EVENTS IN TIME (BIBLE PROPHECY LITERALLY FULFILLED)(BY GOD)

I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.

Friday, January 15, 2016

THE DOW WAS UP 227 POINTS THURSDAY-YESTERDAY.

UPDATE-JANUARY 15,2016-09:29AM

THE DOW WAS DOWN -428 POINTS A MINUTE BEFORE THE OPEN-AND THE DOW AFTER THE FIRST HALF HOUR OF OPEN ONLY HIT -423 NEVER GOT TO THE -428 THE FUTURES WERE DOWN.

UPDATE-JANUARY 15,2016-08:50AM
AT 8:50AM THE DOW FUTURES WERE DOWN 416 POINTS.THE OIL IS AT $29.60 A BARREL AND ALL ASIAN AND EUROPEAN MARKETS ARE ALL DOWN.CHINA WAS DOW 3.5 % TODAY TO START IT ALL OFF AGAIN.

ALERT: Major Signal Preceding Global Stock Market Crashes In 1929, 2000 & 2008 Was Just Triggered!-January 13, 2016-KING WORLD NEWS

MAJOR ALERT: The warning signal preceding global stock market crashes in 1929, 2000 & 2008 was just triggered!-January 13 (King World News) – Jason Goepfert at SentimenTrader: Stocks have now suffered two 10% corrections in a short span. This is difficult to quantify, but according to our tests, this has only happened on three other unique dates, in 1929, 2000 and 2008. All of those preceded major bear markets.On a shorter-term basis, a near-majority of our indicators are now oversold or showing extreme pessimism. We’re seeing the most heavily lopsided selling volume in five years according to the Up Volume Ratio.Markets not responding to oversold conditions…The S&P 500 has now corrected 10% from near a 52-week high for the second time in a relatively short span. In the meantime, it had rallied at least 10%.King World News - ALERT: Signal Preceding Stock Market Crashes In 1929, 2000 & 2008 Just Triggered! Action Mirrors 1929, 2000 & 2008 Stock Market Crashes! -Going back to 1928, this has only happened on four other dates, October 1929, May 23, 2000, October 11, 2000 and January 8, 2008. As shown in Figure 3, these were dates that should send a shiver down the spine of any bull (see stunning chart below). KWN SentimenTrader I 1:14:2016-Is this significant? We can’t read much into three unique occurrences, but they were consistent and the pattern is similar.Shorter-term, the selling on Wednesday was over whelming, with more than 90% volume flowing into declining stocks. Over the past 10 days, the Up Volume Ratio has dropped below 28% for the first time in five years.Bottom line, this is one of the more difficult junctures in the 18 years we’ve been publishing. Stocks are objectively oversold but markets are not responding well to that. There are lingering long-term concerns but also many positives when looking at other oversold markets.King World News -This is a throw-your-hands up moment. There are basically three scenarios and we’d give the probabilities like this:* Oversold bounce: 50% * Flush lower then bounce: 30% * Outright collapse of 5%-15%: 20%

Greece, creditors in 'observation round' By Eric Maurice-JAN 14,16-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 09:29-For their first Eurogroup meeting of the year, on Thursday (14 January), eurozone finance ministers will discuss the state of play of the Greek bailout, with difficult discussions in mind ahead on pension reforms and debt relief.A first version of the pension reform was sent last week to Greece's lenders, the so-called "Quartet" comprised of the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the European Stability Mechanism and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The reform will be the centrepiece of the first review of the bailout programme, which is due to start next week, when officials from the Quartet arrive in Athens, probably on Monday (18 January).The conclusion of the review will trigger the unblocking of a new tranche of aid after the €16 billion paid in the summer and autumn.In the meantime, "we can say it's an observation round," an EU official told EUobserver."No side has anything to be upset about, yet," the official said, suggesting that might change when discussions start.-'The hardest part'-Put aside in the autumn, when the priority was stabilising the banking sector and adopting several series of economic, social, fiscal and administrative reforms, the pension reform is a decisive part of the third Greek bailout programme." It is the hardest part. After that, the nirvana starts," the official said.The reform plan presented by the Greek government fuses all existing schemes into one single mechanism. The retirement age will be 67 for workers with at least 15 years of insurance, and 62 with 40 years of insurance.Employers' social security contributions will be raised by 1 percent and the employee's contributions by 0.5 percent. The government said there would be no cuts to the pensions."It's a very ambitious proposal," another EU official said Wednesday. "The merging of funds is a major step ahead."But the creditors are still assessing the details of the reforms, and the devil could be in the numbers.The bailout memorandum agreed last August requires Greece to save around 1 percent of GDP in pension expenditures by 2016, after saving 0.25 percent in 2015.The Greek government says its reaches the targets with the measures taken last year and with the new reform.But creditors insist that Greece reduce its fiscal gap this year but also for 2017 and 2018, and suggest that the impact of the proposed pension reform could be insufficient.-IMF-Concerns that the increase in contributions might have an impact on competitiveness and tax revenues have been echoed by the governor of the Bank of Greece.Some of the creditors, mainly the IMF, insist on further savings to reduce the fiscal gap, including further cuts to pensions."The IMF will be quite tough on pension reforms," the EU source told EUobserver.So far the IMF is not participating in the third bailout, but is still part of the Quartet. It said it would decide whether to stay or not at the end of the upcoming review.In December, the Greek prime minister said the IMF was "not necessary" and that its positions and demands on Greece were "not constructive"."The creditors have to know that we are going to respect the agreement to the letter, but that doesn't mean we are going to succumb to unreasonable and undeserved demands," Tsipras also said early January.But any agreement on the first review will be "done in full total agreement of all institutions concerned, no matter if they are formally part of this review at that stage or not," the second EU official warned.In an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung, EU monetary affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici warned Greece not to "play games with the IMF"."For many member countries, not only Germany, the participation of the IMF is an absolute necessity," Moscovici said.-New showdown?-So far, the Greek government, which has only a three-seat majority in the parliament and is faced with growing social protests, has said cutting pensions is its red line."The government will not reduce main pensions for a 12th time, thereby fuelling recession, which undermines the sustainability of the pensions system, as it happened in the past," a Greek government official said.For Athens, the bad state of the pension system is mainly the result of the previous two bailouts."The currently high ratio of pensions expenditure to GDP has been the abrupt and significant decline of the GDP by 25 percent due to the successive Memoranda implemented during the period 2010-2015," the official said.The IF's Europe director, Poul Thomsen, will participate in the Eurogroup meeting Thursday.Discussions with of one of the fund's top officials will tell whether Greece and its creditors are headed for a new showdown.

Rajaratnam and 75 Other Reasons Hedge Funds Are Scared Straight-Katherine Burton-Matt Robinson-Patricia Hurtado-January 14, 2016 — 5:00 AM EST-BLOOMBERG

The ghost of Raj Rajaratnam still haunts hedge funds. Some make employees sign pledges that they’ve not acted on illicit tips, others snoop on their traders with keystroke-reading software. At the compliance meetings everybody has these days, prison isn’t an off-the-wall topic.The illegal-trading probes that netted crooks at more than a dozen funds may have reached an unofficial finale with a whimper last week -- a deal allowing SAC Capital Advisors LLC’s Steven A. Cohen to return to the industry in two years -- but the chill from the fates of Rajaratnam and the 75 others convicted hasn’t faded. The legacy of the crackdown might be a healthy suspicion that Big Brother really is watching.“It’s now been drilled into the public consciousness that insider trading is a high-risk proposition,” said Stephen Crimmins, a lawyer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1987 to 2001 who’s now with the firm Murphy & McGonigle. “Ten years ago, people figured that the odds were pretty good that they wouldn’t get caught.”True, Wall Street’s probably not as spooked as it was just after Rajaratnam’s 2009 arrest and 2011 sentencing to 11 years in prison. The government also alarmed traders by building its case against the billionaire fund manager with wiretaps and informants, tools typically pulled out when the marks are drug dealers or racketeers. One reason there’s less anxiety is the U.S. Supreme Court decision in October to let stand a ruling that overturned two convictions, led to the dismissal of 12 cases and made it harder to prove insider trading by requiring evidence a tip’s recipient knew the leaker got a concrete benefit.But changes in policy and behavior spurred by the indictments, raids and liquidations of the past seven years might be here to stay, even with Cohen, prosecutors’ biggest quarry, having gotten away with a relatively light slap.-‘Watching Headlines’-That’s in part because “there’s a recognition now that if there’s a case against you, that’s already a loss” because of the negative publicity, said Ron Geffner, a partner at Sadis & Goldberg LLP and a former SEC enforcement lawyer who represents hedge funds. Investors pulled millions out of funds and some firms shut down even though charges against their employees were dropped or never even filed.The reverberations have extended to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, whose alumni include convicted insider-traders Rajaratnam, Rajiv Goel and Anil Kumar. It has a renewed focus on business ethics and a required course called Responsibility in Professional Services taught by David Zaring, a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer. “My students do watch the headlines,” he said. “They’re pretty interested in recent prosecutions and seem relatively worried to me, so that’s good news for the government.”Fund compliance officers dial in to more conference calls with analysts than before, and former regulators and prosecutors are popular hires. Consulting firms are getting new business. “We’re seeing a significant spike in terms of hedge funds coming to us not only to have us vet and monitor their employees but also in terms of investigational due diligence on actual deals,” said Julian Moore, senior managing director at K2 Intelligence LLC, which counsels funds on compliance and cyber-security.Some firms monitor e-mail and instant-message communications and have banned personal trading accounts, and are hiring legal advisers to help keep themselves in line. “It’s much more often that we have the founders of a firm, or top principals, in key training sessions,” said Steve Nadel, a partner at Seward & Kissel LLP, which offers regulatory compliance coaching.The regulatory compliance sessions often aren’t subtle, according to hedge-fund employees who’ve attended them. Presentations may include run-downs of the number of insider-traders in prison, photos of white-collar perp walks and snippets of wiretap recordings.-New Crimes-Some of the changes are the products of post-fiscal crisis regulations requiring hedge funds to register with the SEC and create written policies on everything from valuing holdings to employees’ trading in personal accounts. In any event, the funds don’t get a lot of credit for all the care they’re taking to obey the rules. “People aren’t suddenly going to find Jesus,” said James Cox, a professor at Duke University School of Law. “It’s just that in certain eras we put more resources in trying to catch individuals,” and that’s a deterrent.Bad apples will always come up with new ways to commit crimes, such as using computer hackers to access non-public information. “As time passes and memories fade, there will always be some who think they can engage in activities they should know will come back to haunt them,” said former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt.The feds haven’t pulled up stakes, though most cases growing out of the probes that started around 2007 -- dubbed Perfect Hedge and Matchmaker -- have ended. The government won 80 convictions. SAC agreed to pay a record $1.8 billion in 2013 to resolve a criminal case that alleged six people engaged in insider trading while working there. The SEC accused Cohen of failing to properly supervise a portfolio manager who’s now in prison. At the time, enforcement officials sought a lifetime ban on Cohen running a hedge fund, according to people with knowledge of the situation.Instead, the SEC made the two-year deal, widely viewed as a victory for the founder of a firm that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called a “magnet for market cheaters.” (Cohen in 2014 converted SAC into a family office called Point72 Asset Management LLP, and the SEC insisted its supervision of that firm be part of the settlement, according to a person familiar with the matter.)-It’s not clear whether the crackdown was a factor in stock-picking hedge funds’ lackluster returns in recent years. After Rajaratnam’s arrest, those funds gained about 31 percent through the end of last year, trailing the 83 percent jump for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. Equity-focused funds rose 137 percent in the decade before authorities raided Rajaratnam’s firm, compared with a 14 percent S&P decline. The reversal of fortune has drawn questions about whether hedge funds are worth their fees -- typically 2 percent of assets under management and 20 percent of investment gains.One manager who has defied the hedge-fund slump is Cohen. In 2015, when stock funds, on average, made no money, his Point72 was up 15.5 percent, after operating expenses. In 2018, investors may get a chance to put money with him again.

European Investment Bank pauses lending to Volkswagen By Peter Teffer-JAN 14,16-EU OBSERVER

Brussels, Today, 16:31-The European Investment Bank (EIB) is not lending any new money to Volkswagen “for the time being” while the German auto manufacturer is being investigated for its use of defeat devices in emissions tests.“In order to be on the safe side, and also to preserve the interest of the bank and that means also the interest of our shareholders, we have decided to put on hold any new loans to Volkswagen for the time being,” said EIB president Werner Hoyer Thursday (14 January) at a press conference in Brussels.He called the German company “a long-term partner of the bank for many many years”. The EU's bank has invested in various research and development projects. In October it said it had around €1.8 billion in outstanding loans to VW.One of those loans may be involved in the recent scandal, in which Volkswagen installed illegal software that allowed cars to come out of tests as much cleaner than they actually were.“ Whilst our review continues, based on our findings, so far we cannot exclude that there may be a link with a part of a €400 million EIB loan to Volkswagen signed in 2009 – that's Volkswagen Antrieb RDI – and the investigated activities,” said Hoyer.“It still needs to be established whether any part of the loan was misused in that way. The loan was repaid by Volkswagen in full, according to schedule, in 2014,” the bank's president added.He said that according to current information available to the bank “no other EIB operation either repaid or outstanding has a link to the defeat software in any way”.“We were astonished, disappointed and we are now concerned about the allegations, including indications by senior company executives, of improper and possibly fraudulent behaviour by Volkswagen,” added Hoyer.He said the ban on Volkswagen loans is based on “information, findings and recommendations emerging from our own review and from ongoing judicial investigations” and that the bank will review its assessment “on a regular basis”.

EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

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

UPDATE-JANUARY 15, 2016-12:00PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
33 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-01-15 23:59:33 UTCShowing event times using UTC33 earthquakes in map area

    3.7 28km W of Valdez, Alaska 2016-01-15 23:12:31 UTC 20.1 km
    3.2 89km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-15 22:37:27 UTC 40.0 km
    4.3 19km WSW of Enterprise, Utah 2016-01-15 22:37:26 UTC 1.0 km
    5.2 43km NE of Vinchina, Argentina 2016-01-15 20:32:52 UTC 10.0 km
    4.0 132km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-15 19:29:46 UTC 39.0 km
    2.8 8km NNE of Helena Valley Northwest, Montana 2016-01-15 13:50:07 UTC 7.5 km
    3.5 9km WNW of The Geysers, California 2016-01-15 13:05:24 UTC 1.9 km
    4.4 84km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 2016-01-15 11:22:43 UTC 10.0 km
    3.0 83km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-15 09:32:44 UTC 41.0 km
    2.7 13km E of Helena, Oklahoma 2016-01-15 09:31:51 UTC 5.0 km
    4.7 110km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia 2016-01-15 08:31:27 UTC 31.3 km
    4.5 191km SE of Lambasa, Fiji 2016-01-15 08:23:34 UTC 557.5 km
    3.2 10km E of Perkins, Oklahoma 2016-01-15 08:04:27 UTC 1.9 km
    2.8 88km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska 2016-01-15 07:45:10 UTC 0.0 km
    4.1 81km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska 2016-01-15 07:26:56 UTC 17.5 km
    2.5 6km NW of The Geysers, California 2016-01-15 05:22:18 UTC 2.8 km
    2.9 58km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 2016-01-15 05:15:13 UTC 63.0 km
    4.4 123km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea 2016-01-15 05:13:36 UTC 193.2 km
    3.3 125km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico 2016-01-15 04:08:49 UTC 32.0 km
    2.5 3km SSW of Caruthersville, Missouri 2016-01-15 04:01:32 UTC 9.8 km
    4.1 25km WSW of Behbahan, Iran 2016-01-15 03:37:30 UTC 37.8 km
    2.6 12km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-15 03:29:24 UTC 5.0 km
    3.2 15km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-15 02:06:30 UTC 5.0 km
    2.6 94km NNW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-01-15 01:34:49 UTC 204.1 km
    2.5 50km S of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-01-15 01:25:55 UTC 113.1 km
    4.3 98km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska 2016-01-14 23:43:17 UTC 37.4 km

STOCK MARKET AND EARTHQUAKE NEWS
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http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-up-117-points-tuesday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-up-52-points-monday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-dow-was-down-167-points-friday.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/01/weekend-quake-results-for-jan-09-10.html

IRAN BACKED JIHAD GROUP CLAIMS ITS OPERATING IN THE WEST BANK-JERUSALEM AND GAZA.

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

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
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,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

ISAIAH 41:11
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)

ISRAELS TROUBLE

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

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

ISLAM SLAUGHTERED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS

LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

Swedish foreign minister no longer welcome in Israel-By EUOBSERVER-JAN 14,16

Today, 16:16-Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallstrom is no longer welcome in Israel after calling for an investigation to determine if Israel is guilty of extrajudicial killings of Palestinians. Israel's foreign ministry director-general, Dore Gold, said attacking Israel over its right to self-defence was “in practical terms encouraging terrorism”.

Iran-backed jihadi group claims it’s operating in West Bank, Jerusalem-Gaza-based Sabireen says it will wage war against Israel everywhere, denies being a Hezbollah-style Iranian proxy-By Lee Gancman January 14, 2016, 11:42 am-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

A Palestinian jihadi group with close ties to Iran claimed on Wednesday that it has expanded out of the Gaza Strip and is now operating in the West Bank and Jerusalem as well.“We have an armed branch whose goal it is to wage war on the Israeli occupation everywhere,” Hisham Salim, founder of the Harakat al-Sabireen, told the Palestinian Ma’an news agency.“Within this framework we have members in the West Bank and Jerusalem who will soon receive financial and military support from us,” he said.Harakat al-Sabireen, which translates to “movement of the patient ones,” broke away from Islamic Jihad in May 2014 and has symbols almost identical to those of Lebanon-based Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.Salim confirmed to Ma’an that the group, like Hezbollah, is directly funded by the Iranian government, but stressed that his group was non-sectarian, non-religious and certainly not a “Shiite movement.”“Regarding the funding from Iran — Islamic Jihad, Hamas and many other groups also get funding from them,” he said.Although Hamas has been the beneficiary of Iranian funding, as a Sunni Muslim organization, it has been wary of Harakat al-Sabireen’s Shiite affiliations, accusing it of trying to disseminate Shiite ideology in the Gaza Strip. This reportedly led to its being banned in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip last July, according to Al-Monitor. Nevertheless, it appears that the group has continued its activities in Gaza, and claimed responsibility for a bombing close to Khan Younis targeting an IDF patrol in December.No injuries or damage were reported on the Israeli side in the attack. Palestinian sources said at least one Palestinian farmer was shot and injured when IDF soldiers returned fire toward the source of the blast.Asked by Ma’an what the group’s stance was regarding the recent spat between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Salim affirmed that it was firmly on the side of Iran, saying, “Saudi Arabia committed a grave error when it executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and is fanning the flames of sectarian strife.”Times of Israel staff contributed to this article.

Sharansky: Unprecedented number of Jews 'feel that Europe is no longer their home'-Anti- Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel-Amid rise in attacks, 9,880 make aliya in 2015, including almost 8,000 from France-By Aron Heller January 14, 2016, 5:21 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

AP — Jewish immigration to Israel from Western Europe has reached an all-time high as a result of a rise in anti-Semitic attacks, a leading nonprofit group said Thursday.The Jewish Agency, which works closely with the Israeli government and acts as a link for Jews around the world, reported that 9,880 Western European Jews immigrated to Israel in 2015 — the highest annual number ever.The vast majority, close to 8,000, came from France where a rise in anti-Semitic attacks has shattered the sense of security of the world’s third-largest Jewish population.Just this week, a machete-wielding teen attacked a Jewish teacher in the French town of Marseille, prompting a local Jewish authority to ask fellow Jews to refrain from wearing their traditional skull caps to stay safe.Close to 800 Jews have emigrated from Britain in this latest exodus. Italy and Belgium are next on the list.“That a record number of European Jews feel that Europe is no longer their home should alarm European leaders and serve as a wake-up call for all who are concerned about the future of Europe,” said Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.“At the same time, the fact that Israel has become the number one destination for European Jews seeking to build a better future elsewhere is a tribute to the appeal of life in Israel and the values the Jewish state represents,” Sharansky added.Experts say European Jews have not felt this threatened since World War II, when 6 million Jews were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust. Jews have been targeted in Belgium, Denmark and other European countries, but France has seen the worst of it. Jews have increasingly reported assaults and intimidation, mostly from Muslim extremists. While some attacks have been linked to anger at Israeli policies toward the Palestinians, most have been anti-Semitic in nature.France is still reeling from a series of attacks in Paris on November 13 that killed 130 people, and just marked the first anniversary of attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery store which killed 17 people. In each case, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. France’s Jewish community of some 500,000 is the largest in Europe. Jewish schools and synagogues are often surrounded by soldiers in combat fatigues who patrol the streets with automatic rifles. Though Jews make up less than 1 percent of the population, French officials say more than 50 percent of all reported racist attacks in 2014 were directed against them.

Amid fighting in Sinai, Israel evacuates Gaza crossing-IDF closes Kerem Shalom gateway as Egyptian army conducts operations against terrorists, reportedly killing 13-By Stuart Winer January 14, 2016, 5:54 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Israel closed the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip and pulled out operating crews on Thursday as the Egyptian Army engaged terrorist forces in the adjacent Sinai Peninsula.Egyptian soldiers, backed with airstrikes, were reportedly operating in the area of Rafah, Sheikh Zuweid, and el-Arish which lie just seven kilometers (4.2 miles) from the Kerem Shalom gateway.Thirteen jihadis were killed in the fighting, reports said.The IDF said it closed the crossing, through which goods are transported into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, as a precautionary measure, and that there was no imminent security threat in the area.The measure was due to ongoing violence in the Sinai between Islamic State militants and Egyptian forces, the military said.The Kerem Shalom crossing is located on the southern tip of the Strip, next to the Egyptian border.Hundreds of trucks delivering food, aid and other goods pass through the Kerem Shalom Crossing into Gaza every day.In August 2012 Islamist terrorists opened fire on a military base in Rafah, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers. The terrorists then commandeered an armored personnel vehicle (APV) and a truck and sped toward Kibbutz Kerem Shalom. The truck exploded at the border, while the armored vehicle crashed through the border into Israel where it continued for about two kilometers (1.2 miles) along a border road before the Israeli Air Force destroyed it with a missile.

Israel sees Palestinian attacks 'waning'; two killed in West Bank-[Reuters]-By Dan Williams-January 14, 2016-YAHOONEWS

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed two knife-wielding Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the army said, the latest in a months-long spate of street violence that Israel's defense minister described as declining.Almost daily stabbings, car-rammings and shootings by Palestinians targeting Israelis have been fueled in part by frustration at failed statehood talks and a dispute over a Jerusalem holy site, with Muslims angered by perceived Jewish encroachment.The Israeli military said soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab one of them near the West Bank city of Hebron and, in a separate incident near the town of Nablus, killed a man after he slashed and wounded an army officer.That brought the number of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 to at least 145. Israel says 93 of these were assailants, while most of the others died in clashes with Israeli security forces.Palestinian attacks have killed 24 Israelis and a U.S. citizen over the same period.Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israel's pre-emptive raids and arrests had prevented the violence from escalating into an armed Palestinian revolt, and he predicted that the grassroots violence would stop."We are managing to foil plans by the organizations, the terrorist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, to carry out attacks. If it were up to them, there would be suicide bombings and gun attacks here every day," Yaalon told Israel Radio."The fact that we are succeeding lends salience to the attempted stabbing or car-ramming attacks. We will also prevail over this phenomenon, I say, but this is a process that takes time. Statistically, we see a waning of this."The remarks followed a warning by a senior Yaalon adviser that the U.S.-backed Palestinian administration, which quietly coordinates West Bank security efforts with Israel despite the diplomatic impasse between the sides, might change course.The adviser, Amos Gilad, told the Israel Defense journal in an interview published this week that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appeared to be in an "adversarial mood"."If you analyze all of Abu Mazen's (Abbas's) statements and conduct, it seems that he will be swept into confrontation with us in 2016 in the diplomatic and security realm," Gilad said."There is the potential for that. We are taking this possibility very seriously."Israel accuses Abbas of inciting violence. He has denied the charge while praising Palestinians who "defend" the al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. It is Islam's third-holiest shrine and has seen stepped-up visits by Jews, many of whom revere the site as vestige of their two ancient temples and demand an end to a decades-old arrangement allowing only Muslim prayer there.Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has called for an independent probe into whether Israel has carried out extrajudicial killings of Palestinians, pointing to the number of attackers and suspected attackers shot dead.In response, Israel summoned the Swedish ambassador on Wednesday, saying it was "enraged" at Wallstrom's comments. Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz went as far as to call Wallstrom "anti-semitic, whether consciously or not".(Reporting by Dan Williams and Ali Sawafta, Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Dominic Evans)

US defense deputy in Israel to review joint capabilities-Robert Work meets with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon; each says the other’s country is ‘cornerstone’ of strategy, security-By Judah Ari Gross and Stuart Winer January 14, 2016, 5:12 pm-THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon met Thursday with US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, who is currently visiting Israel for a review of joint security capabilities.“Israel is a cornerstone in our policy and strategy in the Middle East,” Work said during a joint press conference with Ya’alon at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. “My being here is just another indicator of our relationship. The US has always stood with Israel and always will.”That relationship is especially vital in the face the “generational changes” and new threats in the Middle East, he said.“Your security is of utmost importance to the United State and the US military,” he added. “It’s been a real pleasure to sit down and exchange views on a wide variety of different technological capabilities.”Ya’alon told Work of Israel’s gratitude to the US for the two countries’ security cooperation.“ We benefit from this relationship very much, and we thank you very much,” he said. “We consider the relationship with the United States as the cornerstone of our national security.”Work also met with President Reuven Rivlin at his official residence in Jerusalem..@DepSecDefWork meets with President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem @PresidentRuvi pic.twitter.com/8y4eX8mAsk— USEmbassy TelAviv (@usembassyta) January 14, 2016-It was Work’s first visit to Israel, which he said is a beautiful country. His wife, Cassandra, who traveled with him, visited a hospital to meet with injured IDF soldiers after the couple arrived on Wednesday. The Works also planned on fitting in a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem during their short stay in the country.

Deri floats annulling Israeli IS fighters’ citizenship-In memo, interior minister proposes amendment to Citizenship Law to revoke status for jihadists abroad-By Times of Israel staff January 14, 2016, 5:39 pm

In one of his first moves in his second stint as interior minister, Aryeh Deri released a memorandum on Thursday outlining an amendment to the Citizenship Law, which if passed would give him the authority to revoke the citizenship of Israeli citizens who join the Islamic State group.Under the current law, the interior minister has the power to cancel the citizenship of an Israeli who becomes a citizen of an enemy state or does something constituting a “breach of allegiance” to Israel, or if it becomes clear that the individual acquired Israeli citizenship under false information.However, the law does not relate to someone meeting the aforementioned criteria who is out of the country at the time of the interior minister’s decision to annul citizenship, thus excluding, according to some estimates, the 100 to 150 Israeli citizens said to have traveled abroad to fight with IS.Deri’s proposed amendment would change that, allowing him to make the decision for such citizens if they are determined to have breached their allegiance to Israel.“We are talking about an important amendment to the Citizenship Law because recently we see more and more citizens of the state who take advantage of their Israeli citizenship and plan actions against [Israel],” Deri told the NRG news site.A number of politicians have called in recent months for revoking the citizenship of Israeli IS recruits. In a November cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had asked the attorney general “to move ahead with revoking the citizenship of anyone who joins the organization.”“Whoever joins Islamic State will not be an Israeli citizen, and if he leaves the country’s borders he will not return,” Netanyahu added and noted that the concept of revoking citizenship for those who join IS was becoming more accepted in the international community.In the wake of the November 13 IS attacks in Paris, the French government has also been pushing to annul the citizenship of convicted terrorists with dual nationality. Several recent polls indicated that 80 to 90 percent of the French are in favor of the measure.AP contributed to this report.

Al-Qaeda leader urges attacks on Saudi Arabia-Al-Zawahiri calls kingdom ‘rotten regime’ after dozens of jihadis executed, slams ‘Zionist-Crusader alliance’-By AP and Times of Israel staff January 14, 2016, 4:18 pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The leader of al-Qaeda called for attacks on Saudi Arabia after the kingdom’s mass execution of 47 people in January, many of whom were tied to the terror group.Ayman al-Zawahiri’s comments came in a seven-minute audio recording released earlier this week and reported by a US-based terror monitor, the SITE Intelligence Group, on Thursday.In it, the Egyptian doctor and militant leader exhorted his followers to launch new attacks against the interests of the kingdom’s ruling Al Saud family, which he called a “rotten regime that corrupted your religion.”Zawahiri also called for attacks on “the Zionist-Crusader alliance,” referring to Israel and its Western allies, as “this is what hurts Al Saud much.” However, Saudi Arabia likely faces a greater threat from the Islamic State, which has claimed a series of attacks in the kingdom in recent months.The January 2 Saudi executions included a number of people convicted in al-Qaeda attacks that roiled the kingdom some 10 years ago. In the time since, however, al-Qaeda has been eclipsed by the Islamic State, originally a breakaway faction that now holds territory in Iraq and Syria.Zawahiri’s message comes amid high tensions between Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and Shiite power Iran over the executions, which included that of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.Al-Zawahiri dismissed the killing of Nimr as part of the “Saudi-Iranian competition for power in the region.”After Nimr’s death, protesters in Iran attacked two of the kingdom’s diplomatic posts and the kingdom cut diplomatic ties to the Islamic Republic, raising regional tensions.In November, Zawahiri released a Twitter video praising Palestinian attacks against Israelis and calling for lone wolf attacks against Western countries, in particular the US.“The first matter is striking the West and specifically America in its own home, and attacking their interests that are spread everywhere,” Zawahiri said at the time, according to SITE.“The supporters of Israel must pay with their blood and their economy,” he added.AFP contributed to this report.

SCIENTISTS JUST SAW LIGHT COMING OUT OF A BLACK HOLE-FIRST TIME EVER.

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

JUDE 13
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.(I BELIEVE A BLACK HOLE IS WERE THESE FALSE PREACHERS GET THROWN IN-IN THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER)

Scientists just saw light coming out of a black hole for the first time-Lulu Chang-Digital Trends-January 10, 2016-yahoonews

In the epitomizing blackness of space, few natural phenomena can compete with the darkness of black holes. After all, with their inexorable gravitational pull, nothing, not even light, can be seen … right? Well, mostly. Last week, for the first time ever, scientists observed visible light emanating from within a black hole with nothing more than a 20 cm. telescope. Forget everything you know — science is always rewriting itself. Apparently, the rather beautiful phenomena occurs when, as the Guardian explains, “material from surrounding space falls into them and releases violent bursts of light.” Essentially, when some matter is sucked into one of these massive pits of gravity, they emit an incredible amount of energy, which can manifest itself as light. And when this happens, it looks like we’re seeing light coming out of a black hole. From space to sea: Rogue One, Finding Dory among most anticipated movies of 2016 Back in June of 2015, a team of scientists led by Mariko Kimura of Kyoto University, became the first to ever see this sort of light through a telescope when a black hole named V404 Cygni, one of the closest to planet Earth, began showing activity after lying dormant for 26 years. Around every six and a half days, Cygni and its partner star (a celestial body a bit smaller than the sun) would circle one another, and when the black hole came to life again, it began feasting on the star. For two weeks, the astronomers were able to see flashes of light — some lasting just minutes, while others continued for several hours — as Cygni worked its magic. “We find that activity in the vicinity of a black hole can be observed in optical light at low luminosity for the first time,” researcher Mariko Kimura told Space.com. “These findings suggest that we can study physical phenomena that occur in the vicinity of the black hole using moderate optical telescopes without high-spec X-ray or gamma-ray telescopes.”In the epitomizing blackness of space, few natural phenomena can compete with the darkness of black holes. After all, with their inexorable gravitational pull, nothing, not even light, can be seen … right? Well, mostly. Last week, for the first time ever, scientists observed visible light emanating from within a black hole with nothing more than a 20 cm. telescope. Forget everything you know — science is always rewriting itself.Apparently, the rather beautiful phenomena occurs when, as the Guardian explains, “material from surrounding space falls into them and releases violent bursts of light.” Essentially, when some matter is sucked into one of these massive pits of gravity, they emit an incredible amount of energy, which can manifest itself as light. And when this happens, it looks like we’re seeing light coming out of a black hole.Back in June of 2015, a team of scientists led by Mariko Kimura of Kyoto University, became the first to ever see this sort of light through a telescope when a black hole named V404 Cygni, one of the closest to planet Earth, began showing activity after lying dormant for 26 years. Around every six and a half days, Cygni and its partner star (a celestial body a bit smaller than the sun) would circle one another, and when the black hole came to life again, it began feasting on the star. For two weeks, the astronomers were able to see flashes of light — some lasting just minutes, while others continued for several hours — as Cygni worked its magic.“We find that activity in the vicinity of a black hole can be observed in optical light at low luminosity for the first time,” researcher Mariko Kimura told Space.com. “These findings suggest that we can study physical phenomena that occur in the vicinity of the black hole using moderate optical telescopes without high-spec X-ray or gamma-ray telescopes.

Federal agent says Iraqi refugee wanted to bomb Texas malls-[Associated Press]-JUAN A. LOZANO-January 13, 2016-yahoonews

HOUSTON (AP) — An Iraqi refugee who is facing charges he tried to help the Islamic State group wanted to set off bombs at two Houston malls and was learning to make electronic transmitters that could be used to detonate explosive devices, a federal agent testified Wednesday.Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, who came to Houston from Iraq in 2009, was indicted last week on three charges, including attempting to provide support to a designated terrorist organization. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges during a court appearance on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes denied granting Al Hardan a bond, ruling that there would be a serious risk that the Iraqi refugee would flee if released from federal custody.Hughes made his decision after listening to testimony from Homeland Security Special Agent Herman Wittliff, who said that in addition to Al Hardan wanting to set off bombs at the two Houston malls, including the popular Galleria mall, the Iraqi man was also learning how to make electronic transmitters that could be used to detonate improvised explosive devices. Al Hardan wanted use cellphones — a collection of which were found in his apartment — to detonate the transmitters, Wittliff said."He wanted to build them (the transmitters) for ISIL," Wittliff said."For what purpose?" asked prosecutor Ralph Imperato."So he could kill people," Wittliff replied.Al Hardan's arrest prompted criticism of the Obama administration's refugee policies from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has been a leader among Republican governors calling for a halt to resettlement of Syrian refugees in their states. Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called for a retroactive review of all refugees who have come to the U.S.Immigrant advocates say they have full confidence in the vetting process and that tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees have been successfully resettled in the U.S.Al Hardan's older brother, Saeed Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, has said his sibling has denied any wrongdoing and that neither his brother nor anybody in their family had ever expressed any support for the Islamic State.Prosecutors allege Al Hardan was coordinating efforts with another Iraqi refugee living in California, Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab. The two men communicated through Facebook messenger from April 2013 to October 2014 and talked about getting weapons training and eventually sneaking into Syria to fight alongside the terrorist group, Wittliff said.The agent also testified Al Hardan received training on how to use an AK-47 assault rifle in November 2014 on a farm outside Houston from a confidential informant who was working with federal authorities.During the hearing, Wittliff read aloud excerpts from a conversation that authorities had recorded between Al Hardan and his wife in October 2014. Prosecutors did not say how the recording was obtained."Once I get the passport I will leave America, I will leave. I will make a widow of you," Al Hardan said to his wife, according to the excerpt read in court. "I will go to Syria. I am not wacko. I am not wacko. I am speaking the truth. I want to blow myself up. I want to blow myself up ... I am against America."Wittliff also testified authorities had a photograph showing Al Hardan had taken an oath on a Quran to the Islamic State and that in the closet of his bedroom, agents found an Islamic State flag and a prayer to do list in which he spoke about receiving strength to be able to commit jihad and becoming a martyr.Wittliff was the only prosecution witness at Wednesday's hearing.Defense attorney David Adler didn't present any witnesses but suggested during questioning of Wittliff that there was nothing illegal about Al Hardan having the electronic components or old cellphones that FBI agents found in his apartment.Adler also suggested that the firearms training Al Hardan allegedly received from the informant was about "two guys shooting a gun."The defense attorney said the conversation that authorities recorded between Al Hardan and his wife could have been a domestic argument and that while Al Hardan said he was against America, he didn't say "I'm going to bomb America."If convicted, Al Hardan faces up to 25 years in prison.___Follow Juan A. Lozano on Twitter at www.twitter.com/juanlozano70

France to withdraw troops from Central Africa quickly, Hollande says-[Reuters]-January 14, 2016-YAHOONEWS

PARIS (Reuters) - French troops will be able to pull out of Central African Republic quickly once it elects a new president, President Francois Hollande said on Thursday.The troops "contributed to bringing stability and preventing massacres," Hollande said in a New Year's speech to the armed forces. "The elections are taking place and we will therefore be able to now disengage quickly."France has some 900 soldiers in its former colony. The withdrawal of some of the troops has been put on hold, so they can support U.N. peacekeepers as the country votes.The presidential election now looks headed for a second round later this month, after a first round on Dec. 30. Provisional results showed two ex-prime ministers - Anicet Georges Dologuele and Faustin Archange Touadera - in the lead but neither winning an outright majority.Two losing candidates demanded on Tuesday a manual recount of ballots cast in the first round, saying that widespread irregularities undermined the credibility of the results.Central African Republic descended into turmoil in early 2013 when mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the majority Christian nation, provoking reprisals by Christian militia fighters.Around one in five Central Africans has been displaced in the ensuing violence, leading to de facto partition along religious and ethnic lines.France sent some 2,000 troops to restore stability in the country but has since cut back its numbers, leaving a force capable of intervening quickly if required.(Reporting By John Irish)

Seven people detained linked with Istanbul bombing: Turkish minister-[Reuters]-January 14, 2016-YAHOONEWS

ANKARA (Reuters) - Seven people have been detained in connection with a suicide bombing at the heart of Istanbul's historic district that killed 10 German tourists, Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said on Thursday.The bomber, identified as a member of Islamic State who had entered Turkey as a refugee from Syria, blew himself up on Tuesday among tourists visiting some of Istanbul's most popular attractions.Fifteen people, mostly foreigners, were also wounded in the attack."The number of those detained in connection with Istanbul attack have reached seven. The investigation is underway in the most comprehensive way", Ala told reporters at an ambassadors' conference in Ankara.Turkey was quick to identify the bomber, named by Turkish media as 28-year old Saudi-born Nabil Fadli, as the man who had given his fingerprints a week ago at an immigration center.Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said fragments of the bomber's skull, face and nails at the site of the blast matched his records.Turkey, which like Germany is a member of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, has become a target for the radical Sunni militants.It was hit by two major bombings last year blamed on the group. One was in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border and the other in the capital Ankara, where more than 100 people were killed in the worst attack of its kind on Turkish soil.Dozens of tourists and Turks holding carnations have paid their respects at the blast scene on Thursday, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, the top sites in one of the world's most visited cities.(Reporting by Tulay Karadeniz and Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Dasha Afanasieva and Tom Heneghan)

REVELATION 17:9-10
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.

Interview-'The EU is like Star Wars' Old Republic' By Eszter Zalan-EUOBSERVER

BRUSSELS, 13. Jan, 17:53-Not many people would associate the Hollywood blockbuster, Star Wars, with the Nazis’ rise to power, or describe the evil Sith lord, Palpatine's ascent to become emperor of the Star Wars universe in “Weimarian” terms.But that’s exactly what Csaba Toth, a liberal Hungarian political scientist is doing in a series of lectures in Budapest, which he is also turning into a book, to be published in Hungary in spring.Toth relates politics to science fiction films and literature in the hope that, via analogies to pop culture, which is free of political prejudice, students become better equipped to decode undemocratic tendencies, expose populism and stand up for democracy."The rules of politics are universal. It revolves around power and essentially means a struggle of interests," Toth told EUobserver in an interview.-Old Republic under threat-While Toth does not normally focus on the EU, he expanded his method to Europe in the hope of inspiring debate.Star Wars provides quite a few lessons for the bloc, mostly on how not to do politics.Toth says the EU resembles the Old Republic, portrayed in Star Wars' prequel trilogy.The Old Republic was first upset by separatist movements, then fell under the control of the evil Palpatine chancellor, who, citing external threats, skilfully centralised power, dismantling democratic institutions, while the Jedi Council, tasked with protecting the Republic, was kept in the dark.Of course, “there are no Palpatines in the EU, and the populists want to dismantle the bloc, rather than turn it into a galactic dictatorship,” Toth noted. But separatism could spell trouble: In the galaxy far, far away it eventually led to the dismantling of the Old Republic; in the EU today, it could lead to the UK breaking away.“If the separatist domino starts to fall, it could lead to unforeseen consequences, no matter what the original intention of the separatists, or the UK, were,” Toth said.He said the European Commission often behaves like the Jedi Council, which has big ideas about itself, but does poorly in convincing others - in the EU’s case, the member states.They are also alike in the sense that they prefer making deals behind closed doors.“[Jedi chief] Yoda never lays out his arguments openly against Palpatine, nor does [EU Commission head] Juncker against, say, Poland, although public political pressure works better than back-door bickering,” Toth said.-‘Better than history’-The self- confessed sci-fi “geek” tells his students how a perceived outside threat can be used as a populist tool to concentrate power."In Star Wars it means rebellious galaxies; in our world it [the perceived threat] could mean immigrants, Muslims, or in Hungary, the Roma minority," Toth said.Toth calls Palpatine's rise to power in the Star Wars saga a "classical Hitler-style road from democracy to dictatorship"."Like in the weak German Weimar Republic in the 1930s" Toth says, "the democratic institutions are maintained symbolically for a while in Star Wars too."He thinks that basic political concepts, like ideology and democracy, are easier to explain through examples from popular culture."Students know these stories better than history," he told EUobserver.

KNOWLEGE INCREASED AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED

DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)

More aid reaches trapped Syrians; doubts cast on peace talks-[Reuters]-January 14, 2016- YAHOONEWS

NEAR MADAYA, Syria/BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Aid supplies on Thursday reached a besieged Syrian town and two trapped villages for the second time this week, raising hopes of further deliveries to help people dying of starvation.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, said aid trucks had started entering the town of Madaya near the border with Lebanon, and the villages of Kefraya and al-Foua in Idlib province in the northwest. Syrian state media said six trucks had entered Madaya.For months, tens of thousands have been blockaded by government troops in Madaya and surrounded by rebel forces in the two villages."According to the ICRC team that entered Madaya, the people were very happy, even crying when they realized that wheat flour is on the way," Dominik Stillhart, International Committee of the Red Cross director of operations, said in New York.Aid officials hoped to bring in more supplies, with fuel deliveries set for Sunday, according to Stillhart."We hope ... this effort will continue," said Yacoub El Hillo, the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Syria, who accompanied the convoy.A senior U.N. human rights official said the use of starvation was a war crime whose perpetrators should be prosecuted."Starving civilians is a war crime under international humanitarian law and of course any such act deserves to be condemned, whether it's in Madaya or Idlib," said U.N. Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid bin Ra'ad."Should there be prosecutions? Of course. At the very least there should be accountability for these crimes."The siege of Madaya, where people have reportedly died of starvation, has become a focal issue for Syrian opposition groups who want all such blockades lifted before they enter negotiations with the government planned for Jan. 25.A prominent member of the political opposition to President Bashar al-Assad told Reuters that date was unrealistic, reiterating opposition demands for the lifting of sieges, a ceasefire and the release of detainees before negotiations."I personally do not think Jan. 25 is a realistic date for when it will be possible to remove all obstacles facing the negotiations," George Sabra told Reuters.A total of 45 trucks carrying food and medical supplies were due to be delivered to Madaya, and 18 to al-Foua and Kefraya on Thursday, aid officials said.The Syrian Observatory said it had recorded 27 deaths in Madaya from malnutrition and lack of medical supplies, and at least 13 deaths in al-Foua and Kefraya due to lack of medical supplies.The population of Madaya is estimated at 40,000, while about 20,000 live in al-Foua and Kefraya.The World Food Programme said it would deliver 120 tonnes of wheat flour to Madaya, and 60 tonnes to al-Foua and Kefraya. A U.N. official said the convoy also included medical supplies, blankets, and clothing. The World Health Organization is awaiting an answer from the government to a request to send medics and mobile clinics, its representative in Damascus said."The scenes we witnessed in Madaya were truly heartbreaking," said Marianne Gasser, the most senior official with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria."The conditions are some of the worst that I have witnessed in my five years in the country. This cannot go on," she said.-PEACE TALKS PLANNED AS WAR RAGES-The talks planned for Jan. 25 in Geneva are part of a peace process endorsed by the U.N. Security Council last month in a rare display of international agreement on Syria, where the war has killed 250,000 people.U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said after meeting representatives of the United States, Russia and other powers on Wednesday that Jan. 25 was still the intended date.But even with the backing of the United States and Russia, which support opposite sides in the conflict, the peace process faces formidable obstacles."The meeting is due in a bit more than 10 days, but before then de Mistura will present in New York what he has achieved," said a senior western diplomat."But he still has to define how to press ahead with this mechanism which to me is not looking good because all sides are not agreed on the parameters."Fighting is raging between government forces backed by the Russian air force and Iranian forces on one hand, and rebels including groups that have received military support from states including Saudi Arabia and the United States.Rebel groups that back the idea of a political settlement issued a statement on Wednesday rejecting any negotiations before goodwill measures from Damascus including a ceasefire.Sabra, the opposition politician, said: "There are still towns under siege. There are still Russian attacks on villages, schools and hospitals. There is no sign of goodwill."There are about 15 siege locations in Syria, where 450,000 people are trapped, the United Nations says.The Syrian government has said it is ready to take part in the talks, but wants to see who is on the opposition negotiating team and a list of armed groups that will be classified as terrorists as part of the peace process.Underscoring the complications on that issue, a senior Russian official condemned as terrorists two rebel groups that are represented in a newly-formed opposition council tasked with overseeing the negotiations."We do not see Ahrar al-Sham or Jaysh al-Islam as part of the opposition delegation because they are terrorist organizations. We believe that the opposition delegation should be represented not by terrorist representatives," the RIA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying.Moscow also said French accusations that Russia was carrying out strikes on civilians in Syria were based on "fiction and propaganda clichés".(Reporting by Kinda Makieh near Madaya, Tom Perry, Mariam Karouny and Lisa Barrington in Beirut, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, Jack Stubbs in Moscow, John Irish in Paris, Tom Finn in Doha and Michelle Nichols in New York; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Giles Elgood)

Thursday, January 14, 2016

THE 6TH REPUBLICAN DEBATE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT-JAN 14,2016.

THE DOW WAS DOWN 364 POINTS WEDNESDAY-YESTERDAY.

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

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Shemitah is coming true.Do people not get it? There is a economic crash every 7 years.
1980: Recession
1987: Stock market crash
1994: Bond market crash
2001: 9/11, dot com, recession
2008: Housing crash
2015: See if something will happen-The central banks will be the death of us. Get ready and embrace yourself for the economic collapse.

BANK RELATED INFORMATION
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/bank-related-links.html
CURRENCIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/currencies
COMMODITIES
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities

UPDATE-JANUARY 14,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET THURSDAY-JAN 14,2016
09:30AM-55.61
10:00AM-71.43-
10:30AM-170.70
11:00AM-233.71
11:30AM-147.58
12:00PM-189.91
12:30PM-190.52
01:00PM-218.25
01:30PM-222.43
02:00PM-262.99
02:30PM-260.01
03:00PM-311.17
03:30PM-307.70
04:00PM-227.64+ 16,379.05 - S&P +31.55 1921.83 - NASDAQ +88.94 4615.00
HIGH +322 LOW -72
TSX +165.49 12,335.90 - GOLD $-11.20 $1,075.68 - OIL $+0.67 $31.15

U.S. Stocks Tumble as Risk Flight Intensifies, Brent Oil Sinks-Jeremy Herron-Joseph Ciolli-Updated on January 13, 2016 — 4:12 PM EST

U.S. stocks tumbled, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging more than 370 points and small caps entering a bear market, as oil’s failure to maintain a 4 percent rally rekindled a flight from risk assets. Treasuries surged amid signs that demand for the relative safety of bonds is rising.The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell past 1,900, a level it’s closed below only five times in the past 14 months. The Nasdaq 100 Index had its worst day since Aug. 24, as selling was heaviest in technology and consumer shares. The Russell 2000 Index capped a 22 percent slide from its June record. Brent crude dipped below $30 for the first time since 2004. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.04 percent, after an auction of $21 billion of 10-year notes was deemed ‘outstanding.’ Gold traded above $1,090 an ounce.Oil’s failure to sustain a rally of more than 3.5 percent overwhelmed the budding rebound in global equities, which have been hammered this year amid concern China is struggling to manage its slowing economy. Pain spread from market to market as the two-day recovery proved short lived. The cost to protect against defaults by North American investment-grade companies soared to a three-year high, a measure of junk bonds had the worst day in a month and last year’s equities winners stumbled, with consumer staples and technology shares bearing the brunt of losses.“We’re in a perfect storm,” said Yousef Abbasi, global market strategist at JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC in New York. “Even though we knew a lot of these factors in the past, they all seemed to come together at the start of 2016 to take a bite out of people. There’s a combination of a buyer’s strike, some disinterest, some confusion, and to be completely honest, some exasperation. Guys are frustrated.”-Stocks-Chatain Likes U.S., Europe, Japan 'Domestic' Stocks-The S&P 500 sank 2.5 percent at 4 p.m. in New York, the lowest level since Sept. 29. Shares in consumer discretionary shares plunged 3.4 percent with losses heaviest in Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. Health-care shares sank 2.9 percent, while financial services stocks in the S&P 500 fell to the lowest level since May 2014.The SPDR Barclays High-Yield Bond exchange-traded fund lost 1.3 percent for its biggest slide since Dec. 11, and is now at the lowest level since May 2009. Selling in junk-rated equities intensified as the continued rout in commodities threatens the solvency of some highly leveraged resource producers. Damage was heaviest among small-cap shares, with the Russell 2000 plunging to 2 1/2 year low. The gauge is down 22 percent from its June record, meeting the common definition of a bear market.“ There’s big-time negative sentiment in the market right now,” said Mark Kepner, an equity trader at Themis Trading LLC in Chatham, New Jersey. “There was no specific news to send this market down. Without enough news to make it go higher, and with negative sentiment, we started selling off. We have earnings coming up, and they’ll be pivotal for getting us out of this downtrend.”According to JPMorgan Chase & Co., this year’s tumble is at least partly attributable to robotic selling by quantitative investors who were forced to rebalance their funds when stocks and bonds both fell in January.“While this implies there is less risk of a sudden market crash vs. August, it is not imminent that these strategies will start buying equities,” wrote Marko Kolanovic, the JPMorgan strategist. “Moreover, if volatility keeps on rising, there could be more selling to come.”The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index climbed 11 percent to 24.93, after posting its first back-to-back weekly gains since July to start the year.The U.S. benchmark index opened higher by 0.6 percent and saw gains fade in morning trading before the selloff accelerated following the European close. The MSCI All-Country World Index dropped for the seventh time in eight sessions. Global equities had followed a Tuesday rally in U.S. stocks, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index halting a seven-day drop, while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.4 percent for a second day of gains.-Bonds-Treasuries rallied after investors flocked to a $21 billion auction of 10-year notes at the lowest yields since October amid concern that global growth is slowing. A class of investors that includes foreign central banks and mutual funds bought 71 percent of the sale, the second-highest amount on record.Anheuser- Busch InBev NV is poised to sell $46 billion of bonds today, in what may be the busiest session for U.S. corporate debt sales ever. This comes even as the cost to protect against defaults by North American investment-grade companies soared to a three-year high. The risk premium on the Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index, which is composed of 125 equally weighted credit-default swaps on investment-grade entities, rose four basis points to 102.8, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg.-Commodities-Brent oil dropped below $30 a barrel for the first time since April 2004 on speculation Iranian shipments will soon climb. Crude fell as much as 2.9 percent in London on signs that the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers may be implemented by the time markets open on Monday, triggering sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic that paves the way for a surge in oil exports.-Currencies-The yuan strengthened in Hong Kong’s offshore market, headed for the biggest five-day advance on record after China intervened to support the currency. The central bank kept its reference rate almost unchanged for the fourth day in a row, helping calm investor nerves after an eight-day run of weaker fixings.Japan’s yen, which has benefited from demand for haven assets this year, dropped 0.4 percent to 118.16 per dollar. High- yielding currencies gained, with the Australian dollar strengthening at least 0.5 percent. The rand, which tumbled to a record low at the beginning of the week, rallied 1.2 percent.-Emerging Markets-The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rebounded 1.3 percent from the lowest close since 2009, trimming the worst start to a year since 1998. Benchmarks in South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey climbed at least 1.3 percent. Russian stocks rose for a second day, increasing 0.5 percent.A gauge of 20 emerging-market currencies added 0.3 percent, ending an eight-day slump. The ruble gained for the first time in five days, appreciating 0.9 percent.

DANIEL 7:23-24
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-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)

Focus-Divided EU debates China market economy status By Eszter Zalan-JAN 13,16-EU OBSERVER

BRUSSELS, Today, 08:18-The EU Commission will discuss Wednesday (13 January) the sensitive issue of granting China “market economy status”, with Beijing arguing the step is due 15 years after it joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO).“The college will hold an orientation debate on the Chinese request, it is not a moment for a formal decision, it is for the commissioners to discuss the way they approach this file and the sequence of events that will follow,” EU Commission spokesman, Margaritis Schinas, told press on Tuesday.Granting the status to China means the 28-member bloc would have a more difficult time imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese goods.Dumping occurs if a company is exporting a product to the EU at lower price than the normal value of the product to cut out a bigger market share and drive out competition. But China says that the accession accords of the WTO will automatically make it a market economy by the end of 2016.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang recently urged the EU to adhere to these WTO rules and grant China the status."Pacta sunt servanda (Latin for "agreements must be kept") is a basic principle and obligation in international law. No signatory party can evade its obligations under international treaties by citing domestic laws as an excuse, and treat Chinese enterprises in an unfair, unjust, unreasonable and discriminative manner," Lu Kang said at his regular press conference last month."As a WTO member, China has been earnestly honouring each of its legal obligations since its accession, and must be entitled to all the WTO rights," he added.The final decision, not expected on Wednesday, will have to be made by the European Parliament and EU member states, but will be initiated by the Commission.The US says there is no reason to treat China’s heavily state-financed and centrally organised economy, with government-set prices, as a market economy.European manufacturers are worried that removing the possibility of imposing duties will result in China dumping goods in Europe, leading to job losses.Textile, steel and solar panel industries are vulnerable to Chinese imports. Supporters of the deal say it could open the way for EU investments in China and Chinese investments in European infrastructure.-Jobs, jobs, jobs-A study by the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute published last September says “an EU decision to unilaterally grant MES to China would put between 1.7 million and 3.5 million EU jobs at risk by curbing the ability to impose tariffs on dumped goods”.The report said increased imports arising from granting the status to China would reduce EU output by between €114.1 billion and €228 billion per year, a 1 percent to 2 percent reduction in GDP.Various European industries and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) all expressed concern.A spokesman for AEGIS Europe, an alliance of 30 manufacturing industry associations said Tuesday in a statement: “Europe simply cannot grant Market Economy Status (MES) to a country that does not merit it. Doing so would have an immensely negative impact on European industry”. “Granting MES to China would be equivalent to gifting a licence to dump,” Milan Nitzschke, the spokes poerson added.“The European Union has clear criteria for market economy status” ETUC General Secretary Luca Visentini said in a statement before the Commissioners’ meeting.“China clearly does not meet them,” he said, adding: “What’s more, it would open the EU to unlimited dumping of Chinese goods on our market which would be catastrophic for European manufacturing and jobs.”The UK, The Netherlands, and Nordic countries support China’s market economy status. Germany is, in principle, supportive, but is interested in safeguards for sensitive industries, while Italy is strongly opposed.China is recognised as a market economy by Russia, Brazil, New Zealand, Switzerland and Australia.The EU Commission might choose a compromise: granting the status to the world’s largest trading economy, but keeping trade defence measures for a transition period.The European Commission has 28 anti-dumping investigations underway, 16 of them involving China.

China Jitters, Oil, Wages: Why the Bank of England's Not Following the Fed-Jennifer Ryan-Scott Hamilton-January 13, 2016 — 7:01 PM EST-BLOOOMBERG

The Bank of England's key interest rate has been at a record low for almost seven years and that doesn't look set to change any time soon.These charts show how the outlook has darkened since the Monetary Policy Committee’s December meeting, thanks to a slump in oil, concerns about China and mounting risks from the U.K.’s European Union referendum. The panel, led by Governor Mark Carney, will announce its next decision at noon in London on Thursday, and is forecast to leave the rate at 0.5 percent.First up is the international outlook. Global equities slid by the most in more than four years last week and crude tumbled to a 12-year low as the World Bank cut its growth forecasts and concerns mounted about the outlook in China. At home, a downward revision to past gross domestic product growth, a cooling in services and a slump in industrial production suggest the economy, while growing, may be losing a bit of momentum.Inflation, at 0.1 percent in November, is well below the BOE’s 2 percent target. With wage growth slowing and oil plunging, there's unlikely to be a pickup any time soon.On the other side there's a drop in the pound. Sterling has declined against all but two of its 16 major peers since Dec. 10 and is at its lowest since 2010 against the dollar. Officials might have something to say about the depreciation and whether it alleviates some of the downside pressure on inflation. While Federal Reserve tightening kicked off last month, banks including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have pushed back their forecasts for a BOE hike to the fourth quarter. This chart shows investors are even more pessimistic, pricing in almost 16 months until the next hike -- the most since April."The predominant factor will be the nervousness over global growth," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at London-based Investec Securities. "There's been a drop in sterling, but that's unlikely to offset completely the jitters over the downside risks."

EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

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

UPDATE-JANUARY 14, 2016-12:00PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
47 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-01-14 23:59:41 UTCShowing event times using UTC47 earthquakes in map area

    4.3 98km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska 2016-01-14 23:43:17 UTC 37.4 km
    4.0 45km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan 2016-01-14 23:21:45 UTC 211.0 km
    4.0 14km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 23:15:32 UTC 3.7 km
    2.7 31km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 23:12:45 UTC 8.8 km
    3.2 7km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 22:41:39 UTC 5.7 km
    2.5 23km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico 2016-01-14 22:38:31 UTC 65.0 km
    2.7 9km NW of Oologah, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 22:16:19 UTC 5.0 km
    2.5 53km S of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-01-14 21:33:02 UTC 103.7 km
    2.6 83km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-14 20:41:17 UTC 28.0 km
    2.6 21km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2016-01-14 20:33:55 UTC 21.0 km
    4.2 5km ESE of Funaishikawa, Japan 2016-01-14 19:28:54 UTC 53.3 km
    2.5 40km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska 2016-01-14 19:22:42 UTC 65.3 km
    3.8 13km NNW of North Nenana, Alaska 2016-01-14 19:04:11 UTC 18.5 km
    3.0 87km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-14 17:52:49 UTC 38.0 km
    3.3 16km WNW of Johannesburg, California 2016-01-14 17:26:38 UTC 6.7 km
    3.0 19km W of Delta, B.C., MX 2016-01-14 14:39:23 UTC 23.6 km
    3.2 69km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2016-01-14 14:12:23 UTC 64.0 km
    4.7 250km W of Sinabang, Indonesia 2016-01-14 13:36:02 UTC 28.2 km
    2.9 68km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-01-14 13:25:21 UTC 91.3 km
    5.6 25km ESE of General Luna, Philippines 2016-01-14 13:14:49 UTC 35.0 km
    2.8 31km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 12:55:03 UTC 5.0 km
    5.4 150km NNE of Macquarie Island, Australia 2016-01-14 12:15:29 UTC 10.0 km
    5.1 190km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna 2016-01-14 11:04:26 UTC 59.3 km
    2.9 77km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 2016-01-14 10:42:41 UTC 24.0 km
    2.7 93km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2016-01-14 09:32:53 UTC 27.0 km
    2.8 26km ESE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii 2016-01-14 07:46:04 UTC 40.7 km
    3.1 107km N of Chirikof Island, Alaska 2016-01-14 06:57:12 UTC 81.0 km
    3.5 47km SW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-01-14 06:37:35 UTC 150.4 km
    4.5 58km ESE of Mangili, Philippines 2016-01-14 05:55:35 UTC 102.8 km
    5.1 46km SW of Hihifo, Tonga 2016-01-14 05:39:40 UTC 147.0 km
    4.8 17km ESE of San Jorge, Nicaragua 2016-01-14 05:15:22 UTC 186.5 km
    3.5 16km WNW of Johannesburg, California 2016-01-14 04:23:58 UTC 5.1 km
    2.8 6km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 04:03:14 UTC 6.5 km
    5.1 21km ESE of Watubuku, Indonesia 2016-01-14 03:38:18 UTC 157.4 km
    6.7 51km SE of Shizunai, Japan 2016-01-14 03:25:34 UTC 51.4 km
    6.1 7km WSW of Charagua, Bolivia 2016-01-14 03:25:28 UTC 582.4 km
    3.0 10km W of Salor, Uzbekistan 2016-01-14 03:24:30 UTC 7.2 km
    3.4 77km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 2016-01-14 01:33:30 UTC 13.0 km
    2.7 76km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2016-01-14 01:30:05 UTC 29.0 km
    4.5 62km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 2016-01-14 00:24:03 UTC 93.5 km
    2.5 25km SW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-01-14 00:16:30 UTC 1.9 km
    4.6 248km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 2016-01-14 00:10:22 UTC 39.3 km
    4.6 182km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2016-01-13 23:53:26 UTC 35.0 km

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