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.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

THE DOW WAS UP 222 POINTS YESTERDAY-TUESDAY AFTER THE HOLIDAY.

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.

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UPDATE-FEBRUARY 17,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET WEDNESDAY-FEB 17,2016
09:30AM-71.53
10:00AM-140.25
10:30AM-206.57
11:00AM-215.70
11:30AM-198.26
12:00PM-208.63
12:30PM-239.16
01:00PM-251.09
01:30PM-245.61
02:00PM-235.3
02:30PM-285.19
03:00PM-241.26
03:30PM-252.38
04:00PM-257.42+ 16,453.83 - S&P +31.24 1926.82 - NASDAQ +98.11 4534.06
HIGH +286 LOW +71
TSX +312.18 12,867.16 - GOLD $+2.07 $1,202.51 - OIL $+1.78 $30.84

Iran snubs Doha proposal, won't freeze on oil output levels-Associated Press By ALI AKBAR DAREINI-FEB 17,16-YAHOONEWS

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Wednesday snubbed a proposal agreed to by four oil powerhouses to cap their crude output if other producers do the same, with a senior Oil Ministry official saying Tehran has no intention of freezing oil output levels.Mahdi Asali, Iran's OPEC envoy, said his country will in fact keep increasing crude exports until it reaches levels attained before international sanctions were imposed on Tehran over its nuclear program.The remarks come a day after four nations — Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela — conditionally agreed in Qatar to cap their output at last month's levels in order to halt a slide that has pushed oil prices to their lowest point in more than a decade. Oil prices recently plummeted to under $30 a barrel, the lowest in 13 years.The four countries made their announcement following an unexpected, closed-door meeting on Tuesday in the Qatari capital of Doha that pointedly did not include Iran. They agreed to act only if other producers made similar freezes.Asali said the fall in oil prices should be blamed on oversupply and that it was up to Saudi Arabia and others to cut down production to boost oil prices. He said the four nations that participated at the Doha gathering could stabilize oil prices on their own — if they cut their production by 2 million barrels a day."These countries increased their production by 4 million barrels when Iran was under sanctions," Asali was quoted as saying by the Shargh daily. "Now it's primarily their responsibility to help restore balance on the market. There is no reason for Iran to do so."Iran is eager to ramp up its exports now that sanctions related to its nuclear program have been lifted, saying recently it aims to put another 500,000 barrels a day on the market. Figures from the International Energy Agency show it pumped 2.9 million barrels daily in December, before sanctions were lifted.Iran used to export 2.3 million barrels per day but its crude exports fell to 1 million in 2012.On Tuesday, Iran's petroleum minister, Bijar Namdar Zangeneh, signaled the Islamic Republic has no intention of giving up its share of the market. He acknowledged that global markets are "oversupplied," but said Iran "will not overlook its quota," according to comments carried by his ministry's Shana news service.Even with Iran's cooperation, it was unclear if the Doha plan would be enough to put a floor under prices.The United Arab Emirates' energy minister, Suhail Mohamed al-Mazrouei's, refused on Wednesday to discuss the Doha proposal, suggesting regional rivalries also may be in play. Qatar and the Emirates, both oil and gas powerhouses in their own right, also compete with each other in the aviation industry and cultural pursuits.Al-Mazrouei, who gave a keynote address at the 2016 CIS Global Business Forum in Dubai, mentioned low oil prices in passing in his speech. Afterward, journalists followed him outside."I will only talk about this conference," he said, before smiling and walking away from reporters' shouted questions.Kuwait, another Gulf OPEC member, however signaled it was willing to go along with the Doha plan.Anas al-Saleh, who is Kuwait's deputy premier, finance minister and acting oil minister, said in a statement his country was committed to the proposal if others join in."Kuwait hopes the agreement would provide a positive atmosphere for oil prices, and for the market to regain balance, and calls on all to support stability of markets," he said.___Associated Press writers Jon Gambrell and Adam Schreck in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

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-FEBRUARY 17, 2016-11:55PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
44 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-02-17 23:59:15 UTCShowing event times using UTC44 earthquakes in map area

    4.7 32km SW of Karakenja, Tajikistan 2016-02-17 23:58:06 UTC 46.7 km
    3.0 37km SW of Goldfield, Nevada 2016-02-17 22:19:53 UTC 7.7 km
    3.1 42km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-17 21:03:18 UTC 86.7 km
    2.6 62km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska 2016-02-17 19:03:51 UTC 72.5 km
    2.8 7km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 18:59:42 UTC 9.0 km
    3.4 7km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 18:15:02 UTC 5.1 km
    3.1 8km N of Luther, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 18:15:02 UTC 5.0 km
    2.5 70km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2016-02-17 17:57:17 UTC 6.7 km
    4.9 101km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia 2016-02-17 17:34:08 UTC 49.7 km
    6.0 153km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia 2016-02-17 17:26:02 UTC 10.0 km
    3.0 20km NNE of Sterling, Alaska 2016-02-17 13:19:15 UTC 45.7 km
    4.9 30km NNW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga 2016-02-17 11:15:24 UTC 10.0 km
    4.8 67km NW of Illapel, Chile 2016-02-17 10:54:11 UTC 41.1 km
    2.6 3km S of San Juan Bautista, California 2016-02-17 09:27:57 UTC 3.6 km
    2.6 30km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 09:01:32 UTC 5.0 km
    4.7 100km SE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2016-02-17 08:47:48 UTC 474.6 km
    2.8 7km SE of Coso Junction, California 2016-02-17 08:41:58 UTC 2.4 km
    2.7 29km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 08:32:16 UTC 5.0 km
    2.7 25km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 08:31:40 UTC 3.5 km
    3.1 12km N of Luther, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 08:16:49 UTC 7.9 km
    2.6 15km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii 2016-02-17 08:10:27 UTC 13.8 km
    5.1 145km S of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2016-02-17 07:44:24 UTC 10.0 km
    2.6 60km W of Cordova, Alaska 2016-02-17 07:37:02 UTC 14.6 km
    4.8 259km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 2016-02-17 07:32:11 UTC 71.5 km
    2.8 9km SE of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 07:19:21 UTC 3.8 km
    4.7 42km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2016-02-17 05:31:23 UTC 58.3 km
    2.9 13km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California 2016-02-17 05:24:48 UTC 5.2 km
    3.0 40km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska 2016-02-17 04:49:15 UTC 33.7 km
    2.6 13km NNW of Levittown, Puerto Rico 2016-02-17 04:19:10 UTC 72.0 km
    2.9 76km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 2016-02-17 02:37:52 UTC 12.0 km
    2.7 24km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 2016-02-17 02:14:14 UTC 16.0 km
    4.3 44km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 2016-02-17 01:37:52 UTC 194.1 km
    3.0 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-17 01:19:05 UTC 9.3 km
    2.8 61km WSW of Ferndale, California 2016-02-17 00:58:18 UTC 17.1 km
    4.2 16km SE of Calingasta, Argentina 2016-02-17 00:29:35 UTC 113.8 km
    3.5 59km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-16 23:55:49 UTC 102.7 km

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FRANCE FILLS IN ISRAEL ON PLAN FOR PEACE TALKS CONFAB.

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(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JERUSALEM DIVIDED

GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

France fills in Israel on plan for peace talks confab-After Palestinians appear to reject future bilateral talks, Jerusalem tells Paris that direct negotiations are only way to reach two-state solution-By Raphael Ahren February 16, 2016, 12:17 pm-the times of israel

BERLIN — France on Tuesday formally presented Israel with its plan to convene a regional peace conference to advance the two-state solution.In a Jerusalem meeting with Foreign Ministry political director Alon Ushpiz, French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnaive updated the Israeli government on Paris’ plans, though no further details have been released.“Israel supports direct negotiations with the Palestinians but opposes any attempt to predetermine the outcome of negotiations,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement.The French push for new negotiations was announced several weeks ago, but was harshly rejected by Jerusalem after then- foreign minister Laurent Fabius said the talks’ failure would precipitate French recognition of Palestine.Officials close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently in Germany, later said they supported talks, but not the ultimatum.Nahshon said the concept of direct talks, which had guided Jerusalem in the process of signing peace agreements with Jordan and Egypt, is supported by the international community.However, it is Ramallah that refuses to enter peace talks, he added, citing Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki who on Monday appeared to rule out any future bilateral talks.“We will never go back and sit again in a direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations,” Malki said during a visit in Japan.Palestinian officials have indicated they will only support multilateral negotiations.A senior official in Netanyahu’s entourage to Berlin said Monday night that Israel believes direct negotiations are the only way to solve the crisis, adding that the Palestinians know it too and are therefore refusing to sit down and talk.Netanyahu is in Berlin on Tuesday for a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and annual government-to-government consultations.The Foreign Ministry’s Ushpiz, in his meeting with the French ambassador, also emphasized what he called Palestinian “incitement to hate and violence” and called on the international community to fight this phenomenon.Fabius’s successor, Jean-Marc Ayrault, has apparently adopted the French initiative.

PA: Palestinians to ‘never’ again negotiate directly with Israel-Abbas’s FM warns IS may take over West Bank, says wave of Palestinian attacks is rooted in ‘humiliation, desperation’-By AFP and Times of Israel staff February 15, 2016, 2:09 pm

In a striking rejection of relentless international efforts to broker new talks, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said Monday that the Palestinians will “never” return to direct negotiations with Israel.Peace talks collapsed in April 2014 and since then, the situation has deteriorated, with the prospects of fresh dialogue appearing more remote than ever. But Malki said that one-on-one talks with Israel were out of the question.“We will never go back and sit again in a direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations,” Malki told a press conference. He is visiting Japan with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was due to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later Monday.Malki stressed that a multilateral framework to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is needed and he praised an initiative discussed late last month by France to revive plans for an international conference to end the conflict.And he warned that without international involvement, a vacuum will be left that may end up being filled by the Islamic State jihadist group.“If Daesh take advantage of lack of any brokers… then of course, they might come and try to fill it,” he said, referring to Islamic State.“This is very dangerous,” he added.“If the Americans are giving up and the Europeans don’t have the courage to do anything and Arabs are really worried about their own problems, what do you expect? Extremists around might take over.”Malki said the new surge in violence has its roots in the Palestinians’ humiliation and desperation after decades of occupation.Five Palestinians, including three teenagers, were killed while carrying out attacks Sunday, the latest in a wave of Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming attacks on Israelis that erupted at the beginning of October. Since then over 170 Palestinians and some 30 Israelis have been killed. The vast majority of the Palestinians died in the act of attacking or trying to attack Israelis; others died during clashes and demonstrations.Malki pointed to the ongoing Israeli control of the West Bank, which began in 1967, saying Palestinians born under it have seen nothing “but humiliation, soldiers’ check-points, deaths and killing.”“They are born without any hope for the future… that’s why sometimes they (teenage assailants) decide to sacrifice their lives even at the age of 15… for the better lives of the rest of the Palestinians,” Malki told a press conference.Malki added that the PA does not advocate violence and is trying to prevent it. “But the international community has to understand that there is a limit to everything,” he said.Some analysts say Palestinian frustration with Israeli settlement building in the West Bank, the complete lack of progress in peace efforts and their own fractured leadership have fed the unrest.Israel blames incitement by Palestinian leaders and media as a main cause of the violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Abbas of fomenting terrorism, in part with false allegations that Israel intends to change the status quo at the contested Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Merkel: Now’s not the time for major progress to Palestinian state-German leader’s position dovetails with that of visiting PM, who heaps scorn on ‘bizarre’ French peace proposal-By Raphael Ahren February 16, 2016, 6:22 pm-the times of israel

BERLIN — The current climate in the Middle East does not allow for major steps toward the creation of a Palestinian state, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said here Tuesday, calling instead for small steps to safeguard a future two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.“Now is certainly not the time to make really comprehensive progress, but you can achieve improvements in certain places,” she said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“The European Union, and Germany as a member state, is very concerned about seeing things realistically,” Merkel said. “We know the threat of terrorism that Israel has to endure. We believe, on the other hand, that we have to advance a process of peaceful coexistence, and this, according to our opinion, is ultimately built on a two-state solution.”Berlin is ready to help with any steps Israelis and Palestinians can take to advance the cause of peaceful coexistence, she said, “especially regarding questions of economic development.”Netanyahu, during a subsequent briefing for the traveling press, hailed Merkel’s statement, arguing that the world has slowly been coming to the same realization he had arrived at long ago. “When I said it a year ago, everyone came out and attacked me viciously,” he said. “Today we hear same things from the leaders of the world, not only from [US President Barack] Obama [who has stated he no longer believes Israeli-Palestinian peace can be achieved in the coming months] and Merkel. Even the leader of the opposition [in Israel, Isaac Herzog] understands it now.”There is need to take certain steps, however, to calm the situation on the ground, he told a handful of reporters who covered his one-day trip to the German capital. “It is in our interest to fight terror in the West Bank and also in the Gaza Strip, and one way of doing this is to stabilize an improve the situation for the population on the ground.”During the press conference, Netanyahu rejected a French initiative for a regional conference to discuss the stalled peace process, arguing that the move was doomed to failure and that bilateral negotiations to peace are the only path to Palestinian statehood.Earlier in the day, French Ambassador Patrick Maisonnaive met in Jerusalem with Foreign Ministry political director Alon Ushpiz to present Paris’s plan, first announced by then-foreign minister Laurent Fabius, to convene a regional peace conference. If the conference fails to lead to a significant advancement toward the two-state solution, France will unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood, Fabius had threatened.Responding to a question by The Times of Israel, Netanyahu said he found the French proposal “bizarre.”“It says: We will hold an international conference but if you do not succeed we are already predetermining the result – we will recognize a Palestinian state,” he said.The initiative does not take into account several issues of crucial importance to Israel, Netanyahu lamented. “It does not matter. We will determine that there is a state, without any conditions regarding recognition, security or anything,” he said sarcastically.On a more serious note, he added: “Of course this ensures that this conference will fail because if the Palestinians know that their demand will be met a priori, and they do not need to do anything, then there is certainly an internal contradiction here, because they will not do anything. There is one way to advance peace – direct negotiations without preconditions between the sides. This is the true way, and I think that anyone who tries to deviate from it will not advance successful negotiations.”Netanyahu denied that the EU’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, had spoken with him about a planned report containing suggestions on how to jump-start the peace process.On Saturday, Mogherini wrote on her blog that she had discussed such a plan with Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, “who assured to me their willingness to engage in this new process.”Netanyahu said Jerusalem’s relations with the EU were improving, citing a recent conversation with Mogherini in which the two tried to mitigate the tension over Brussels’s decision to label West Bank goods.“The State of Israel has to be treated fairly. We are not the root cause of the problems of the Middle East. We are an important part of the solution,” he said. “If Israel weren’t there, the Middle East’s entire western part would be flooded by the forces of Islamist fanaticism. Together with this flood, many millions more [refugees] would come to Europe. Israel is Western civilization’s iron wall in the heart of the Middle East.”

Turkish official says Ankara, Jerusalem close to signing detente deal-Israel and Turkey near agreement on compensating Turkish victims of Mavi Marmara raid, AK party official says-By Times of Israel staff February 16, 2016, 3:59 am

Ankara and Jerusalem are close to reaching an agreement to compensate Turkish activists killed in a 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, a ruling party official said Monday.The two former allies fell out after the 2010 Israeli naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla killed 10 Turkish citizens aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, exacerbating a freeze in relations between the two countries. Closed door talks in recent months have tried to reach a detente between Ankara and Jerusalem, however.“The point has been reached in the talks at which (an agreement) can be signed,” AK Party spokesman Omer Celik told Haber Turk TV. He didn’t comment on whether progress was reached on lifting Israel’s security blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, another demand Turkey has made.A Foreign Ministry spokesman said he couldn’t comment.Last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said there was progress in reconciliation talks between Israel and Turkey after the negotiating team dispatched by Jerusalem returned home from Switzerland.The two sides met Wednesday in Geneva, as part of ongoing efforts to reach a détente between the once-close allies.According to the PM’s office, just a few issues remain unresolved, and they will be discussed in the next meeting, which will take place in the near future, Channel 10 TV reported.According to a high-ranking Israeli official quoted by Haaretz earlier in the week, the last two hurdles are Turkey’s demand that Israel end or ease its military blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip — designed by Israel to prevent Hamas importing weaponry — and Israel’s demand that Turkey put an end to the Hamas presence in its capital.Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Thursday that it seemed unlikely an agreement could be reached while Turkey insisted on hosting Palestinian terror group Hamas’s external offices.After being expelled from Gaza by Israel five years ago, senior Hamas official Salah Arouri set up offices in Ankara, and commenced gathering funds and planning terror attacks, including the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in 2014.The Israeli team at the talks was led by Joseph Ciechanover, a former head of the Foreign Ministry appointed by Netanyahu. Ciechanover also represented Israel at the UN probe into the IDF raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, which led to the deaths of 10 Turkish nationals and exacerbated a freeze between the two countries. The Turkish team was headed by Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Haaretz said.The current talks continue attempts to re-normalize Jerusalem-Ankara relations after Netanyahu, prompted by US President Barack Obama at the end of his visit to the region in 2013, apologized for the flotilla deaths.“We strive for peace with all our neighbors, but it has to be mutual,” Netanyahu said Tuesday during a tour of the Arava in southern Israel.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who last month signaled his readiness to mend ties with Israel, on Tuesday hosted a delegation of US Jewish leaders at his official Ankara residence, including a Netanyahu confidant who had met with the prime minister in Jerusalem ahead of the Ankara trip.

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)

Nasrallah to Sunni states: How can you consider Israel an ally?-Hezbollah chief says Arab countries are free to view Iran as an enemy; asks ‘do you accept a friend occupying Sunni land in Palestine?’-By Marissa Newman February 16, 2016, 1:47 pm

21:18-Police apologize for arresting WaPo reporters-The Israel Police apologize for the detention of Washington Post bureau chief William Booth and a colleague.The police say in a statement that the incident has been investigated, and conclude that the “questioning was necessary in light of the information” police received, even though the tip-off turned out to be false.“If any of the detainees endured emotional distress, we are sorry for that,” a police spokesperson says.The police are instructed to allow journalists to work in sensitive and dangerous areas “with an emphasis on public safety and securing the journalists themselves, while respecting the important value of the freedom of the press,” a police statement says.20:36-Hezbollah not seeking war with Israel — Nasrallah-Nasrallah says Hezbollah does not want war with Israel, and certainly not in the near future, according to a Channel 2 translation.But he claims Hezbollah could defeat Israel in a war.And he is adamant that Israel knows it cannot quickly defeat Hezbollah and therefore doesn’t start a war.He quotes an unnamed Israeli official who ostensibly has said that were Hezbollah to hit one of the Haifa area’s ammonia facilities, it would have an impact like a nuclear bomb, causing tens of thousands of Israeli fatalities.He says, in remarks he addresses to Israel’s chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, that Israel’s air force can do what it wishes in Lebanon, “but I can hit the ammonia facilities.” He says he did not attempt to do this in the 2006 war.Nasrallah also accuses Israel of behind-the-scenes intervention in Syria. He warns the Saudis not to ally with Israel over Syria. And he says victory is close in Syria. “We won’t let Assad fall,” he vows.“Israel is coordinating with Saudi Arabia and Turkey,” he claims.20:14-Nasrallah to Arab states: How can you consider Israel an ally?-Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah slams Sunni Arab states for reportedly moving closer to Israel.“Do you accept a friend occupying Sunni land in Palestine? Can you become friends with an entity that has committed the most horrible massacres against the Sunni community?” says the leader of the Lebanese terror group, according to Naharnet. “You are free to consider Iran an enemy but how can you consider Israel a friend and an ally? This issue must be confronted in a serious manner.”“It is beneficial to monitor the Israeli media to realize that the Israeli rhetoric has become identical to the rhetoric reflected in some Arab media, especially in the Gulf and Saudi Arabia,” he says.Nasrallah’s comments came two days after Netanyahu said it was time for Israel to make its secret ties with Arab states public.19:45-South Africa water confab canceled over participation of Israeli envoy-A Johannesburg conference dealing with the water crisis in South Africa is canceled due to criticism concerning the inclusion of Israel’s ambassador to South Africa.The envoy, Arthur Lenk, was to be part of a panel at the conference scheduled for the end of February on “equitable and sustainable water management for poverty alleviation,” the Cape Times reports Tuesday. The conference was organized by the Mail and Guardian newspaper-“We are willing to share expertise to help South Africa with its drought problems,” says Michael Freeman, an Israeli Embassy spokesman. “We were looking forward to helping South Africa and any other country in the world that faces similar problems.”BDS South Africa in a statement welcomes the cancellation, as well as the pledge by some of the sponsors and organizers that any future event would not include the Israeli ambassador.The boycott movement also says it is pleased that “the rug has been pulled from the Israeli ambassador who will not be able to exploit our very serious water crises for his own cheap publicity and whitewashing of his regime. Israeli water technology is not unique or special; such technology is widely available through other more friendly countries.”— JTA-19:33-Iranian defense minister in Moscow to boost military ties-The Iranian defense minister is visiting Moscow for talks about closer military cooperation.Gen. Hossein Dehghan meets Tuesday with President Vladimir Putin and also holds talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.Shoigu hails a “high level of mutual trust” between Moscow and Tehran and their readiness to coordinate policies.Russia and Iran both have backed Syrian President Bashar Assad throughout Syria’s civil war.Dehghan says in an interview with Russian state television that Tehran wants to expand military and technical ties with Russia.— AP-18:56-In first, Dutch jets bomb IS targets in Syria-Dutch F-16 fighter jets have bombed Islamic State targets for the first time in Syria since broadening its mission in the US-led air campaign, the Defense Ministry says on Tuesday.“Dutch F-16s carried out around 10 missions over Iraq and eastern Syria,” the Hague-based ministry says in its weekly summary of operations on its website.It is the first time the summary has mentioned targets in Syria since the Dutch government late last month announced it was fanning out its current air support mission over Iraq into Syria, in the wake of US and French requests.The airstrikes were directed against “combat positions, military equipment and strategic aims of the IS terror organization,” the ministry says, without detailing when and where the attacks took place.— AFP-18:48-Soldier jailed for 9 months for abuse of Palestinian detainees-An IDF soldier is sentenced to nine months in prison and is demoted to the rank of private for abusing Palestinian detainees by subjecting them to electric shocks, Army Radio reports.The soldier, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion, is also handed a six-month suspended sentence.18:41-Israeli cellphone firm now using own brand after Orange split-Israeli cellphone firm Partner announces on Tuesday it has begun operating under its own name after splitting with French company Orange following a major diplomatic dispute last year.Orange announced in June that it would retake control of its brand in Israel, agreeing to pay up to 90 million euros ($100 million) to do so. The brand had been licensed to Partner for use in Israel until 2025.Orange currently has research facilities in Israel but is not a mobile phone operator.Attempts by the French company to recover use of its Orange brand in Israel led to a major diplomatic row after the head of the company, Stephane Richard, made comments that were interpreted as a desire to boycott the country for political reasons.— AFP-18:32-Senior Egged officials to be grilled over fatal crash-Senior officials in the Egged bus company will be interrogated by police about the fatal bus crash on Route 1 on Sunday, Channel 2 reports.The bus driver in the deadly collision, in which six people were killed, crashed on the same route in 2013, also smashing into a truck and overturning the vehicle on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv artery.“We won’t tolerate accidents like this due to negligence,” police say. “The more we learn [about the incident], we see that the entire company bears responsibility.”18:10-3 Americans seized in Iraq are released-Three Americans who were kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad last month have been released, the State Department says Tuesday.“We sincerely appreciate the assistance provided by the government of Iraq, and its whole-of-government effort to bring about the safe release of these individuals,” deputy spokesman Mark Toner says in a statement.— AFP-17:54-Power and Ya’alon meet, discuss Israeli security-Power meets Ya’alon to discuss security cooperation along with the security challenges facing Israel.“Ambassador Power underscored the unprecedented level of intelligence and security cooperation between the two countries,” a statement from the State Department says.“Ambassador Power and Defense Minister Ya’alon discussed the situation in the West Bank, in Gaza, and regarding efforts to address shared security threats in the region, such as those posed by Hamas, Hezbollah, and ISIL. They agreed that the destabilizing effects of the civil war in Syria, including the millions of refugees displaced by the conflict, underscored the urgent need to find a political solution to the crisis. In addition, Ambassador Power and Defense Minister Ya’alon discussed ways Israel could play a role in UN peacekeeping efforts.”Also Tuesday, Power, Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon and US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro were given a helicopter tour of Israel, while being briefed on threats to Israel’s security.17:43-Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies-Former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who led the world body from 1992 to 1996, has died, Venezuela’s ambassador and this month’s Security Council president announces Tuesday.“We have been informed that the former secretary-general Boutros Boutros Ghali has passed away,” Ambassador Rafael Ramirez tells the council.— AFP-17:42-In playful photo, Ya’alon pokes fun at nickname-In a photo posted to his Facebook page, Defense Minister Moshe “Bogie” Ya’alon poses next to a Boggi Milano men’s clothing store.“Who said kibbutzniks don’t have style? #Bogistyle,” he writes.17:21-Paris attack victims’ groups testify to lack of preparation-Groups representing the victims of the November 13 jihadist attacks in Paris have begun providing chilling testimony to parliamentary investigators, denouncing what they called “an atrocious lack of preparation” for an emergency in which 130 people lost their lives.“We have a thousand questions and we expect answers,” says Georges Salines, head of one of several victims’ associations represented Monday at the first of a series of hearings to be held over coming weeks.Salines, a doctor, says he learned of his daughter’s death at the Bataclan concert hall the day after the massacre there of 90 people at the hands of jihadist gunmen.Recounting how he had heard of the death only indirectly through Twitter, he denounces an “atrocious lack of preparation” in terms of information-sharing on the bloody night itself and over the following days.The commission of inquiry was set up at the request of the conservative opposition Republican party to look into the Socialist government’s efforts to counter the terror threat since the previous set of attacks to rock France — the assault in January 2015 that began with the killings at the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and ended with 17 dead over three days.— AFP-17:02-Germany will normalize ties with Iran after it recognizes Israel – Merkel-Even though Iran has agreed to a landmark deal curbing its nuclear activities, relations can only fully normalize when it recognizes the existence of Israel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Tuesday-Speaking alongside Netanyahu, Merkel tells reporters after a meeting of the two countries’ cabinets that she’s “made very clear” that “there cannot be a normal, friendly relationship with Iran so long as the existence of Israel is not recognized.”— AP-16:34-Egypt closes Gaza border after rare 3-day opening-Nearly 2,500 people left Gaza during a three-day humanitarian opening of the border with Egypt, a rare opportunity for Gazans to leave the blockaded enclave, authorities in the Palestinian territory say Tuesday.The Hamas-run interior ministry in Gaza says 2,439 people left the territory over the three days, while 1,122 entered and 334 were turned back by Egyptian authorities.The border was closed again on Tuesday, a ministry statement says, after “Egyptian authorities informed us of the shutting down of the Rafah crossing.”Egypt originally opened the border for humanitarian cases for two days from Saturday but that was extended for an extra day on Monday.Before Saturday, the crossing had been closed for 70 days, the ministry says.The United Nations has registered 30,000 Palestinians as “humanitarian cases” seeking to leave Gaza.— AFP-16:33-Danish search for migrant valuables brings in ‘nothing’-Denmark’s controversial law allowing police to search asylum seekers and confiscate their valuables to help pay for their accommodation has raised no money in its first 11 days, police say on Tuesday.The new rules, which allow for cash or items without “sentimental value” — hence no wedding rings — to be seized if they are worth more than 10,000 kroner (1,340 euros, $1,498), have brought in “nothing” since coming into force on February 5, a police spokesman tells AFP.Last week 230 people applied for asylum in Denmark, according to the Danish Immigration Service.“I don’t think it has ever been about raising money,” says Pernille Skipper, a spokeswoman for the left-wing Red Green Alliance party.Rather, the “symbolic” move was aimed at “scaring refugees into traveling to other European countries than Denmark,” she adds.— AFP-16:16-Foreign Press Association slams reporters’ arrests-The Foreign Press Association protests “in the strongest possible terms the detention today by Israeli border police of William Booth, the Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief, and Sufian Taha, the paper’s West Bank correspondent.”In a harsh statement, the organization decries the “absurd” accusation against the two reporters, and offers a different account on how the incident unfolded.“Shortly after noon, the two were interviewing Palestinian and Jewish residents of Jerusalem at Damascus Gate, along with Washington Post correspondent Ruth Eglash. When Booth and Taha tried to interview some high-school students on the steps opposite the gate, police waved them away. They then retreated to interview the teenagers under a tree. Shortly after, border police waved the two journalists over and asked them for their IDs. They presented their Government Press Office cards as identification, but these were waved away and they were asked for official identity documents,” it says.“Although the journalists made it very clear that they were reporting a story for the Washington Post, police took them to a nearby police station, where they were held for about 40 minutes, then released. When they asked police why they had been held, police said they had suspected the journalists of ‘inciting’ Palestinians.“The FPA protests this absurd accusation against a respected international news outlet, as well as the detention, however brief, of an accredited foreign journalist and his Palestinian colleague.“We note that it comes in the context of heavy-handed tactics – including violent attacks – deployed in recent months by border police against foreign journalists and their Palestinian co-workers covering the unrest in Jerusalem and the West Bank. We do not think it is coincidental that a baseless accusation of ‘incitement’ was made at a time when blanket accusations of bias are being leveled against the foreign press by Israeli officials and commentators. We furthermore urge Israeli police and other authorities to recognize their own government-issued GPO cards and allow those holding them to work without hindrance.”16:01-Merkel joins PM on tour of Holocaust exhibit-Merkel spontaneously decides to accompany Netanyahu as he visits a Yad Vashem Holocaust exhibition at a Berlin museum.MP Netanyahu besucht mit Bundeskanzlerin Merkel die Ausstellung "Kunst aus dem Holocaust" im DHM Berlin #Israel pic.twitter.com/ExbKdr13ej— Botschaft Israel (@IsraelinGermany) February 16, 2016-— Raphael Ahren-15:54-We must break free of prejudice, Peres tells Power-US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power meets with former president Shimon Peres.“Hope is not limited to one field or a place,” Peres tells Power. “The problem is that we are unable to break free of the habits, prejudices, and hatred of the past. Until we are able to break away from them, the many possibilities and courses of action are not open before us.”Power on Monday met with Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin.15:38-Foreign Ministry to press cops over Booth’s arrest-The Foreign Ministry says it will demand answers from police regarding the brief detention of The Washington Post’s Booth.“This is a regrettable incident, casting an unnecessary shadow over the work of an excellent journalist. The MFA will ask the Police for the necessary clarifications,” says spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon.— Raphael Ahren-15:30-PM says French peace initiative ‘mystifying’Netanyahu says the French peace initiative is “mystifying.”“It ensures, in advance, that the conference will fail,” says the prime minister.France has said that if a new round of peace talks failed to yield results, it would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.“There is [only] one way to advance peace: Direct negotiations without preconditions. Anyone who does otherwise will not advance successful negotiations,” Netanyahu says.Merkel reiterates her commitment to the two-state solution, but says “perhaps now is not the time for major steps, but for little improvements of the situation.”— Raphael Ahren-15:04-Government press office ‘regrets’ reporter’s arrest-The Government Press Office releases a statement apologizing for the “unfortunate misunderstanding” in which Washington Post reporter William Booth was detained.The Government Press Office regrets today’s incident at Damascus Gate in which a correspondent for the Washington Post was unnecessarily detained by the Border Police – probably the result of an unfortunate misunderstanding. Freedom of the press is a supreme value in the Israeli democracy. Israel is doing its utmost to enable the foreign press to work freely, without any pressure. We call upon the security forces and journalists to act with restraint and to avoid confrontations during these tense times. The GPO endeavors to prevent such incidents; we shall examine today’s events and draw the necessary conclusions.15:01-PM says Israel does not arrest journalists-Addressing the brief detention of Washington Post reporter William Booth, Netanyahu says: “We do not arrest journalists. The press in Israel is very energetic and free to say anything it wants.”— Raphael Ahren-14:49-In Berlin, Netanyahu defends MK suspension bill-At the press conference, Netanyahu defends the controversial MK suspension bill.“There are differences between anarchy and democracy,” he says.He says democracy has to defend itself.— Raphael Ahren-14:45-Merkel sympathizes with Israel over ‘eradicated borders’-In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that shifting borders in Syria makes her sympathize with Israel.Chancellor Merkel says that geographic borders are being eradicated by Syria, Germany feels a bit what Israel goes through-— Raphael Ahren (@RaphaelAhren) February 16, 2016-Chancellor Merkel hosts @netanyahu + senior ministers in Berlin. In German this is called Regierungskonsultationen. pic.twitter.com/WAlTdpfl5w — Raphael Ahren (@RaphaelAhren) February 16, 2016-14:24-Kremlin denies Russian strikes on Syria hospitals-Russia is not bombing hospitals in northern Syria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Tuesday, calling such reports “unsubstantiated accusations.”“Once again, we categorically reject and do not accept such statements,” he says when asked whether Russian planes bombed hospitals in Syria, including one supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF).“Especially since every time, those who make such statements are unable to prove in any way their unsubstantiated accusations.”The Kremlin spokesman adds that Moscow prefers to rely on “first-hand sources” of information, which he says in this case would be the Syrian government.Syria’s ambassador to Russia, Riad Haddad, on Monday accuses the United States of bombing the MSF hospital and said that “Russian warplanes had nothing to do with any of it.”Strikes on hospitals in Idlib and Azaz killed almost 50 civilians including children, according to the United Nations, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon saying the raids violated international law and undermined efforts to end the five-year conflict.— AFP-14:18-Belgium arrests 10 linked to IS network-Belgian police on Tuesday arrest ten people in the Brussels area who are allegedly part of a network recruiting people to fight with the Islamic State group in Syria, prosecutors say.The ten are arrested during raids in several areas of the Belgian capital, including the Molenbeek quarter where several of the key suspects in the November Paris attacks lived.The federal prosecutor’s office says however that the arrests were not linked to the Paris bomb and gun attacks, claimed by IS, which left 130 people dead and hundreds injured.“The raids were carried out as part of an investigation into a recruitment network linked to Islamic State. The investigation helped determine that several people had traveled to Syria to join Islamic State,” it says.— AFP-14:16-German FM condemns ‘despicable terror’ in Israel-Germany’s foreign minister says the situation in the Palestinian territories isn’t sustainable in the long term.In an op-ed published ahead of a German-Israeli cabinet meeting Tuesday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemns the near-daily street attacks by Palestinians that have killed 27 Israelis in the past fice months as “despicable terror.”In the article for daily Bild, Steinmeier stresses Germany’s view that only serious negotiations aimed at a fair, two-state solution can offer hope of peace for Israel and the Palestinians.— AP-14:09-Italy releases classified documents- on Nazi war crimes-The Italian government releases thousands of previously classified documents related to fascist and Nazi war crimes committed in Italy during World War II.The documents are declassified from a parliamentary commission that had investigated the concealment of files related to these crimes. Specifically, the commission had dealt with what was dubbed the “cabinet of shame” – a wooden cabinet discovered in 1994 in a storeroom of the military prosecutor’s headquarters in which 695 files on war crimes had been hidden for decades.The documents concern specifics of crimes ranging from anti-Jewish persecution to massacres of civilians that in total had resulted in 15,000 deaths.On Tuesday, the historical archives of the Chamber of Deputies put an index of some 13,000 pages of material on its website. The documents include declassified material from the investigating commission as well original documents that had been hidden in the “cabinet of shame.” Users can consult the online index and request digital copies of specific documents.Renzo Gattegna, the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities calls the move a “historic breakthrough.” Opening the “cabinet of shame” to the public, he says, “fills a serious gap and announces the start of a new season of awareness about the crimes and responsibilities of fascism and Nazism in Italy.”— JTA-14:02-Auschwitz museum app corrects ‘Polish death camps’-The Auschwitz museum on Tuesday launches a multi-lingual computer application that writers can use to avoid referring to Nazi German death camps as being “Polish.”Warsaw routinely requests corrections when global media or politicians describe as “Polish” former death camps like Auschwitz set up by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.The move comes after Poland’s new right-wing government proposed jail terms of up to five years for anyone who refers to Nazi death camps as Polish.Even if used as a geographical indicator, Poles insist the term can give the impression that they bore some responsibility for the Holocaust.Dubbed “Remember,” the application is intended “to help avoid the use of the term ‘Polish concentration camps’ or ‘Polish death camps’ in 16 languages,” according to a statement issued by the Auschwitz state museum in Oswiecim, southern Poland on Tuesday.— AFP-13:54-Washington Post reporter briefly detained in Jerusalem-Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief William Booth is briefly detained by police in Jerusalem on accusations of “incitement.” The incident takes place at Damascus Gate, outside of the Old City. Booth’s colleague Ruth Marks Eglash says he is “harassed” by cops.@washingtonpost #Jerusalem bureau chief @BoothWilliam is harassed, accused of incitement by #Israeli border police pic.twitter.com/iCcqVEzDRh — Ruth Marks Eglash (@reglash) February 16, 2016-Booth and his cameraman were interviewing locals near the Damascus Gate next to the Old City of Jerusalem. An Arab woman told him that she could get some of the bystanders to demonstrate against the police if he paid them, police spokesperson Asi Aharoni tells The Times of Israel.Someone who saw the scene unfolding contacted nearby Border Police officers. The officers approached Booth and his photographer and asked that they come with them, Aharoni says.They were taken to a nearby police station to be briefly questioned and have already been released, the spokesperson says.— Judah Ari Gross contributed.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

4 BILLION PEOPLE AT RISK AS WATER TABLE DROPS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

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)

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

SECOND ANGEL - TO DR DOCTORIAN-We are five angels from the five continents of the world.
I saw fires rising to heaven. The angel said, This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries.The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.

NASA: 4 Billion People at Risk as ‘Water Table Dropping All Over the World’-Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams | February 15, 2016 10:06 am -ECOWATCH

A new analysis reveals that global water scarcity is a far greater problem than previously thought, affecting 4 billion people—two-thirds of the world’s population—and will be “one of the most difficult and important challenges of this century.”Previous analyses looked at water scarcity at an annual scale and had found that water scarcity affected between 1.7 and 3.1 billion people. The new study, published Friday in the journal Science Advances, assessed water scarcity on a monthly basis, more fully capturing the specific times of year when it could be an issue.“Water scarcity has become a global problem affecting us all,” study co-author Arjen Hoekstra, a professor of water management at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, said.The study found that almost half of the 4 billion affected by severe water scarcity for a month or more are in India and China. Millions of others affected live in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Pakistan and Mexico.The U.S. is far from immune to the problem, with 130 million people affected by water scarcity for at least one month a year, mostly in the states of Texas, California and Florida. And among the rivers the study notes that are fully or nearly depleted before reaching their end is the Colorado River in the West.There are also half a billion people who face severe water scarcity year round, the analysis found.From study:“Direct victims of the overconsumption of water resources are the users themselves, who increasingly suffer from water shortages during droughts, resulting in reduced harvests and loss of income for farmers, threatening the livelihoods of whole communities. Businesses depending on water in their operations or supply chain also face increasing risks of water shortages. Other effects include biodiversity losses, low flows hampering navigation, land subsidence and salinization of soils and groundwater resources.”The study concludes that “[m]eeting humanity’s increasing demand for freshwater and protecting ecosystems at the same time … will be one of the most difficult and important challenges of this century.”The new publication follows a pair of NASA studies led by researchers from the University of California Irvine that showed that the impacts of global warming along with growing demand has caused the world’s water supply to drop to dangerous levels.“The water table is dropping all over the world,” Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said at the time. “There’s not an infinite supply of water.”“We need to get our heads together on how we manage groundwater,” Famiglietti added, “because we’re running out of it.”

THE DOW WAS UP 313 POINTS FRIDAY-HOLIDAY-YESTERDAY-BACK TO BUSINESS TODAY.

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
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COMMODITIES
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UPDATE-FEBRUARY 16,2016-12:00AM

DOW MARKET TUESDAY-FEB 16,2016
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HIGH +223 LOW +80
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Currency Dilemma Looms for PBOC After Holiday-Robin Ganguly-Lilian Karunungan-February 14, 2016 — 11:00 AM EST-BLOOMBERG

China’s central bank faces a difficult choice. Raising the yuan fixing on Monday to match last week’s dollar drop would undo much of the benefits of January’s depreciation. Any overt weakening bias after the week-long holiday risks worsening global market turmoil.The monetary authority will probably choose the middle road and boost the daily reference rate slightly, according to Credit Suisse Group AG, which expects a fixing of around 6.52 to the dollar. That translates to a gain of 0.17 percent from Feb. 5, compared with a 0.9 percent retreat in a measure of the greenback. The offshore currency strengthened about 0.5 percent while China was on the Lunar New Year break.“They have to take into consideration the big drop in the dollar while they were away,” said Nizam Idris, head of foreign-exchange and fixed-income strategy at Macquarie Bank Ltd. in Singapore. “But unfortunately for China, they’ve made it such that the market tends to read the fixing as a signaling tool, and that makes Monday’s reference rate very important.”The People’s Bank of China has to tread a fine line between boosting the slowest economic growth in 25 years and avoiding a depreciation sharp enough to trigger capital outflows and a currency war. Foreign-exchange reserves fell $99.5 billion in January, the second-biggest drop on record, as the PBOC limited the yuan’s decline. Data scheduled to be released Monday will probably show exports contracted for the seventh straight month, making the case for a strong currency more difficult.-Outflow Risk-PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said there’s no basis for continued depreciation of the yuan because the balance of payments is good, capital outflows are normal and the exchange rate is basically stable against a basket of currencies, according to an interview published Saturday in Caixin magazine.The onshore yuan has declined 1.2 percent this year, adding to the risk of further outflows. An estimated $1 trillion of funds left the country in 2015, more than seven times the amount of the previous year, as the yuan plunged 4.5 percent. This came as the PBOC devalued the currency on Aug. 11 in a move that rattled global markets and sent equities and commodities into a tailspin.The monetary authority has stepped up efforts to stem the exodus, warning speculators that they will be punished. It intervened in the Hong Kong market last month after the yuan’s offshore exchange rate sank to a record discount to the onshore rate. Apart from selling dollars, the monetary authority also gave guidance to some Chinese lenders in the city to suspend yuan lending to curb short selling, a move that contributed to the overnight interbank lending rate surging to an all-time high of 66.8 percent on Jan. 12.-’Plan Unchanged’-“We do not expect the fix to be too strong over the course of the week as they don’t want a strong currency in general,” said Roy Teo, Singapore-based senior currency strategist at ABN Amro Bank NV, which Bloomberg data show had the most-accurate forecasts for the yuan last year. “Their plan, which has not changed and will not change, is basically to have a gradual depreciation of the currency against a trade-weighted basket. They will move along with the flow but there will not be too strong a yuan.”Teo was referring to the CFETS RMB Index, which the PBOC unveiled in December while saying that the yuan’s performance shouldn’t be measured against the dollar alone. The basket is composed of 13 currencies, with weightings based mainly on international trade. The dollar has the largest share with 26.4 percent, followed by the euro and the yen with 21.4 percent and 14.7 percent, respectively.-Limited Room-Authorities can keep the exchange rate basically stable against the basket because the nation has ample currency reserves and a solid financial system, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System said earlier this month. The nation needs to keep the yuan steady to limit outflows, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Policy makers are learning that they have very limited room to maneuver and that yuan weakness can be counterproductive, strategists led by Robin Brooks wrote in a note.“I doubt they are going to rock the boat with a weaker fixing,” said Tommy Xie, a Singapore-based economist at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. “I expect a slightly stronger reference rate on Monday because of the weakness we saw in the dollar.”

PBOC's Zhou Breaks His Long Silence-Enda Curran-February 14, 2016 — 11:00 AM EST-BLOOMBERG

China’s central bank has stepped up efforts to restore stability to the nation’s currency and economy, with Governor Zhou Xiaochuan breaking his long silence to say there’s no basis for continued yuan depreciation.The nation’s balance of payments is good, capital outflows are normal and the exchange rate is basically stable against a basket of currencies, Zhou said in an interview published Saturday in Caixin magazine. That’s an escalation in verbal support after such comments have been left in recent months to deputies and the central bank research department’s chief economist.Zhou dismissed speculation that China plans to tighten capital controls and said there’s no need to worry about a short-term decline in foreign-exchange reserves. The country has ample holdings for payments and to defend stability, he said."He’s desperately trying to make sure that all of his work in the past few years on capital liberalization does not go to waste," said Victor Shih, a professor at the University of California at San Diego who studies China’s politics and finance. "He’s trying hard to instill investor confidence in the renminbi so that the Chinese government does not have to resort to the extreme measure of unwinding all of the progress on offshore renminbi in the past few years."The comments come as Chinese financial markets prepare to reopen Monday after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. The weakening exchange rate and declining Chinese share markets have fueled global turmoil and helped send world stocks to their lowest levels in more than two years.-Ample Liquidity-Lost amid the angst over China’s stocks, currency and sliding foreign exchange reserves is the flush liquidity situation at home. The People’s Bank of China has been putting its money where its mouth is, pumping cash into the financial system to offset record capital outflows amid fears the yuan could weaken further.Data due Monday is expected to show China’s broadest measure of new credit surged in January on a seasonal uptick in lending, and as companies borrowed to pay off foreign debt. Aggregate financing likely grew 2.2 trillion yuan ($335 billion), according to the median forecast of a Bloomberg survey of economists.Bloomberg’s China Monetary Conditions Index, a gauge that includes inflation-adjusted interest rates and the exchange rate, has been improving since June. Past episodes of improvement have presaged either an acceleration in economic growth, or a stabilization.Even as foreign exchange reserves have declined since mid 2014 -- to a four-year low of $3.23 trillion in January -- M1 money supply has continued to rise.-Cash Injections-The central bank has turned to cash injections instead of cutting benchmark interest rates, as cuts could further exacerbate capital outflows. Net injections have totaled more than 1 trillion yuan since mid-January, or about the same as a 1 percentage point cut to banks’ required reserve ratios -- the traditional way to boost liquidity. The difference is that injections are temporary and can be scaled back if policy makers don’t roll over lending facilities, whereas a RRR cut is more permanent."The actions taken already arguably have taken away the need for an immediate ‘announcement event’ of a reserve ratio cut, which could have hit sentiment towards the yuan further," said David Mann, chief Asia economist at Standard Chartered Plc.China has no incentive to depreciate the currency to boost net exports, and there’s no direct link between the nation’s gross domestic product and its exchange rate, Zhou said in the Caixin interview. Capital outflows need not be capital flight, and it would be hard to implement tighter controls because of the size of global trade, the movement of people and the number of Chinese living abroad, he added.The country will not peg the yuan to a basket of currencies but rather will seek to rely more on a basket for reference and try to manage daily volatility versus the dollar, Zhou said. The bank also will use a wider range of macro-economic data to determine the exchange rate, he said.Packed Cinemas-Meantime, China’s economy continues to give mixed signals. While areas like consumption and services show signs of holding up, the manufacturing sector remains in the doldrums. Trade numbers due Monday are expected to show that exports fell 1.8 percent in U.S. dollar terms in January from a year earlier, while imports dropped 3.6 percent.Retail sales over the Spring Festival holiday rose 11.2 percent from the same vacation period a year earlier, with cinemas posting sharp increases in box-office sales, the country’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Saturday.A fuller reading on how China’s economy has started 2016 won’t be available until next month, when fresh readings on retail sales, investment and industrial output are due."The flush monetary condition is expected to help buffer the acute downside risk in the Chinese economy," said Andy Ji, a Singapore-based foreign-exchange strategist and economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Five Countries Being Squeezed by Currency Pegs-Maria Levitov-February 14, 2016 — 4:00 PM EST-BLOOMBERG

Only on the streets of cities like Cairo, Abuja or Tashkent can you gauge just how much pressure developing countries are under to ease controls on their currencies.Individuals and businesses in five nations across central Asia, the Middle East and Africa are paying anywhere from 4 percent to 136 percent more than official exchange rates to get their hands on dollars, according to a Bloomberg survey. So-called black markets flourish at times when there’s a shortage of greenbacks and are one indicator of how much a currency should be allowed to depreciate to reach its fair value.Central banks that uphold pegs have been under strain after tumbling commodity prices and slowing global growth weakened currencies from Brazil to Russia by at least 19 percent in the past year. In the four months that followed China’s shock devaluation of the yuan in August, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Azerbaijan abandoned control of their exchange rates to boost competitiveness and avoid draining reserves.“There is enormous pressure on some of the pegs in emerging markets, with the unofficial rate diverging significantly from the official one,” said Bernd Berg, an emerging-markets strategist at Societe Generale SA in London. “Countries like Nigeria are maintaining fixed exchange rates that are unsustainable. Once the pegs break, investors in the local currency face significant losses.”In Argentina’s case, the move to a free float in December eliminated the 4.2-peso gap between the official and black market rates. In the months prior to the move, it cost as much as 50 percent more to buy the currency on the street than at the central bank rate.That premium is similar to what currency vendors in Nigeria’s capital Abuja are charging for dollars now, while hawkers in Tashkent are demanding more than double to convert the Uzbeki soum. The cost to buy the U.S. currency in unregulated trading in Egypt keeps rising even after the central bank devalued the pound three times last year.The street rate “is a better reflection of where a market-based rate should be," said Simon Quijano-Evans, the chief emerging-markets strategist at Commerzbank AG in London. It shows “how domestic participants and individuals really feel about their currencies,” he said.The existence of a black market isn’t the only indicator that a country may be on the verge of changing currency policy. There wasn’t a parallel rate in Kazakhstan when the country relinquished control of the tenge to boost competitiveness for its goods in neighboring China and Russia.Below is a selection of countries where thriving unregulated trading may be forcing central banks to reassess currency policy as oil prices trade near 12-year lows, unrest in the Middle East chokes revenue from tourism and devaluations in key export markets hurt trade. To see the countries on a map, click here.-Nigeria-Currency: naira-Since Africa’s biggest crude producer started managing the naira at 197-199 per dollar in March 2015, oil prices tumbled more than 40 percent. Under these pressures, central bank reserves fell to $28 billion this month, the lowest in at least five years, while an executive director at the nation’s biggest company, Dangote Group, said last week the currency policy has created an “extremely tight” supply of foreign exchange. Non-deliverable forwards predict the naira will drop another 30 percent from the official rate to 288 in 12 months, approaching the black market level that exceeds 300 per dollar. -Angola-Currency: kwanza-The stress may be even greater further south in the continent’s second-largest oil producer. Angola has been reducing the amount of foreign exchange it makes available to banks and businesses over the past two years to stem the drain on reserves that fell to the lowest levels since 2011 last year. The central bank let the kwanza depreciate 24 percent in 2015 and another 15 percent last month. But that may not be enough, with hawkers selling the currency at a premium of 136 percent to the official rate at 161 on Friday.-Egypt-Currency: pound-Egypt’s ability to defend the currency with reserves has been crippled since the so-called Arab Spring uprising five years ago triggered political instability, drove out foreign investors and curbed tourism, one of the country’s biggest sources of hard currency. The pound, which has fallen 26 percent since the end of 2010, is still under pressure as street vendors in Cairo charge 8.75 to buy dollars, compared with an official rate of 7.83. Since taking over as central bank governor in November, Tarek Amer has sought to shore up confidence in the pound in part by paying foreign stock and bond investors the money owed to them that had been trapped in the country and by limiting some imports.-Uzbekistan-Currency: soum-A slowdown in China and a plunge in the currencies of Russia and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan’s biggest export markets, are weighing on the central Asian economy. While low external debt and “large” international reserves provide a cushion, Uzbekistan is likely to allow the soum to weaken at least 15 percent this year to restore competitiveness, according to Per Hammarlund, chief emerging-market strategist at SEB SA in Stockholm. The black market rate of 5,950 in soum is more than double the official level at a record-low 2,837, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and the American Chamber of Commerce in the country. The central bank let the exchange rate slide 13 percent in 2015, compared with drops of 20 percent for the ruble and 46 percent for the tenge.-Tajikistan-Currency: somoni-This country of 8 million people borders Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Afghanistan in the heart of Central Asia. It relies on remittances from workers abroad, notably in Russia, for about half of its gross domestic product, according to SEB’s Hammarlund, who predicted the somoni will depreciate by about 30 percent against the ruble in the coming months. The Tajik currency dropped 25 percent last year and trades at 7.84 per dollar, compared with an unofficial rate of 8.15, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and figures from the American Chamber of Commerce in the capital Dushanbe.

Japan's 'Abenomics' on the ropes as yen soars, markets plunge-AFP By Hiroshi Hiyama-FEB 14,16-YAHOONEWS

Japan's bid to revive its once-soaring economy is on the ropes as an equity market bloodbath and resurgent yen threaten to knock Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth plan to the canvas.Abe met with his hand-picked central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda for an emergency meeting Friday amid huge volatility on global markets, which is wiping out the gains Abenomics has achieved since the premier swept to power in late 2012.All eyes will be on Japan's fourth-quarter GDP data on Monday with many economists expecting a contraction of about 0.7 percent in the world's number three economy.That could deal a near fatal blow to Abe's easy money policies, which he hailed as the answer to beating the deflation blamed for holding back growth in the fast-ageing nation, analysts warned."The risk is not that Japan faces an imminent financial crisis or that the Abe administration could collapse, but rather that the government's economic programme simply fails to achieve its goals," said Tobias Harris, political risk analyst at consultancy Teneo.That would leave "Japan no more capable of reckoning with the implications of demographic decline than before Abe took power".Abe's plan -- big government spending, central bank monetary easing and reforms to the highly regulated economy -- appeared to bear fruit at first.The yen weakened sharply, which boosted Japanese exporters' profits and sparked a huge stock market rally that bolstered Abe's claim that "Japan is back".But sustained growth in the economy has been elusive and Abe's efforts to overhaul the economy have been widely criticised as half-hearted."(The plan) actually worked, but now it is moving in reverse," said Takuji Okubo, director of Japan Macro Advisors in Tokyo."Policymakers are not really helping to make Japan robust enough so that the economy can actually sustain growth... They have basically failed and need to bear the blame".- 'Limited impact' -Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 is down about 30 percent from its summer highs, while the yen soared nearly four percent on the dollar this week.Tokyo appears to have little ability to control the yen, which jumped as traders bet on currencies seen as safe in times of turmoil.The huge forex moves have sparked speculation that the central bank will intervene in markets for the first time since 2011 to stem the yen's rise -- just weeks after the BoJ adopted a widely-panned negative interest rate policy.The shock move was aimed at penalising banks for storing excess reserves at the BoJ rather than making loans which could boost growth.But many observers disparaged the move as desperate, while the yen soared on the back of fears about a slowdown in the global economy, marking a serious threat to Japan Inc.'s bottom line.That in turn could dash Abe's hopes the companies that benefited most from his policies will lift employee wages during the annual spring labour talks."The negative response to the BoJ's (negative rate) decision threatens gains made since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012," Harris said, of the two-time premier whose first term ended ingloriously in 2007."To the extent that the stronger yen is driven by external factors –- slowing growth in China and its impact on emerging markets, and weak demand in other advanced economies –- any additional measures undertaken by the Abe administration or the BoJ may at best have a limited impact."Tokyo is calling on cautious firms to raise pay so workers have more money in their pocket to spend, which would drive inflation toward the BoJ's ambitious two-percent target.But few seem willing to answer those calls and a shrinking economy could deal a death blow to Tokyo's spending hopes altogether."Businesses have already begun cutting profit forecasts, a trend that could continue as the yen strengthens," Harris warned.Now, Abe must decide whether to follow through on another consumption tax rise next year, seen as critical to containing Japan's massive national debt.A tax hike could further damage consumer spending, as doubts about Abenomics mount.In a recent survey by the influential Nikkei newspaper, 42 percent of responders said they did not approve of Abe's growth plan, against 37 percent who did."Although a recession is not our main scenario, we expect the Japanese economy to stay lacklustre in 2016," BNP Paribas said in a commentary.

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
31 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2016-02-16 23:59:14 UTCShowing event times using UTC31 earthquakes in map area

    3.5 59km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-16 23:55:49 UTC 102.7 km
    5.1 Southern East Pacific Rise 2016-02-16 23:48:35 UTC 10.0 km
    4.3 10km WNW of Big Pine, California 2016-02-16 23:27:30 UTC 15.6 km
    2.8 11km WNW of Big Pine, California 2016-02-16 23:25:10 UTC 15.0 km
    2.9 11km WNW of Big Pine, California 2016-02-16 23:09:27 UTC 14.8 km
    4.7 34km SSW of Bokakhat, India 2016-02-16 23:06:56 UTC 10.0 km
    2.9 35km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma 2016-02-16 23:04:38 UTC 11.3 km
    4.8 10km WNW of Big Pine, California 2016-02-16 23:04:26 UTC 15.8 km
    2.6 19km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-02-16 22:32:25 UTC 4.7 km
    4.5 74km SW of Orcopampa, Peru 2016-02-16 22:23:50 UTC 87.3 km
    4.5 205km S of Ngulung Wetan, Indonesia 2016-02-16 21:29:45 UTC 44.4 km
    5.0 48km WSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea 2016-02-16 19:07:16 UTC 54.2 km
    2.7 29km ESE of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska 2016-02-16 18:07:31 UTC 4.6 km
    4.5 Vanuatu region 2016-02-16 17:45:40 UTC 614.1 km
    4.5 30km S of Coquimbo, Chile 2016-02-16 16:50:52 UTC 49.7 km
    4.2 83km WNW of Ovalle, Chile 2016-02-16 15:49:34 UTC 18.2 km
    4.8 129km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 2016-02-16 15:27:19 UTC 246.6 km
    4.8 0km ESE of Babakan, Indonesia 2016-02-16 15:05:48 UTC 126.7 km
    4.4 65km SW of Taltal, Chile 2016-02-16 13:21:48 UTC 55.1 km
    2.6 5km NNW of Big Bear City, California 2016-02-16 13:03:53 UTC 1.7 km
    4.8 Off the coast of Michoacan, Mexico 2016-02-16 12:01:42 UTC 56.8 km
    2.9 66km NNE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2016-02-16 11:57:08 UTC 110.1 km
    3.5 87km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-16 11:02:05 UTC 111.3 km
    5.4 99km W of Camana, Peru 2016-02-16 10:46:27 UTC 10.4 km
    3.9 5km NNW of Big Bear City, California 2016-02-16 09:24:20 UTC 1.9 km
    4.6 93km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia 2016-02-16 05:14:55 UTC 133.9 km
    3.0 32km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 2016-02-16 04:46:57 UTC 0.8 km
    2.8 8km N of Luther, Oklahoma 2016-02-16 04:20:07 UTC 5.0 km
    4.8 30km NNW of Taitung City, Taiwan 2016-02-16 04:04:56 UTC 10.0 km
    2.6 22km NE of Soledad, California 2016-02-16 03:53:39 UTC 2.6 km
    4.4 3km NNW of El Rosario, Nicaragua 2016-02-16 02:50:03 UTC 97.1 km
    4.6 25km NNW of Taitung City, Taiwan 2016-02-16 02:46:01 UTC 10.0 km
    2.5 6km SW of Guanica, Puerto Rico 2016-02-16 02:08:23 UTC 13.0 km
    4.6 269km NW of Anadyr', Russia 2016-02-16 00:44:55 UTC 15.0 km
    2.9 114km NE of Kodiak, Alaska 2016-02-16 00:29:44 UTC 8.6 km
    4.0 16km NNE of Yangiqo`rg`on, Uzbekistan 2016-02-15 23:58:19 UTC 10.0 km
    4.8 Off the coast of Ecuador 2016-02-15 21:53:30 UTC 10.0 km
    3.1 8km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma 2016-02-15 21:44:32 UTC 3.8 km
    3.3 70km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2016-02-15 20:51:21 UTC 98.9 km
    6.2 219km NW of Auckland Island, New Zealand 2016-02-15 19:28:04 UTC 10.0 km
    2.8 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-15 19:27:31 UTC 15.1 km
    5.3 7km SSE of Krestena, Greece 2016-02-15 18:55:01 UTC 15.5 km
    3.5 13km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California 2016-02-15 18:47:52 UTC 5.3 km
    3.8 13km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California 2016-02-15 15:42:52 UTC 5.3 km
    5.7 35km WNW of Havelu, Tonga 2016-02-15 15:02:33 UTC 10.0 km
    2.5 21km SW of Perry, Oklahoma 2016-02-15 14:49:14 UTC 5.9 km
    4.4 9km SE of Trujillo, Venezuela 2016-02-15 13:14:24 UTC 5.0 km
    2.6 17km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma 2016-02-15 13:10:33 UTC 5.1 km
    4.2 36km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska 2016-02-15 10:41:45 UTC 25.7 km
    2.8 60km S of La Romana, Dominican Republic 2016-02-15 08:03:33 UTC 88.0 km
    4.2 31km NNW of Taitung City, Taiwan 2016-02-15 05:22:38 UTC 10.7 km
    2.8 28km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-15 03:45:00 UTC 5.3 km
    2.8 22km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico 2016-02-15 02:18:15 UTC 80.0 km
    2.8 30km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-15 01:52:25 UTC 5.0 km
    2.8 1km WNW of Concord, California 2016-02-15 00:17:24 UTC 16.7 km