Treaty first began 25 years ago, eventually being vetoed by President Reagan. It resurfaced in 2004 under the sponsorship of Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and was successfully defeated by then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. President Bush announced his intention to seek reintroduction of LOST for ratification to a small group of trusted Republican grass-roots organizers last week – an announcement that was met with horror and scorn.
Eagle Forum leader Phyllis Schlafly, Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney, Leadership Institute President Morton Blackwell, Free Congress Foundation founder Paul Weyrich and leaders of the Heritage Foundation were quick to denounce the idea in forceful terms, calling on their members to begin lobbying the White House immediately.
LOST has long had the support of environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council. It would establish rules governing the uses of the of the world's oceans – treating waters more than 200 nautical miles off coasts as the purview of a new international U.N. bureaucracy, the International Seabed Authority The ISA would have the authority to set production controls for ocean mining, drilling and fishing, regulate ocean exploration, issue permits and settle disputes in its own new court.Companies seeking to mine or fish would be required to apply for a permit, paying a royalty fee Critics also point out the new U.N. agency would have the right to compete directly with private companies in those profit-making activities. The U.S. would have only one vote of 140 – and no veto power as it has on the U.N. Security Council.
The Bush administration claims the initiative for reintroduction of the treaty comes from the military, which likes the 12-mile territorial limits it places on national claims to waters. Yet, critics point out international law already protects non-aggressive passage, including non-wartime activities of military ships. One of the main authors of LOST not only admired Karl Marx but was an ardent advocate of the Marxist-oriented New International Economic Order.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese, a socialist who ran the World Federalists of Canada, played a critical role in crafting and promoting LOST, as WND reported in 2005. Borgese was hailed by her U.N. supporters as the Mother of the Oceans or First Lady of the Oceans. She died in 2002. The youngest daughter of the German novelist Thomas Mann, Borgese openly favored world government, wrote for the left-wing The Nation magazine and was a member of a Committee to Frame a World Constitution. She served as director of the International Center for Ocean Development and chairman of the International Oceans Institute at Dalhousie University in Canada. The U.N. Environment Program, UNEP, has said that Borgese recognized the oceans as a possible test-bed for ideas she had developed concerning a common global constitution.
Borgese received UNEP's Environment Prize in 1987 and was credited with organizing the conferences that served to lay the foundation for the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, according to Dalhousie University, which houses her archives. In a 1995 speech, pro-U.N. Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell said Borgese's ideas were embodied in the negotiated texts of the Law of the Sea Convention.Her ideas included recognizing the oceans as the common heritage of mankind and creating an International Seabed Authority to charge U.S. and foreign companies for the right to mine the ocean floor. In a January 1999 speech, Borgese declared, The world ocean has been, and is, so to speak, our great laboratory for the making of a new world order.
In an article titled, The New International Economic Order and the Law of the Sea, she argued that the pact could reinforce the goals of the NIEO by giving Third World countries a role in managing access to the oceans. In a 1997 interview, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcaster Philip Coulter asked Borgese about the collapse of Soviet-style communism and the triumph of the elites.Borgese replied there is a strong counter-trend. It's not called socialism, but it's called sustainable development, which calls ... for the eradication of poverty. There is that trend and that is the trend that I am working on.The concept of sustainable development, considered a euphemism for socialism or communism, has been embraced in various pronouncements by the U.N. and even the U.S. government.
In her book, The Oceanic Circle: Governing the Seas as a Global Resource, she approvingly cites Karl Marx, the father of communism, as someone with amazing foresight about the problems faced by urban and rural societies.
The book is available from the liberal Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. In an article co-authored with an international lawyer, Borgese noted how LOST stipulates that the oceans shall be reserved for peaceful purposes and that any threat or use of force, inconsistent with the United Nations Charter, is prohibited.She argued LOST prohibits the ability of nuclear submarines from the U.S. and other nations to rove freely through the world's oceans.
Islamic Extremists Believe God Will Give Jerusalem to Islam
May 12, 2007 12:27 PM EST
Sheikh Raad Salah has promised Islamic radicals that the Holy City, Jerusalem, will be obtained by Muslims per commission from deity, according to Nissan Ratzlay-Katz of Artuz-Sheva.Salah has received the heavenly promise.
Therefore, he is urging Muslims to flood the Temple Mount—clans, families, individuals, whomever. The more Muslims who appear there every day to pray in the Al-Aksa mosque, the more Jews will realize they don’t stand a chance.The Temple Mount is the site of the original temple’s site. It is also where the Muslims’ Dome of the Rock is located. Therefore, the tussle between Jews and Muslims goes on endlessly. Unfortunately, years ago the Jewish government gave oversight of the area to Muslims. Since then they have made it very difficult for Christians and Jews to even appear at the Temple Mount. Muslims have restrictions that state that no Jew or Christian can appear as doing anything spiritual on the Temple Mount. No copy of the Bible.
No bowing the head in prayer. No talk about the faith. All secular unless Muslim.
Sheikh Raad Salah, the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, has been working hard to ensure that thousands of Muslims will arrive in Jerusalem's Old City every day to pray in the Al-Aksa mosque, located on the Temple Mount.
Salah has been talking with Arab clan leaders from Jerusalem and its environs in an effort to convince them to take turns bringing their entire extended families to the mosque. Salah also said that he plans to see to it that Jerusalem mosques are closed on Friday, the Muslim day of rest, in order to force all those who wish to take part in group prayers to travel to the Al-Aksa mosque. He has talked to Muslim leaders in other parts of Israel, asking them to tell their followers to visit the Jerusalem mosque in order to demonstrate a strong Muslim presence there. Such a presence, Salah is telling local Muslims, is the best defense against Israeli aggression.
Muslims have already put bulldozers on the Temple Mount by which to rid the locale of anyantiquities dating back to Old Testament times, particularly anything having to do with King Solomon, the monarch who constructed the original temple. For instance, Solomon’s stables have been obliterated.
All the while religious Jews are quite irritated at secular Jews seemingly not caring enough to do anything truly major in order to stave off Muslim activity.Salah expressed his conviction that Jerusalem will fall into Muslim hands by Heavenly promise. He also said that in such a conquest, no sign of a Jewish presence will remain.Several months ago, Jerusalem police initiated an investigation of Salah for incitement-filled, anti-Israel speeches he made in Nazareth and Wadi Joz. Earlier, he was banned from Jerusalem for several days after inciting violent mobs against Israeli policemen. Salah claimed that Israel was trying to destroy the mosques on the Temple Mount. He was also accused of attacking a police officer during the anti-Israel demonstrations. The Islamic Movement is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, as is Hamas. Group members call Salah the leader of the 1948 branch.
It is the Muslim Brotherhood that has brought havoc to Egypt’s political leadership. In fact, in a recent nationwide election, Egyptian police thwarted Muslim Brotherhood members from getting to the polls.
The police were afraid Brotherhood candidates would gain a powerful block within Egyptian government.Christians believe that at the Second Coming of Christ, Christ will rule from Jerusalem. His worldwide reign will be holy. Along with Him will be saints of all ages. They will rule in politics and religion with Him. The Book of Revelation speaks of Christ’s emissaries as kings (politics) and priests (religion) while He is regarded as King of Kings (politics) and Lord of Lords (religion).
Christ’s reign will be for a thousand years while Satan is bound in the Bottomless Pit; however, Satan’s demons will still be operative on the planet. The purity of heaven will not come about until Earth is dissolved at the close of the millennium. Perfection will only be realized by the redeemed in the eternal New Heaven and the New Earth.In the meantime, the fight over the Temple Mount symbolizes the conflict between the devotees of the biblical deity and the deity of the Koran.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LASTGENERATION. (A GENERATION IN THE BIBLE CAN BE FROM 40 TO 51 YEARS)INTERESTING THIS IS THE 40TH YEAR SINCE ISRAEL RECAPTURED JERUSALEM.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(1967)
AT THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION, THE TRUE MESSIAH JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY TO RULE AND REIGN FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.
ACTS 1:10-11
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
ZECHARIAH 14:4
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
REVELATION 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
Week of Celebrations in Jerusalem
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 13,07
Israel and world Jewry celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem's unification in the Six Day War this week. The European Union plans to boycott.Though Jerusalem Day is celebrated on the 28th day of the Jewish month of Iyar, which falls this year on Wednesday, May 16, the celebrations will take place all week. The government's weekly Cabinet session today (Sunday) will be largely dedicated to Jerusalem, as will a special Knesset session tomorrow, which will be followed by a musical festival featuring Avihu Medina, Shuli Natan and others.The walls of the Old City will be lit up in a unique manner, as will the streets, overpasses and central sites. On Tuesday evening, some 10,000 people are expected to take part in a farmers' parade, which will feature exhibits, floats, tractors, bands, dancers and even acrobats.
Also Tuesday evening, beginning at 7 PM, actors from the Jerusalem street theater Virtuoso will enact scenes from the period of the establishment of the State. Interspersed with their acts will be circus tricks of various kinds, musicians, drummers' circles, dancers and field games. A giant park festival will conclude the evening.Asked about the lack of religious-oriented municipal festivities, Deputy
Mayor Yehoshua Pollack told Arutz-7, the religious public celebrates in the syngagogues and Torah study halls.
Traditional Merkaz HaRav Kook Celebration
On Tuesday night, the central religious-thanksgiving celebration will be held in Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood. Leading politicians such as the Prime Minister often participated, but of late, secular politicians have not been invited.
It is not yet clear what the plans are for this year.On Wednesday, thousands of youngsters and others will march in the now-traditional Rikudgalim (Flag Dance) March, from downtown Jerusalem to the Western Wall. Roads in the capital will be closed as the marchers advance towards the Old City. In addition, a marathon of musicians in various locations and short Maaleh Film School movies will occupy much of Wednesday.
Admission will be free to the Israel Museum, the Science Museum and other sites. On Wednesday night, a main event featuring the Paratroopers Brigade that liberated the Old City will be held at Sultan's Pool. Thursday will see a Tour de Jerusalem bicycle event, as well as an afternoon of cycling at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in the southern part of the city.Putting a slight damper on the festivities, even if not unexpected, is the European Union's boycott. German's Ambassador to Israel has informed the Knesset that the European Union plans to boycott all Jerusalem Day celebrations, including the special Knesset session. He explained that the EU cannot take part in an event that implies recognition of the current borders of Jerusalem. Despite this, some 20 ambassadors from around the world have said that they will take part, and some EU ambassadors have hinted that they might participate as well.
EARTHQUAKES
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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Sun May 13 13 AM EDT
MAY 13,07
MAP 4.4 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.5 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.0 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 NICARAGUA
MAP 4.4 FIJI REGION
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.9 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.1 WEST CHILE RISE
MAP 4.4 COSTA RICA
MAP 3.1 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAY 12,07
MAP 4.5 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.7 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.7 WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.3 SOUTH OF PANAMA
MAP 4.2 GUATEMALA
MAP 4.7 TONGA
MAP 5.5 SERAM, INDONESIA
MAP 3.4 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 5.9 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.2 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 3.4 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.6 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 5.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.9 MAUG ISLANDS REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISL.
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.1 VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Sun May 13, 4:59 AM ET
Showers and some thunderstorms were forecast for Sunday along the Southeast Coast, as a slow-moving frontal system drifts out into the Atlantic Ocean. A high pressure system was expected to move over the Great Lakes toward the Northeast and keep much of the eastern half of the country dry.
Showers and some thunderstorms were expected to develop in parts of the Southwest and Southern Rockies.Temperatures nearing 100 degrees were possible in the Southwest, while the Southeast was to see temperatures in the 80s and 90s. Highs in the 60s and 70s were expected in the Northeast and Northwest.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Saturday ranged from a low of 30 degrees at Lake Yellowstone, Mont., to a high of 107 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Scientists monitor undersea volcano By DAVID McFADDEN, Associated Press Writer Sun May 13, 3:18 AM ET
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Researchers have installed a seismometer atop an active volcano called Kick 'em Jenny under the Caribbean Sea to warn of eruptions or earthquake activity, scientists said Saturday. The device allows scientists to collect real-time rumbling from tremors or as bubbling magma and gases are released from the volcano, about 820 feet beneath the sea's surface off Grenada's northwest coast.The system essentially acts as a kind of doctor's stethoscope so we can directly listen to the pulse of the volcano, said Richard Robertson, director of the Seismic Research Unit at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad.He said the seismometer is connected to a flexible hose that runs to a buoy, where a high-frequency radio transmitter sends readings to an observatory in a northern Grenadian village — all within milliseconds.
A team of scientists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts attached the monitoring system to the volcano by a remote-controlled underwater craft on May 6.By putting a seismometer right on the volcano we will significantly improve our ability to detect precursory activity before an eruption takes place, said Woods Hole scientist Rob Reves-Sohn.Since its discovery in 1939, when it shot a cloud of ash 900 feet above the sea surface, Kick em Jenny has erupted at least 12 times, most recently in 2001. The volcano, which rises above the sea floor on the steep inner western slope of the Lesser Antilles ridge, has not caused any deaths or injuries.In 2003, scientists discovered a field of five other active underwater volcanos off Grenada's north coast. The largest, nearly one-mile high, was dubbed Kick 'em Jack, after its neighbor.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Fog, lower temps take bite out of California wildfires Sat May 12, 5:16 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Lower temperatures and fog cover on Saturday combined to reduce the virulence of a raging fire that has been blazing in southern California, which is unusually dry for this time of year. Fire officials said the blaze that forced evacuations and consumed 10 percent of Santa Catalina Island, a nature reserve and popular day-trip destination near Los Angeles, was 35 percent contained late Friday and residents were beginning to return.The fire tore through more than 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares) after erupting suddenly on Thursday, just as firefighters were gaining the upper hand on a another blaze that devastated more than 800 acres (300 hectares) of Los Angeles' historic Griffith Park.
The fog cover and lower temperatures on Saturday (65 degrees Fahrenheit, 18 degrees Celsius) followed a drop in winds Friday and increased humidity that allowed firefighters to make significant inroads into the island blaze.No one was reported injured by the fire, though at least one house and several buildings were destroyed, officials said.Los Angeles is in the grip of the driest start to the year since records began in 1877, according to the National Weather Service.Meanwhile, fires continued to rage in the southern state of Florida, causing several highways to close and consuming more than 212,000 acres (86,000 hectares), state and federal agencies said.
Wildfire forces evacuations in northwestern Ontario
Last Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2007 | 7:25 PM ET CBC News
Emergency officials advised hundreds of residents in northwestern Ontario to evacuate their cottages Saturday as a wildfire raged out of control in the region. The fire began at an unattended campsite across the border in Northern Minnesota several days ago.A forest fire burns about 75 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ont. Police and fire officials were going door to door Saturday to ensure people were leaving the area. (CBC) Staff with Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources spent
Saturday checking cottages in the area, about 75 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, making sure people left the danger zone.We're asking individuals to leave the area for public safety reasons, said Dave Jackson, a fire information officer with Natural Resources.I don't think they'll need an awful lot of convincing because there is quite a bit of smoke from the nearby fire.
Ministry officials estimated the fire had scorched about 100 square kilometres on the Canadian side of the border. U.S. officials said it had already burned about 120 square kilometres in Minnesota.An evacuation order was first issued Friday and was expanded Saturday because of fears about changing wind conditions.Jackson said there were no major communities in the border area that is studded with lakes, mostly hunting and fishing lodges and cottages.Officials estimated there were between 200 and 300 people in the area.We're in the process of going door to door and documenting who's in and who's out, Jackson said.Ontario Provincial Police were called in to look for people in the evacuation zone, a time-consuming process because the cottages are spread apart, Jackson said.Roads into the area have been blocked and nobody was being allowed in, he added.A wider area encompassing another 400 to 500 cottages was under evacuation alert in case the fire further expands on the Canadian side.We're constantly assessing it, Jackson said.Ontario officials were in the process of preparing efforts to actually fight the fire, he added.With files from the Canadian Press.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Livni hints at West Bank pullouts
Associated Press - Saturday, May 12, 2007 (Jerusalem)
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni pledged in comments published on Saturday that Israel would make further withdrawals from the West Bank to facilitate the creation of a Palestinian state.But she said that the process was being hindered by moderate Palestinian leaders' inability to rein in militants.
In an interview with Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram, Livni, who has said she will challenge Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for leadership of their Kadima party, says the 2005 pullback from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements will not be the last Israeli withdrawals from Palestinian areas. I can assure you that Gaza is not the last step, we are convinced that to establish a Palestinian state, we have to withdraw from other areas, she said. We do not want to control the Palestinians.No detail on timing .She did not detail the extent or timing of another round of pullbacks.Violence between rival Palestinian groups and bloody family feuds have spiraled of late.
Palestinians have repeatedly fired rockets from Gaza at Israel in recent weeks, breaching a ceasefire in place along the Gaza-Israel border since November and prompting speculation about a possible large-scale Israeli incursion into the strip.Defence Minister Amir Peretz said on Saturday that an Israeli ground operation in Gaza should only be carried out as a last resort.I think that going into Gaza is an option that should be kept for a situation where there is absolutely no other alternative, he told a public meeting in the Israeli town of Holon.Peretz has said he would step down as Defence Minister but will probably wait until after his Labour Party has held its primaries at the end of the month.
Peretz, along with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former army chief Lt Gen Dan Halutz, was criticised by an official commission for his handling of last summer's Lebanon war.
Seek Olmert's resignation Livni has called on Olmert to resign.
The latest comments from Livni and Peretz came a day before Jordanian KingAbdullah's scheduled trip to the West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday for talks withPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the king's first visit in seven years.Olmert is to meet Abdullah in Jordan on Tuesday on the sidelines of a Nobel Laureates conference in Petra.Palestinian and Israeli officials denied reports of a planned trilateral meeting between the king, Olmert and Abbas.
Israeli Cabinet debates Gaza operation By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer Sun May 13, 5:34 AM ET
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's senior ministers were expected on Sunday to approve intensified operations against Gaza Strip rocket squads, but to stop short of authorizing a large-scale operation to try to stop daily attacks on southern Israel, government officials said. The rocket fire generates great panic in areas of southern Israel that are frequent targets, but harsh military action is liable to upset efforts to revive the peace process.
Israeli defense officials have cautioned that the Gaza Strip is becoming a powder keg as militants smuggle in weapons from Egypt and militants affiliated with the ruling Hamas movement become involved in the rocket fire.The rocket fire rarely causes casualties but violates a November cease-fire with Gaza militants. Three missiles were launched early Sunday, but no one was hurt, the army said.Israel's so-called Security Cabinet was debating how to respond to the rocket fire at a time of increased diplomatic activity designed to prod Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Jordan's King Abdullah was to pay a rare visit to the West Bank later in the day to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, where the two were likely to discuss an Arab proposal for a comprehensive Mideast peace.
Olmert and Abdullah are to talk about the initiative on Tuesday in a meeting in Petra, Jordan, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discussed the plan last week with her Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts in Cairo.At Israel's Security Cabinet meeting, senior defense officials were to present a range of options to counter the rocket fire. While senior commanders support a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip, most of the defense establishment does not, defense officials said Sunday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the press.The defense officials will propose increased strikes against rocket-launchers and operations in outlying areas of the Gaza Strip where the projectiles are fired, they said.Israeli ministers, including Defense Minister Amir Peretz, do not at this time support a large operation in Gaza, government officials said Sunday.I think that at this moment a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip won't bring solutions, said Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, a member of the security Cabinet and a former defense minister and military chief of staff. Mofaz said he thought pinpoint air strikes against rocket squads and limited ground operations would be more effective.
Such action would not constitute a drastic change in Israel's current retaliation practices, but could further unravel the truce Israel and Gaza militants reached in November following a harsh Israeli military campaign that killed hundreds of militants but provoked radicals to increase the rocket fire.
Moderate Arab states are pressing Israel to accept a Saudi Arabian peace plan that would trade a full Israeli withdrawal from areas captured in 1967 for Arab states' recognition of Israel.Abdullah's meetings with Abbas and Olmert this week signified an increased effort to push forward talks on the plan, which had been presented by Saudi Arabia in 2002 and was revived in March.
Israel and the United States have said the proposal could be a basis for reviving Arab-Israeli peacemaking. But Israel has expressed reservations over many of its provisions, including the call to solve the Palestinian refugee issue.Abdullah's visit to the Palestinian areas was rare, and he was not visiting Israel ahead of his meeting with Olmert, on the sidelines of a conference of Nobel laureates. Abdullah visited the West Bank once before, in 2000. He made a secret trip to Israel in 2004 to visit then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and paid a public visit in August 2000, a month before the Palestinian uprising against Israel broke out.Abbas was invited to attend the event in Petra, but declined, apparently reluctant to get entangled in a three-way meeting with the king and Olmert that he thinks would not yield the Palestinians any concrete results. Livni said in comments published Saturday that Israel wanted to carry out further withdrawals from the West Bank to facilitate creation of a Palestinian state but the Palestinians' inability to rein in militants has hindered the process.She told the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram that Israel's 2005 pullback from the Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements will not be the last withdrawals from Palestinian areas.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
EU proposes monitoring radical mosques By COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press Writer Sat May 12, 4:30 PM ET
VENICE, Italy - Security officials from Europe's largest countries backed a plan Saturday to profile mosques on the continent and identify radical Islamic clerics who raise the threat of homegrown terrorism. The project, to be finished by the fall, will focus on the roles of imams, their training, their ability to speak in the local language and their sources of funding, EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini told a news conference after a meeting on terrorism.
Italian Interior Minister Guiliano Amato said Europe had extensive experience with the misuse of mosques, which instead of being places of worship are used for other ends.This is bringing about a situation that involves all of our countries and involves the possibility of attacks and developing of networks that use one country to prepare an attack in another, Amato said.
The transit attacks in Madrid and London along with several thwarted terror plots — have raised concerns across Europe about the susceptibility of disaffected young Muslims to the messages of extremist clerics.British police have said the bombers in the July 2005 London suicide attacks listened to the sermons of Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical cleric who was sentenced last year to seven years in prison for inciting followers to kill non-Muslims.
Britain also recently ordered the deportation of a Jordanian-born cleric, Abu Qatada, accusing him of links to terrorism and being a threat to national security. Abu Qatada is appealing.Adel Smith, a well-known Muslim activist in Italy, said mosques in Italy are already extensively monitored and called the EU plan discriminatory.I think this is nonsense, I think mosques have been well monitored for some years, he said in a telephone interview. It is a form of religious discrimination.Frattini emphasized the need of deeper dialogue with the Islamic communities to avoid sending messages that incite hate and violence.
Separately, the security officials from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland also pledged to work with African nations to interrupt a new cocaine route from Colombia across Africa into Europe.They have created bases in Europe and we need to have our counter-bases, Amato said, noting that the Spaniards have seen an influx of cocaine in the south and east of their country coming from beyond the traditional Atlantic route.The officials proposed setting up drug-fighting bases in Portugal to monitor smuggling by sea and in Gibraltar to watch land routes.
More Than 1,000 Expected at Joseph's Tomb, With or Without IDF
by Ezra HaLevi (INN) MAY 13,07
Organizers of the mass entry into PA-assigned Shechem (Nablus) to visit Josephs Tomb say the worshipers are expected to make the pilgrimage despite IDF security warnings. The IDF announced that the entry to Josephs Tomb would endanger civilians and interfere with IDF activities in the region.
Moshe, one of those planning on making the journey regardless of IDF warnings, told Army Radio Sunday morning that, Whereas under former IDF Central Regional Commander Moshe Kaplinsky there were several organized visits to the Tomb, ever since Yair Naveh took the position, there have been almost no organized entries at all.Asked whether he was concerned about endangering his own life and the lives of those entering Shechem due to concrete terror threats reported by the IDF, Moshe said: We have heard the same story of concrete threats by the IDF many times. They know that we know they can handle it, but Central Commander Naveh simply wants to demonstrate his ability to scare us away from Josephs Tomb, which we are supposed to be able to pray at even under the Oslo Accords.Organizers cite the IDF's opposition to recent mass returns to Homesh, which, rather than physically opposing, it stood aside and allowed at the last minute.
Over 1,000 people are expected to attempt to reach the tomb, around which the modern Arab city of Shechem has been built. Sunday night is the date of the 49-day Omer count between Pesach and Shavuot associated most with Joseph, whose undocumented date of death is also observed on that night. Groups of dozens of Breslov Chassidim have in the past succeeded in circumventing IDF checkpoints and praying at the tomb. Organizers have requested that right-wing Knesset Members convince the IDF to allow an organized visit if there truly are security concerns. We are dealing with hundreds of youths, over which there is no control, Moshe told Arutz-7. We are dealing with people who are very angry that for two years they have not been allowed to visit Josephs Tomb. They want to prove to the army that if it cannot succeed in securing entry to the city of Shechem, then they can get along on their own. Most of them have already done this dozens of times.MK Uri Ariel (National Union-NRP) rejected calls to pressure the IDF, and instead called upon Jews considering entering Shechem not to endanger themselves. He also called upon the IDF to begin organizing secured visits as it used to do in the past.
Illegal Entry Probably Not Necessary, Organizers Say After Meeting
After meeting with IDF officials, who promised an organized visit would be granted in the very near future, organizers announced that worshipers should refrain from entering Shechem on their own Sunday night, but should gather at nearby Jewish communities such as Itamar and Yitzhar in order to pressure the IDF to commit to providing safe passage in return for calling off the unauthorized pilgrimage.We are awaiting final notice from the IDF on what their response will be, Moshe told Arutz-7 Sunday afternoon.
Report: IDF and UN Soldiers Had Three Incidents in Past Month
by Ezra HaLevi (INN) MAY 13,07
The IDF and European soldiers serving in a UN peacekeeper force in Lebanon have come close to engaging each other in combat three times in the last month, according to foreign press reports.
German officials confirmed a Rheinische Post report that there had been three incidents recently involving the IDF and UN peacekeepers. The IDF spokesman also confirmed that Israel has investigated two complaints against its army by UN troops. One of the incidents took place on April 30 and involved German and Israeli naval vessels. According to the German press report,Germanys SS Niedersachsen took steps toward attacking an IDF naval vessel traveling toward it because the Israeli vessel did not identify itself. Another incident involved Israeli fighter jets that approached German ships, according to German statements.
A third incident, also reported by Germany, allegedly involved an Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) approaching a Swedish speedboat, though no complaint was filed by Sweden. Last October, incidents between German forces in Lebanon and IDF forces led to an apology by PM Olmert for misunderstandings. A German naval vessel, at the time, on an unannounced intelligence-gathering mission was targeted by IAF fighter jets, which fired warning shots over the ship. Germanys command center for its peacekeeper troops in Lebanon is located in the German city of Potsdam.
The countrys Foreign Ministry downplayed the incidents, saying they would be worked out with Israel directly.
Bush to pressure Senate to revive U.N. sea treaty
Critics say it would put 70% of Earth under control of global bureaucracy
May 13, 2007 - WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON – In a move that has already angered some of his most ardent supporters, President Bush has asked the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate to revive a proposal for ratification of the United Nation's Law of the Sea Treaty, an international agreement defeated two years ago by Republican leadership in the upper house. Critics say ratification would compromise U.S. sovereignty and place 70 percent of the Earth's surface under the control of the U.N. – even providing for a tax that would be paid directly to the international body by companies mining in the world's oceans.
The battle over the Law of the Sea Treaty first began 25 years ago, eventually being vetoed by President Reagan. It resurfaced in 2004 under the sponsorship of Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and was successfully defeated by then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. President Bush announced his intention to seek reintroduction of LOST for ratification to a small group of trusted Republican grass-roots organizers last week – an announcement that was met with horror and scorn.
Eagle Forum leader Phyllis Schlafly, Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney, Leadership Institute President Morton Blackwell, Free Congress Foundation founder Paul Weyrich and leaders of the Heritage Foundation were quick to denounce the idea in forceful terms, calling on their members to begin lobbying the White House immediately.
LOST has long had the support of environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council. It would establish rules governing the uses of the of the world's oceans – treating waters more than 200 nautical miles off coasts as the purview of a new international U.N. bureaucracy, the International Seabed Authority The ISA would have the authority to set production controls for ocean mining, drilling and fishing, regulate ocean exploration, issue permits and settle disputes in its own new court.Companies seeking to mine or fish would be required to apply for a permit, paying a royalty fee Critics also point out the new U.N. agency would have the right to compete directly with private companies in those profit-making activities. The U.S. would have only one vote of 140 – and no veto power as it has on the U.N. Security Council.
The Bush administration claims the initiative for reintroduction of the treaty comes from the military, which likes the 12-mile territorial limits it places on national claims to waters. Yet, critics point out international law already protects non-aggressive passage, including non-wartime activities of military ships. One of the main authors of LOST not only admired Karl Marx but was an ardent advocate of the Marxist-oriented New International Economic Order.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese, a socialist who ran the World Federalists of Canada, played a critical role in crafting and promoting LOST, as WND reported in 2005. Borgese was hailed by her U.N. supporters as the Mother of the Oceans or First Lady of the Oceans. She died in 2002. The youngest daughter of the German novelist Thomas Mann, Borgese openly favored world government, wrote for the left-wing The Nation magazine and was a member of a Committee to Frame a World Constitution. She served as director of the International Center for Ocean Development and chairman of the International Oceans Institute at Dalhousie University in Canada. The U.N. Environment Program, UNEP, has said that Borgese recognized the oceans as a possible test-bed for ideas she had developed concerning a common global constitution.
Borgese received UNEP's Environment Prize in 1987 and was credited with organizing the conferences that served to lay the foundation for the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, according to Dalhousie University, which houses her archives. In a 1995 speech, pro-U.N. Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell said Borgese's ideas were embodied in the negotiated texts of the Law of the Sea Convention.Her ideas included recognizing the oceans as the common heritage of mankind and creating an International Seabed Authority to charge U.S. and foreign companies for the right to mine the ocean floor. In a January 1999 speech, Borgese declared, The world ocean has been, and is, so to speak, our great laboratory for the making of a new world order.
In an article titled, The New International Economic Order and the Law of the Sea, she argued that the pact could reinforce the goals of the NIEO by giving Third World countries a role in managing access to the oceans. In a 1997 interview, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcaster Philip Coulter asked Borgese about the collapse of Soviet-style communism and the triumph of the elites.Borgese replied there is a strong counter-trend. It's not called socialism, but it's called sustainable development, which calls ... for the eradication of poverty. There is that trend and that is the trend that I am working on.The concept of sustainable development, considered a euphemism for socialism or communism, has been embraced in various pronouncements by the U.N. and even the U.S. government.
In her book, The Oceanic Circle: Governing the Seas as a Global Resource, she approvingly cites Karl Marx, the father of communism, as someone with amazing foresight about the problems faced by urban and rural societies.
The book is available from the liberal Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. In an article co-authored with an international lawyer, Borgese noted how LOST stipulates that the oceans shall be reserved for peaceful purposes and that any threat or use of force, inconsistent with the United Nations Charter, is prohibited.She argued LOST prohibits the ability of nuclear submarines from the U.S. and other nations to rove freely through the world's oceans.
Islamic Extremists Believe God Will Give Jerusalem to Islam
May 12, 2007 12:27 PM EST
Sheikh Raad Salah has promised Islamic radicals that the Holy City, Jerusalem, will be obtained by Muslims per commission from deity, according to Nissan Ratzlay-Katz of Artuz-Sheva.Salah has received the heavenly promise.
Therefore, he is urging Muslims to flood the Temple Mount—clans, families, individuals, whomever. The more Muslims who appear there every day to pray in the Al-Aksa mosque, the more Jews will realize they don’t stand a chance.The Temple Mount is the site of the original temple’s site. It is also where the Muslims’ Dome of the Rock is located. Therefore, the tussle between Jews and Muslims goes on endlessly. Unfortunately, years ago the Jewish government gave oversight of the area to Muslims. Since then they have made it very difficult for Christians and Jews to even appear at the Temple Mount. Muslims have restrictions that state that no Jew or Christian can appear as doing anything spiritual on the Temple Mount. No copy of the Bible.
No bowing the head in prayer. No talk about the faith. All secular unless Muslim.
Sheikh Raad Salah, the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, has been working hard to ensure that thousands of Muslims will arrive in Jerusalem's Old City every day to pray in the Al-Aksa mosque, located on the Temple Mount.
Salah has been talking with Arab clan leaders from Jerusalem and its environs in an effort to convince them to take turns bringing their entire extended families to the mosque. Salah also said that he plans to see to it that Jerusalem mosques are closed on Friday, the Muslim day of rest, in order to force all those who wish to take part in group prayers to travel to the Al-Aksa mosque. He has talked to Muslim leaders in other parts of Israel, asking them to tell their followers to visit the Jerusalem mosque in order to demonstrate a strong Muslim presence there. Such a presence, Salah is telling local Muslims, is the best defense against Israeli aggression.
Muslims have already put bulldozers on the Temple Mount by which to rid the locale of anyantiquities dating back to Old Testament times, particularly anything having to do with King Solomon, the monarch who constructed the original temple. For instance, Solomon’s stables have been obliterated.
All the while religious Jews are quite irritated at secular Jews seemingly not caring enough to do anything truly major in order to stave off Muslim activity.Salah expressed his conviction that Jerusalem will fall into Muslim hands by Heavenly promise. He also said that in such a conquest, no sign of a Jewish presence will remain.Several months ago, Jerusalem police initiated an investigation of Salah for incitement-filled, anti-Israel speeches he made in Nazareth and Wadi Joz. Earlier, he was banned from Jerusalem for several days after inciting violent mobs against Israeli policemen. Salah claimed that Israel was trying to destroy the mosques on the Temple Mount. He was also accused of attacking a police officer during the anti-Israel demonstrations. The Islamic Movement is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, as is Hamas. Group members call Salah the leader of the 1948 branch.
It is the Muslim Brotherhood that has brought havoc to Egypt’s political leadership. In fact, in a recent nationwide election, Egyptian police thwarted Muslim Brotherhood members from getting to the polls.
The police were afraid Brotherhood candidates would gain a powerful block within Egyptian government.Christians believe that at the Second Coming of Christ, Christ will rule from Jerusalem. His worldwide reign will be holy. Along with Him will be saints of all ages. They will rule in politics and religion with Him. The Book of Revelation speaks of Christ’s emissaries as kings (politics) and priests (religion) while He is regarded as King of Kings (politics) and Lord of Lords (religion).
Christ’s reign will be for a thousand years while Satan is bound in the Bottomless Pit; however, Satan’s demons will still be operative on the planet. The purity of heaven will not come about until Earth is dissolved at the close of the millennium. Perfection will only be realized by the redeemed in the eternal New Heaven and the New Earth.In the meantime, the fight over the Temple Mount symbolizes the conflict between the devotees of the biblical deity and the deity of the Koran.
ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LASTGENERATION. (A GENERATION IN THE BIBLE CAN BE FROM 40 TO 51 YEARS)INTERESTING THIS IS THE 40TH YEAR SINCE ISRAEL RECAPTURED JERUSALEM.
LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(1967)
AT THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION, THE TRUE MESSIAH JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY TO RULE AND REIGN FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.
ACTS 1:10-11
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
ZECHARIAH 14:4
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
REVELATION 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
Week of Celebrations in Jerusalem
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 13,07
Israel and world Jewry celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem's unification in the Six Day War this week. The European Union plans to boycott.Though Jerusalem Day is celebrated on the 28th day of the Jewish month of Iyar, which falls this year on Wednesday, May 16, the celebrations will take place all week. The government's weekly Cabinet session today (Sunday) will be largely dedicated to Jerusalem, as will a special Knesset session tomorrow, which will be followed by a musical festival featuring Avihu Medina, Shuli Natan and others.The walls of the Old City will be lit up in a unique manner, as will the streets, overpasses and central sites. On Tuesday evening, some 10,000 people are expected to take part in a farmers' parade, which will feature exhibits, floats, tractors, bands, dancers and even acrobats.
Also Tuesday evening, beginning at 7 PM, actors from the Jerusalem street theater Virtuoso will enact scenes from the period of the establishment of the State. Interspersed with their acts will be circus tricks of various kinds, musicians, drummers' circles, dancers and field games. A giant park festival will conclude the evening.Asked about the lack of religious-oriented municipal festivities, Deputy
Mayor Yehoshua Pollack told Arutz-7, the religious public celebrates in the syngagogues and Torah study halls.
Traditional Merkaz HaRav Kook Celebration
On Tuesday night, the central religious-thanksgiving celebration will be held in Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav Kook in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood. Leading politicians such as the Prime Minister often participated, but of late, secular politicians have not been invited.
It is not yet clear what the plans are for this year.On Wednesday, thousands of youngsters and others will march in the now-traditional Rikudgalim (Flag Dance) March, from downtown Jerusalem to the Western Wall. Roads in the capital will be closed as the marchers advance towards the Old City. In addition, a marathon of musicians in various locations and short Maaleh Film School movies will occupy much of Wednesday.
Admission will be free to the Israel Museum, the Science Museum and other sites. On Wednesday night, a main event featuring the Paratroopers Brigade that liberated the Old City will be held at Sultan's Pool. Thursday will see a Tour de Jerusalem bicycle event, as well as an afternoon of cycling at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in the southern part of the city.Putting a slight damper on the festivities, even if not unexpected, is the European Union's boycott. German's Ambassador to Israel has informed the Knesset that the European Union plans to boycott all Jerusalem Day celebrations, including the special Knesset session. He explained that the EU cannot take part in an event that implies recognition of the current borders of Jerusalem. Despite this, some 20 ambassadors from around the world have said that they will take part, and some EU ambassadors have hinted that they might participate as well.
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